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" 1 ^^^^^ R BMBf to jas withd ^ aw ^ -The Judgments Biex was committedpro forma ^ —Ovxth * order for going into committee upon the Crowded Dwellings PteBVBSrriGiT Bill , Mr . Ridley moved to defer the committee for three months ^ and , after some discussion , the 'House divided , when the amendment -was negatived by 44 -to 23—The House then went into committee , but the Chairman immediately reported progress . An adjournment took place at two odock .
Tuesday ., Augttsl' 18 th . TRUSTEES BEIIEFBILL . In tie House of Lords Lord St . Leonards said that on a former occasion he had framed a measure with respect to the relief of trustees which he hoped would have met the exigencies of the case . That measure had met with objections on the part of the Lord Chancellor , -who said it-was impracticable ; but it was now before the public and the profession , and they would form their opinion of it .- —The Lord Chancellor , in reply , denied that he had said the proposed measure was impracticable . Their Lordships' House was not the proper place to discuss the matter . He was ready to give his most anxious attention to any bill in the next session which Lord St . Leonards might introduce on the subject .
DrVORCE BILL . Lord St . Leonards asked what course the Government proposed to take with respect to the Divorce Bill . —Lord Granville replied that , as due notice had not rbeen given of the question , he could not give a decided answer . He intimated , however , that the Government -w-ould not consent tb postpone the measure until next session .
PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION BILL . On the order of the day for considering the Commons ' amendments to this bill , the Lord . Chancellor explained that the contentious business brought before the court in London had been thrown open to the whole Ijody of solicitors and barristers , instead of being confined exclusively to proctors and advocates . The main features of the bill remained unaltered . The material alteration was that the limit of 15 J 0 O 7 . allowed to the county courts had been removed , and now there was no limit whatever . Ho could not think that their Lordships would do wisely in rejecting the bill because of
this alteration . With respect to the compensation of proctors , he had , when the bill was before their lordships , expressed his opinion as opposed to such a proceeding , but the guardians of the public purse had thought otherwise , and had provided a fund from which that compensation was to be paid . These were the main changes which the Commons had introduced into the measure . —Lord Wynford moved that they should disagree -with tho amendments in the 40 th and 70 th clauses ; but on tho suggestion of Lord St . Leonards ( who nevertheless agreed in the abstract with tho motion ) , Lord Wynford withdrew his opposition , and the amendments wore sanctioned . Some routine business having been transacted , thoir Lordships adjourned at ten minutes to sevon . o ' clock . PIVOROE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL . At tlie morning sitting of tho House of Commons , tho committee on this bill was rosumed . Somo resolutions wore agreed to for imposing stamp duties , and tho 58 rd clause—which enacts that , on the dissolution of a marriago , " It shall bo lawful for tho respective pai'tios thereto to marry again , as if tho prior marriago had beon dissolved l > y death "—was subjected to considerable discussion . —8 ir William Heathcqte , in tlio absence of Mr . Gladstone through a domestic calamity , moved an amendment , of which Mr . Gladstone had given notico ,
to leavo out tho words , " as if tho prior marriago had boon diesolvod by doath , " and insert in tho otfioe of tho Togiatrar , " This alteration would obviato conscientious scruples and prevent Parliament from oxceoding tho functions of a civil Legislature . —Tho Attorn ; ey-Ghneral resisted this amondm < jnt , and , aftev much discussion ( in which tho proposed alteration was supported by Mr . Bkrksford Hope , Lord John Manners , and Lord Lovainh , and opposed by Mr . Newdkcjate , Mr . Spooner , Mr . Griffithh , Mr . Adams , Mr . Briscok , and Mr . Malins ) , the amendment wan withdrawn .
