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Rphe Oaths Bill Has Become The Subject O...
the measure in . the JLords . And although the Duke gave his vote on tlie second reading of the bill as a Jew Bill , he failed to retrieve the blunder . There vras no debating on the bill with which we have not been completely familiar . In fact , * the wholeiaterest of the contest in the ifawfis ws . an aaiftmri & cal question , and . the second"reaephg ' -was rejectefitby 173 to 139 . Another seriouijpolitical blunchsnwas committed by the Govermnejfcr-a member <& tfee
Cabinet was permitted to'ilHHhdhl his vdteam that critical division . The Government , therefore , has not been united on the subject of the Jew Bill . Lord Palmerston- cannot control his own Cabinet . The Jew Bill , of which so much is made , is ; an open question' in the Cabinet . We were 'told that it was to be « awied toy the -forbearance -of Opposition peers , who were to stay away , but the absentees arc found on the Government side . " This is a
serious mistake . Still . greater was ioe mistake of supposing that j ftie measure -was got rid of for the session by that vote . On the contrary , it . reappears . in -many forms . § BEf . DiiitWYN speedily gave notice in the House of X / ommons of a resolution that , in the case of Baron Xionel de Hotuschild , the Clerk be instructed to omit that passage in the oath to which some members have objected . Lord John Rtjsselii gave Botiee df a new bill , the effect of which will be to leave each House to determine its own oaths— -the ¦ noble » Iiord ; proposiagvto translate the words ' swear ¦ mot : « tt = air by a special enactment into Swear as ; you please ! An earnest advocate of toleration pro-¦
cposed * i / hat the Liberal members should meet and s take up the matter as one between the Commons « iid the djords ; -the idea was accepted ; a requisition was issued , calling a meeting in Palace-yard ; tandihe . assembly on Thursday showed the large and important 'response swhich has been given to the summons . Mx . iffiaasMAN was properly chosen as the "ehaiBman— -ibe late Secretary for Ireland , lout . sl . perfectl y ¦ independent man . Various plans weire . laid before the meeting , which was ovi-• dently inclined to adopt the course suggested by Mr . " WaiiUtAiitt Cosntimgham and others , and support i & r . JDiEiiWYN . iBnt a powerful ; accession brought with it . a modification of < counsel . Sir Jalnles
Graham made one of his best speeches in proposing itkat Mr . , DiIjI » wyn should wait , allow Lord John Uttsbbm , to take the precedence , and permit the 'Commons to try once more whether the Lords avould accept a locus pmniteniite . This course was © dqpted , ; even those who were most earnest with , ! Mr . Dillwyn conaeding for the sake of unanimity . ' Hue position of parties , therefore , is this : Lord JoirrtVbill stands supported by more than a hundred members 'of the Liberal party , who have come forward , and of course by a barge numberwho have , » ot beon so active . But behind Lord John ' s proposal to fiho Lords stands Mr . Dxixw . yn ' s , proposal
that . the House of Commons shall take the subject into , its own hands , and regulate tho administration -of the oath within , its own walls ; Lord Palmer-« xoN ^> eing specially asked byithe 3 ? alaGC-yai ? d meeting tto a . ppAy tho A ? J 4 p ; . to , Iub own . Cabinet in tho . House . of Peers . Parliament scarcely knows how to trim between "Government and its own manifest public duties . ® Er . Lindsay has called upon Ministers to say whait tliey mean to-do with the declaration of tho Paris . ConJteueneo , > pn property aCloat duving iinaritimo war , which was aqcqpted by thosevon powers there represented , cojuditionally accepted by Goncnu Piehcje ' s Government , and not aocoptcd by Mr . Buchanan ' s Government . What is to bo the law P
Akq wo to stand by that impolitic declaration P Xord John Bays it must bo altered ; Ministers say —nothing . In JiJko manner with the evasions of our anti-slavery troatios by Spain and franco ,- — Xord Palmerston intends to enforce tho treaties ; but ho does not toll us how . Tho Attornjsy-GjENERAii lends hw countonanco to tho prinoiplo of Sir JEusiune Pjbiuix ' s Married WomonBill—giving married women some control over thoir own property and earnings—but tho House ,, evidently ; will not pass tbo bill .
Amongst the election committees the report of one 1 ms obtained deaorvod attention—it is that oi ftlayo . QQUe committee haa pronouncod that Mr .
