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Jtri,Y 19, 1856.] . THE LEADER, ' 677
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E^Firial Parliament. —?—Monday, July 14t...
next year they will be modified and included in the navy estimates . The whole subject will then , of couTse , come under the consideration of Parliament . — Mr . Hadfikld was jealous of the military spirit displayed in these vast preparations ; while , on the other hand , Mr . Roebuck differed from his colleague , and contended that it is necessary to support a large fleet , not with any intention to insult others , but to make others afraid of insulting us . The Militia Pay Bill passed through committee , after a conversation respecting the unfortunate affair at Nenagh between Colonel Dunne and others and Mr . Frederick Peel , in the course of which the latter said that " inquiry is now being made , and that consequently it would be inexpedient to give explanations . Several clauses of the General Board of Health Continuance Bill likewise passed through committee .
VACANCIES IN THE GUARDS . In the evening , in reply to Sir James Fergusson , Mr . Frederick Peel said it was intended to restore the companies of the Guards to their full strength , and to fill up the captaincy vacancies that may have occurred during the late war .
CRIMEAN COMMISSION . Mr . Palk wished to ask the Under-Secretary for War what steps the Government intends to take now that the Crimean Commission has made its report ; and whether that report would be laid on the table of the House ? — Mr . Peel : " The report will be laid on the table of the House as soon as possible . " — Mr . Paxk : " Will the hon . gentleman be good enough to answer the first part of the question ? " — Mr . Peel : " That is the only step we propose to take . "
TROOPS I'OK THE CAPE . Lord William Graham : " Seeing the right hon . gentleman the Secretary for the Colonies in his place , I wish to ask him whether it is true that the Government intends to send three regiments to the Cape : and , if so , whether it is only as a measure of precaution , or to meet any immediate prospect of an outbreak in the colony ?" —Mr . Labouchere : " Undoubtedly there has existed considerable alarm with regard to the attitude which the natives have assumed towards the colonists , but no overt act of aggression has yet taken place . The last accounts received from the Governor express a confident hope that the tranquillity of the colony ¦ will be maintained ,- but at the same time the Government has thought it only right that reinforcements should be sent out .
THE REVIEW AT ALDERSHOTT . On Lord Palmekston moving that the House at its rising should adjourn to Thursday , on account of the review at Aldershott on Wednesday , Mr . Disraeli , without opposing the motion , protested against the custom , which now appeared to be growing frequent , of Ministers giving Parliament a holiday , and then entertaining the members at the public expense . —Colonel French held the same views , but wished to know whether any means of conveyance would be provided for ladies . ( " /" and a faugh . ")—Mr . Williams looked on such entertainments as a paltry bribe ; and that was the opinion out
of doors . He , for one , should not accept the invitation . He should be glad to know what fund the money was to come from . — Lord Palmeiistok agreed with Mr . Disraeli that it would bo very unfitting on slight occasions to propose that the House should postpone business pleasure ; but the review at Aldershott was a special occasion , and he thought that the objections were not in good taste . The expense , which would be small , would be paid out of the sum voted for civil contingencies . Ladies , he was afraid , must go in their own carriages . —Mr . Henlev and Sir IIenky Willougiiuy thought that members who went to the review ought to pay their own expenses . —The motion was agreed to .