Mnjor Wauburton then moved to add tho following proviso to tho clauBO : — . " Provided always , and bo it enacted , that no priest or doacon shall bo liablo to any suit , penalty , or consuro , for refusing or consenting ? to Bolomnizo the mnrrlnga of any parson who Bhali . bq divorced b y virtue of this act . "—This wafl supported by Mr . WnaitAjr , Lord EmunraTox , Mr . JToiwriat , and Mr . Walpole j nnd opriOHOc ' by General Thompson and Mr . Avrton . Thp Attorney-General was liappy to stato that he
• was authorized ¦ by the iRremier to aiHJept * bft amendment , with a qualification wib . ich . he thought would meetjroilh the approbation of the committee , tint he wished , before entering Ttpom i ; hifi proposition , -to draw attention to the motives by which they liad been , influenced in . the decision to which , they had come on the subject . Sapposing they gave the clergy exemption and immunities m cerfain-eases , -where -were they to stop ? { Hear , hear . " ) The same arguments that applied to this case would , apply to buriails , baptism , and all the ceremonies of die Church . He oaky gave way to -the wishes of the majority
in that House . What the Government iproposed was , that the proviso should run thus ?— " Provided always , and be it enacted , that no priest or deacon shall be liable to any suit , penalty , or eensure , for refusing * to solemnize the marriage of any person -whose adultery or crime has been the ground for the dissolution of any marriage . " ( Cheers ^ The Government also proposed at a future time to add to the clause words compelling ' the rector to- give up the parish church for the celebration of the marriage of divorced persons by any priest or deacon not having conscientious objections to perform
the ceremony . After some further discussion on this poiat , the Artorney-General substituted the following form of the proviso , partly adopted from Mr . "Walpole ' s proposed amendment : —" That no clergyman in holy orders of the United Church of England and Ireland shall be compelled to solemnize the marriage of any person whose former marriage may have been dissolved on the ground of his or her adultery , or shall be liable to any suit , penalty , or censure for solemnizing or refusing _ to solemnize such marriage . "— -In this state of the question , the sitting terminated . THE EQUIPMENT © I "' THE INDIAN REINFORCEMENTS .
In answer to Mr . Stafford , Sir John Eamsden said the soldiers for India before embarking received an advance of three months' pay , out of which a certain number of articles called * sea necessaries' were provided by the commanding officer , the total value of wh ich ^ amounted to 21 . ; and the balance of the three months ' pay was made over to the commanding officer to be laid out in articles which he might consider conducive to the soldiers' comfort . TYom inquiries he had made at the India Board , he found that they had entered into contracts that their -transports should be provided with sufficient awnings to spread over the deck and protect the troops from the heat of the sun during the voyage . As to the medical comforts , they were in every case sent out in the same ship with the troops .
COMPENSATION FOR LOSSES TS ESDI A . Mr . Disraeli , in relation to the loss of property by English subjects in India during the mutiny , asked whether the Government intended to give compensation . — Mr . Vernon Smith replied that the Court of Directors were considering a scheme for affording compensation to the sufferers ; but it had not yet been submitted to him . COMMERCE WITH TURKEY . Lord Palmerston in answer to Mr . Hadfield gave explanations on the subject of certain modifications which have taken place in the commercial relations between tho Porto and other Powers . Tho relations with England are still regulated by the treaty of 1838 ; and the tariff so fixed is as favourable as exists in the case of any other country .
THE MILITLV BILL . Mr . Stafford moved the adjournment of the House , with a view to making a complaint to the effect that the Militia Bill had been , unduly hurried , contrary to promises which had been given by tho Government . —Lord Alfred Vane Tempest made the samo complaint . — Lord Palmtsrston disclaimed any intention to deceive the House , nnd promised that an opportunity for discussion should be afforded on tho third reading . —The motion for adjournment was then withdrawn . The Customs' DtrriEs Bir . L was road a third timo , and passed . DIVORCE BILL .
The House then returned into committee , upon tho Divorce BUI , resuming tho consideration of tho proposed amendments of the 58 rd clause , tho question being whether Major Warburton ' s proviso or tho Attornoy-Gcnoral ' a should bo adopted . —Upon a division , Major Warburton ' s proviso was nogativod by 77 to 56 . —Mr . Craufurd proposed to amend the Attorney-General s proviso by omitting tho words , " whose former marriago may havo beon dissolved on the ground of his or her adultery ; " but this amendmont was nogativod . —Mr . Wigram moved a proviso , " that nothing in this act shall
contained shall onablo any poreon whoso marriago havo boon dissolved on tho ground of hifl or her adultery to contract marriage with any person with , whom ho or sho shall by tho nontcnoo dissolving tlio roarringo he found and doolnred to havo committed adultery . " Tlio ground upon which ho made this motion was that no beliovod that marriugoa of this kind aro a scandal to Hooioty Tho A-rroRNnY-GicNicitAL opposed this amonrtmont , pointing out what , in his opinion , would > jo tlio evil offqota of such n , restriction , which would eJthor oast tho victim of aoduotion upon tho world , ov forco hpr to live in n stato of « oneiibinnfro . —Tho amoixlmont , nftor
flomo ( liaouBsion , wuh nogativofl . Mr . WALpojr . N thanked tho Government for tlio concession they had madot while , on tho other hand , Sir
WtnutAK Hkatocotk stated , his belief based T ^ poa communications vatJa . clergymen , that tbeiy « onaid « ed . the proviso only half met the difficulty . —The amended daose was -then agreed to , Mr . Btmr moved to omit the 54 th clause , which abolished the action for criminal conversation , -remarking that , as the bill then stood ,, there was no substitute for ( this action , the power of imposing a fine upoa . the Adulterer Jiaving been withdrawn . —Upon a division , the clause was 'carried by 78 to 46 ; and JVIr . Malms tben inqsired what course the Government intended to take to punish the adulterer .