GEOBflBsHENRY iffOTOHB was not duly elected ; the election te » ving fhpen rendered void by the use of / ' undue id & uence aiia spiritual intiittidation . ' The ^ report deates a new offence— ' spiritual intimidation . ' Bt revives ' religious intolerance ' , to this extcnir-48 hafc no priestbiipIL must henfidtewKard use aiwiflire ^ tB * derived f 8 Bm thB- ^ iernalfi ( i ( fturei « ith reference t » asontesteil 4 eledtions , under ^ pdNof " > lafiijg Houae of Commons lasr ! What is wee for ;; tlassgoose as sauce fer the gander ; andaFJBather ' CosOTVL 4 ffm'amerhahte « Br '< fealing damaafi » n round !
the TmP in order * to proeurc the return of Mr , Moore , Mr . Spurgeon must take care how he meddles in the elections of Lambeth or Surrey . * Iiie report oLoes not limit itself to the ' undue influence , ' or-exertions u > f -the . prieate-tfi'hallee-fiu tlte men that were riotously obstructing -Colonel iOusBDBY JrtEGGiNste voters . If tWe -committee 'had only done that , there woiM be nothing striking in the report ; for priests must not riot any more than lawyers . But , as it is , the ' drum ecclesiastic'is henceforward prohibited as an instrument of
electioneering . - While our public writers arc talking about the barbarians of the Indus , our own law records show that we have savages at home . The police inquiry in Dublin appears to be gradually approaching a distinct accusation of Spollen as the murderer of Little . Lord Derby is pointing out that the nobility and gentry who take delight . in sporting matters at Newmarket and elsewhere have become mixed up with the most discreditable characterspeople publicly skown to have been involved in ' disgraceful' and ' fraudulent' actions ; and he which do little
begins a process of purification can more than remind us how very incompetent either the Earl or the Stewards of the club are really to purify it . What will he do with the «« z-convieted ? A few murders more or less in . the law courts scarcely demand notice , but We must not overlook the case of : Isaac > 11 ushfobth , a man who professed to be a conjuror , and who , in that capacity , undertook to cure -Kitty Littlewgqei . He * ruled the planets , ' and seduced tlie girl , . and then deserted her ; whereupon the judge sentenced him to ¦ eighteen months * imprisonment , as-tlie penalty for thus tampering -with morals and cosmogony .
The Weltjotgton Monttment . — The following notice was affixed to the doors of the two Houses of Parliament yesterday : — " The models will be exhibited to the public on Monday , the 20 th , Tuesday , the 21 st , and Saturday , the 25 th of July , from nine a . m . till seven p . m . On Wednesday and Thursday , the 22 nd and 23 rd , Westminster-hall will be open to Peers and members of . the House of Commons , from ten a . m . till seven p . m . After Saturday , the 25 th , the Exhibition -will be open every Monday , Tuesday , Friday , and Saturday , from nine till seven , until further notice . —Office of Works , & c , July 13 . "
Suictde at Woolwich . —An inquest 'has been held jit Woolwich on the'body-of the wife of Sergeant-Major JBVeeman , jof the JRoydl Artillery . The husband and ¦ wife had a quarrel on Thursday week before the former went on parade about -what they should have "for dinner , i and on his return the wife went to a cupboard where some acid was kept for cleaning gold lace , and drank a quantity of it in bis presence . Tho sergeant ran . for medical assistance , but before ho returned his wife was dead . A verdict was given in accordance with 'the facts .
DnicssMAKEus and Miljlinkrs . —Tlio Bishop of Kipon preached a sermon on Thursday week , at Hanover 'Otmpel , ¦ Regent-street , to a numerous congregation , on behalf of the ' Society for the Aid and ( Benefit . of Dressmakers and Millinors' * and the ? Early Closing Aaaooiation . ' Tho text chosen was tho 2 nd chapter of Titus , 11 th and 12 th versos—" For tho grace of God that bringoth salvation hath appeared to all men , teaching us that , denying ungodliness and worldly luats ., wo should livo isoberly , righteously , and godly , in this . present world . " From these words tho Right Re . v . Prolate pointed out what did not constitute conformity with tho
injunctions they contained . In the latter portion of his sermon , his Lordship demonstrated itho impolicy , as well as tho utterly unchristian character , of that tvyatcm of business which involves tho treatment of living , immortal agonts , as so many senseless , material machines . Tho Bishop also condemned tho conduct of those Indies of fashion to whoso thoughtlessness iu giving their orders much of tho suffering endured by tho dressmakers ia to be tracod . Ho implored thom to bo more considorato , and to encourage those establishments in which regard la paid to the comfort and wolftiro of tho young women employed . A . liberal . collection w « e mudo after tho sermon .
Pkinoic Loujh Nax'oTvBON and aulto vlaitod Mancliestor on Monday , and woro conducted by Sir James Watts ( tho mayor ) , tho . townulerk , and Q onoral Sir Harry Smith , to fcha Exhibition , whoro lto was recoived by sovoral mombors of tho committee .