MR . FITZGERALD AND THE MASTER' OF THE ROLLS IN IRELAND . Mr . Fitzgerald ( tho Irish Attorney-General ) then called attention to the charges niado by Mr . Napier and the Irinh Master of the Rolls relative to the escape of n member of that House ( Mr . James Sndleir ) , who now stands charged with the commitmioii of a felony . All that he ( Mr . Fitzgerald ) had said in that Hound with respect to the Master of the Rolls was comprised in the very mild and mitigated expression that the Master had indulged in observations which were " irregular . " He believed that the irritation subsequently exhibited by the Master must be owing to Homo misrepresentation . His language had been of the moat excited kind ; and Mr . Fitzgerald proceeded to quote some addresses recentl
y made in court by tho Irish Judge , in which he accused tho Attorney-General of having no nymputhy for tho poor people who have been ruined by tho Sadleir forgorios ; of " closing his eyes and shutting his oara to everything which is aaid or " written on tho subject ; " " fulling oaloop from tho 4 th of March to tho » rd of Juno ; " of afterwardB " turning lU ( J houd on his pillow , and again falling asleep to the 14 th of June ; " and of general negli gence— charges not to bo got rid of by " any sophistry or mystification . " Tho Master of tho Rolla had ulso remarked : — "What tho public want to know is tiliB—Firstly , why did tho Attorney-General take no trouble to investigate tho charges publicly and openly made against James Sadloir between tho 4 th of March and tho 8 rd of June ? Secondly , why did ho not
attempt to investigate those charges between the 3 rd of June and the 20 th of June ? Thirdly , why did he onait to investigate a single fact or read a single document affecting James Sadleir until after he ceased to be amenable ? He read , I presume , John Sadleir ' s letter on the 14 th of June , but that letter , per se , afforded no evidence against James . This is a most grave and serious charge , and is not to be got rid of by any insinuation that I am responsible . " Mr . Fitzgerald , having read these speeches in full , proceeded to observe that there was no doubt the Master of the Bolls intended to hint that the Government , for fear of the revelations which might be made on the trial , had connived at the escape of James Sadleir , and that he ( the Attorney-General ) , from base motives ,
had refrained from the performance of his duty . Such imputations by a Judge in open court were quite without parallel . The fact was , that nothing had transpired up to the 14 th of June which sufficed to render James Sadleir amenable to the criminal law . Acts of deception and fraudulent complexion were no doubt established against him ; but , owing to a regrettable defect in the law , there was no opening of which the executive could justifiably avail themselves in order to commence a criminal prosecution against the alleged offender . The Master of the Rolls in the course of frequent confidential communications with the Government had abstained from suggesting such a step . When the death of John Sadleir became public , the case assumed a different
shape . Steps were then taken to bring the parties pointed out in that document to justice , and they had been followed up as expeditiously as the case would permit . In the opinion of counsel taken by the Crown Solicitor , on the 23 rd of June , the case was not one for public prosecution ; but he ( Mr . Fitzgerald ) could not agree in that opinion , and did not hesitate to overrule it , and to direct a prosecution by the Crown against Sadleir . A warrant was accordingly issued for his apprehension , to secure which a reward was offered , but in vain , for , it might be stated , not as an imputation upon the Master
of the Rolls , but as a fact , that Sadleir had been frigftt - ened away by the " irregular" observations of that learned Judge . No secret motive whatever existed to stay the hands of the Government ; and , for himself , he had no relationship or connexion with the Sadleirs , nor had they a very friendly feeling towards him . If he had used any uncourteous terms , on previous occasions , towards the Master of the Rolls , he begged to withdraw them , and to apologize ; but he could not help regretting that the Judge in question had assumed so undignified a position . Mr . Napier declared himself satisfied with the
explanations offered by Mr . Fitzgerald , and added that he never intended to prefer any chaTge against the law officers of the Crown . At the same time , he claimed for the Master of the Rolls the credit of having discovered the full extent of the gigantic frauds committed by the Sadleirs , and attributed the objectionable expressions which the Judge had allowed to escape him to excess of zeal in the discharge of his duty , and -to the effect of misinformation . —The subject then dropped . ~ — ,,
WINE DUTIES . Mr . Oltveira called the attention of the House to the high duties charged upon foreign and colonial wines , and moved , with a view to promote increased commercial relations with France , Spain , Portugal , and other winegrowing countries , that the House should resolve itself into a committee to take into consideration a reduction of the same . Owing to the existing duties , the consumption of wine is decreasing ; but a reduction of those imposts would have the effect of augmenting consumption , while it would improve the moral condition of the people . — The Chancellor of the Exchequer could not assent to the motion . Looking at the state of the
revenue , and at the financial settlement for the year , it would bo highly impolitic to remit these duties . The reduction in the , consumption of wine was attributable mainly to a change in the habits of the upper classes . Unless the reduction of the duty on wines were carried to so low a point as to disturb tho proportion between it and the duties upon other fermented beverages , it would be ineffectual in stimulating consumption to the required extent . To impose an ad valorem duty upon wine would bo to open a door to fraud , which could not be prevented by any contrivance for determining the quality of wines . After a brief and unimportant discussion , Mr . Olivkjra withdrew bis motion .
RKFORM ATOMICS . Mr . Biggh moved a resolution that tho House rcsolvo itself into a committee to consider tho propriety of granting sums in aid of reformatories for penitent females . From inquiries ho had made , ho found that tho means fall infinitely short of tho evil , and ho proposed that an annual grant of public money should be made to stimulate private beneficence . —Tho Sjpkakku nuid the conHcnt of tho Crown was necessary . — Tho motion , therefore , fell to tho ground . GENERAL B 1 CAT 8 ON . Colonel Dunnic moved for a copy of the correspondence between tho Secretury at War and ( Jonerul JJ « atson , na to certain charges preferred against that oflicer . —Thin was refuecd by Mr . Fhkuicrick Pkkl , who said that tho inquiry is still ponding-, and that therefore it would not be judicious to produce the correspondence . — Tho motion was negatived .