The Attornby-Gereral replied that , although he should , be eattaemeiy sorry to retain the action of criminal conversation , which is an opprobrium on the country , some such remedy is needed , and , if the proposal was acceptable to the general body of the commit - tee , lie had no objection to endeavour to emibody in a clause a provision that , when a husband presents a petition to the court , he should say whether he desures damages against the adulterer or not ; and , if he does , how he wishes them to be applied ; aad that , on the bearing of the petition , ajary should determine by / their verdict if any and what amount of . money should be paid by the adulterer , and the manner in which it should be applied . The original clauses contained in the hUl haviag been gone through , the committee prooeeded to consider the new clauses . —One of these clause ^ moved by the ATTORNEY-GENEBAii , and agreed to , gave jurisdiction to entertain and decide upon petitions for judicial separation to the judge of assize for the county , or any other person named in the commission of assize , and appointed by the judge , or the chairman , or assistant-chairman of the quarter sessions for the county or district , or the recorder of any eity or borough in which the husband and wife were last resident . —Other new clauses were agreed to , and the chairman was ordered to report progress . CROWDED DWELLINGS . The House then went into committee on the Crowded Dwellings P revention Bill , and a long and rather warm discussion ensued , the bill being strenuously opposed , on the ground of its tyrannical and centralizing character , by Mr . Ayrton , Mr . Cox , Mr . Locke , Lord Alfred Vane Tempest , Mr . Knight , Mr . Nicoll , and Mr . Rdqley , who saw in it an extension to England of tho French system of giving to the police a dangerous power of interference in private matters . —The measure was supported by Mr . O'Brien and Lord Palmerston , who regarded it as necessary for the protection of the poor , and more especially the Irish hi the low parts of London , from the rapacity of speculative builders , who overcrowd their houses . —The iiret -clause was then agreed to ,- tbe title of tho bill , on the motion of Mr . Henley , was altered to " The Common -LoJyiug Houses Act Amendment ( 1837 ) ; " the Chairman reported progress , and the House resumed , shortly afterwards adjourning at a quarter to three o ' clock . Wednesday , August 19 /& - TXIE IRISH LORD LIEUTBNANCV .: THE HIUDSON ' B BAY COMPANY . In the Hou & e of Commons , Mr . Roebuck gave noiieo that on an early day neact aesssion ho will call the , ttttontion of tho House to the abolition of the office of Lord Lieutonant of Ireland , and will propose aB a substitute the appointment of a Secretary of State &> v Ireland . Ho also announced that he would call attention to tbe relations existing between this country and the Hudson ' s Bay Company . BA . XJS OF OBSCENE BOOKS , & C , PRlCVKNTKWr BILL . Tho House went into committee on this bill . Upen the first clause , Sir Erskinib Pjcrrt , who has charge of the bill , said he would adopt the suggestion that two justices should hare the power of issuing a warrant undor the act , and that two justices should decide the cases instead of ono . Ho would also accept the amendment of tho member for tho Tower Hn / mlots , making some overt act an essential preliminary to Ifho institution of proceedings ; nnd ho TVcruld consent to an appeal to tJhe quarter sessions
being given . Mt . Robbuok remarked that he had urged on a former day that tho act , as originally framed , migTrfc bo used by magistrates against potichers . That remark was described as a libel on the magistracy of England ; hat , to ahow tho correctness of tho opinion ho had formed respecting tho conduct of magistrates , he road a lottor from Lord Brougham , who ntated fchwt in the year lull he presented a potition to tho House of Lords from oomo poor men who were imprisoned for tlio non-payment of Queen Elisabeth ' s shilling , which is a , flno imposed for absence from tho pariah church . Tiiose men had been brought before the njagirttrntos for poaching , but in ccm-Hoquoaco of some informality they could not bo c . onviodotl . The rnHgiatpatea thon aukod them if thoy lirnl boon at ohua-ch on tho preceding Sunday , and , an it annenrod that thoy had not boon at church for four feuiidaye , thoy wore fined 4 a . nnd coats , for tUo non-payment of which they woro imprisoned . tith nivoitoio nrr . i .. The ' House onco num . « r « . il . l » t » « ° ™ ' J » ° ° " "' IJ bill , whou aoiiHlilumblo , H « oiiH » l « n « n » . ii » l . . ^^ T-oowl proposed for tho e » tnblMimoiU of looai e ™^ " ««"' J " anc « with a rrrW > l * o givor . by tho Attornoy-0 on jn on tho nrovloiiH nitfht , nn < l woro « frrcod to altor a liriui StoSX ^ TlioA'i ^ mrwT-OimHiiAT . thon proposed a
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 22, 1857, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22081857/page/3/
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