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¦ — i 4 KPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —?— - 3 fondny , July 13 th . THE INDIAN REVOLT . Ix'thaiCoaJSE'OkF Lords , the Earl of Ellknborrugh asked 4 ) flidt < course Government intended to take for reinfon & pg the army in India . He observed : — " There wassnojaidisposition on the part of either House of Parliamjeat ^ fcD > gnant all 4 ; he necessary means to re-establish ^ toe ^ Ghieeri ^ s-fUithority in India , and it depended upon the Sread of the-Gavernmeut whether or not his administration Should belhanded down to posterity as the most disastrous , calamitous , and disgraceful since the time of Lord North . ( IIear . ~ ) The selection of Sir Colin
Campbell for the office of Gommander-m-Chief was wise . ; and it was to be toped that , as had been do ne during the Governor-Generalship of Lord Wellesley , head of the army would be / supported by till the .-power aod authority of the . © oivernar-General . The temporary appointment of Sir Patrick Grant to the -situation of Commander-in-Chief was also judicious ; and lie would recommend that , on the arrival of Sir Colin Campbell in India , Sir Patrick Grant should act as military adviser of the Governor-General , with a seat in the Council . It was unreasondble to expect that they should have received by the late telegraph ^ n account of the capture of Delhi ; but , 'bythe ^ proeeedings of the mutineers , he was impressed with the conviction that
they had no one . to command them who knew iliis business . Report stated that the . disaffection was very general in Bengal ; but it was to be regretted that it had been found necessary to disband two such distinguished regiments as the 16 th Grenadiers and the 26 th . Light Infantry . A larger force tthan that destined for the campaign should be employed . After marking necessary arrangements , there would probably be only five regiments of infantry at their disposal ; and that force , without cavalry or artillery , was totally insufficient to proceed to Allahabad , or to enter a hostile country containing 40 , 000 , 000 inhabitants and a number of disbanded'troops belonging to the real < roilrtary > -population of India—the Rajpoots . The force should ^ consist of nine regiments of infantry , three of cavalry , and six batteries of artillery . It would be necessary for the
first iime i ; o send artillery ' belonging to -the-Queens service to India , and orders should be ^ transmitted for the construction of carriages . There should be a-force on the line of the Indus and Sutlej to act in conjunction with , the force at Allauabad . If thetroops in China , ¦ which : he assumed to be five regiments , could be made available , that would enable the Government to have nine regiments at Allahabad , and leave at their disposal a regiment for service on the Indus . Tt would be desirable to employ altogether in -the operations'ten regiments of infantry , six regiments of cavalry , and twelve batteries of artillery , for which they should provide horses . If they reinforced the army , as he suggested , they might—subject to tlie accidents -which befal all military operations—calculate that by the end . of next April the authority of the British . Government . would be
again established . TSarl Gkanville assured the House that no details were known to the Government-which had not 'been published iu the ordrnar . y channels of infoxmatiion : thoy must wait for the more detailed accounts fox further particulars . The simple fact he . had to add to previous announcements was , that the Punjab continued perfectly traiiquil . Without participating in / tho gloomy apprehension of I » ord Ellenborough , her Majesty ' s Ministers were thoroughly alive to the gravity of the situation , and were neglecting nothing , either in India or at home , ivhich seemed requisite to -ensure a prompt aadiponmanent repression of the existing idisturhancog . Therovolt , it was satisfactory to know , ( hod beon limited to'tho native army in Bengal . The non-military population were perfectly loyal , ns were the troops of tho two other 'Presidencies , Whence , indeed , 'tho European regiments had been despatched for service in Bengal .
Lord Mblviixe called attention rto the bad discipline which had existed for years in tho 'Bengal army , as distinguished from those of the other Presidencies . It wns the worat . disciplined army lie had ever known . On the other hand , tho Bombay army , with which ho had served , was conspicuous for faithfulness and excellence ¦ General Anson had urged tlio necessity of increasing the > Europoan force in India ; but no attention had beon paid to his representations . Ho ( Lord Melville ) hoped tho . Government would force on tho . Board of Directors tho necessity of reorganising tho Bengal army . There ^ yns no doubt that tho disaffection had some other foundation tlinn tho grqasing of the cartridges . —Tho Earl of Ai < - BEMAiujra said ho had a letter in his hand from |) r-BnisC , editor of tho Bombay Times , distinctly tracing one of tho causes of tho mutiny to tho uniform selection of men of high caato , and tlio exclusion of o \ ary other , to be offiqera in tho Bengal army . In tUo Bombay army it is quito different ; they tako high caste , nml low un » t 0 men , ¦ without distinction . Tim swiss i-itaiON . TlwEnrlof MAt-Micsnwv proBontou «¦ petition from forty-seven ofllcors of tho SwiflB Legion , complaining that tho agreement undor whioli they wore enrolled by tuo British Government had boon violated in respect of tuojr pay . They conceived that , undor the articles of tliQir
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Leader (1850-1860), July 18, 1857, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18071857/page/2/
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