CONSOLIDATED FUKD ( APPROPRIATION BILL ) . On the motion that this bill be now read a third time , Sir Geob & e Pecheu , called attention to the continued traffic in slaves on the coast of Cuba . —Lord Palmerston said that , notwithstanding the slave trade ai the Brazils might be considered as extinct , he was sorrj to say , with regard to Cuba , that the Spanish Government , though always profuse hi promises and liberal it orders , is not successful in having those orders executed , An efficient watch , however , will be established on tht Cuba coast . Although a few cargoes have been landed , he believed that the Cuba slave trade is extremely small in proportion to what it formerly was . —The bill was read a third time and , with some ammendments , passed
LEASES AND SALES OF SETTLED ESTATES BILL . On the order for the second reading of this bill , Sir John Shelley objected that the Hampstead-heath clause was omitted , and he added that , when in committee , he should propose to introduce it . —Mr . S . Fitzgerald opposed the second reading of the bill , which he moved to defer for three months . —The Solicitor-General said he had no objection to the consideration of the clause referred to in committee . —The bill was supported by Mr . Whiteside and opposed by Mr . Henley . The amendment was negatived , and the bill was read a second time . Several bills having passed through committee , or been otherwise advanced a stage , the House adjourned till Thursday . Thursday , July 11 th .
In the House of Lords , the Formation of Parishes Bill ( the object of which is to amend and enlarge an act , passed some time ago , for enabling populous districts to be formed into parishes ) was read a second time after a brief discussion . On the motion for going into committee on the Bishops' Retirement Bill , considerable discussion ensued , which , however , did not add materially to the arguments and statements made on Tuesday evening . The House ultimately went into committee , when all the clauses were agreed to . CHARITIES BILL .
On the order for the second reading of this bill , Mr . Mowbray strongly objected to the exemption of Roman Catholic charities from the control of the Charity Commissioners , and moved to defer the second reading of the bill for three months . —Mr . Baines said the reason why those charities were exempted was that they were intended to be dealt with specially ; but since he came into office he had not had time to consider that measure , and he asked the House merely to renew tha . t act for another year . —Mr . Hadfield supported the bill , from the operations of which Mr . Barrow trusted that county hospitals and asylums would be exempted . Touching this point , the Solicitor-General said the bill did not contemplate interference with such institutions . —Mr . Spooner was satisfied with the explanation of Mr . Baines . —Mr . Henley thought the Government should ctvb'S * tniitiiaer-ui ^ i tuat the subject of Roman Catholic charities should be lefi { sia'teTHr 8 e <* UTing next session . —
Sir George Grey said the subjecTsfcnKild receive his attention at an early period next session ^—^ lHari y ^ - ^ JMowbray withdrew his motion , and the bill was read o second time . HOSPITALS ( DUBLIN ) BILL . On the order for going into committee on this bill , Mr . Cowan moved to defer the committee for three months . The tendency of the bill was to place these hospitals permanently as a charge upon the Consolidated Fund , and he did not see why Dublin should enjoy a privilege
from which other large cities and towns are barred . —Mr . Horsman observed that the House had already decided upon tho grant , and the object of the bill was to carry out its vote . —After some discussion , the amendment was negatived by 53 to 22 , and the House wont into committee on tho bill , all the clauses of which were agreed to , though not without some resistance and verbal amendments . Mr . Fitzgerald withdrew the Bankruptcy and Insolvency ( Ireland ) Bill .
GENERALS BEATSON AND VIVIAN . At the evening sitting , Mr . Frederick Peel endeavoured to make some explanations in connexion with tho nffuir between Generals Bcatson and Vivian , and with reference to an allusion made by Mr . Roebuck to a motion of his on tho subject which is to come on next Tuesday . —Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Hamilton , and Colonel French , however , interrupted Mr . Peel two or three times on tho question of ordor ; and nt length the Spuakuk decided thut tho Under-Secrctary for War was out of onkr in attempting at that time to address the House . The subject , therefore , dropped . DECIMAL COINAGE .
In answor to Mr . Hamilton , tho Chancellor ok this Exciikqukk Buid the Commissioners on tho Decimal Coinage question hud tuken various steps for tho purpose of obtaining information on the subject referred to thorn ; but they would not bo in a position to make a report in sufficient time to admit of it 8 being laid on tho table in tho couroo of tho present session . CIVIL SERVICE . Replying to another question by Mr . Hamilton , tho
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Jtri , Y 19 , 1856 . ] . THE LEADER , ' 677
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Leader (1850-1860), July 19, 1856, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19071856/page/5/
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