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The Week In Parliament. The Serious ^ Bu...
letter pr spirit , or whether it needed altering ^ Mr . Wai-poie specifically promised such inijuiry , in such a sp irit , - '' ¦ ¦ ¦' ' ¦ ' , .: ¦ ..... ¦¦ : ¦ . : ' : . ¦" ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦' '¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ;• •' . ' :- \ : ' v . " y ° ^ v- ¦ ¦'"¦ Ultimately ^; HoBSMigff'pre ^ fl \ luft : in ' o * idij . ; , The division was taken on " the previous qaestipn , " whether the ,, liiain motion should be put . or not ..: the House decided , in the negative ; the :.. numbers ^ standing thus—For the motiony 80 ; -against" itj 100 . Majority , 20 .
ECCLESIASTICAL ENCBOACHMENT , A little incident among the odds and ends of business at the day sitting , on Wednesday , signifies much . Mr . Fbewen" had moved the sepond reading of hia Building of Churches , & c ., Bill ; hut the SkBakeb pointed ' out that the second clause did not come within the title of the bill ; and Mr . ( Jiadstojos made the same discovery with regard to the fourth clause . The
title of the bill was— " To promote the building of churches in benefices that had ho church , and to p * event the union of benefices above a certain value . " The fourth clause related to non-residence on their benefices by masters of endowed public schools . The second clause provided that persons should be allowed to have chapelst in their private houses . The order of the day for the second reading was discharged—so that the bill is thrown out .
EEVOCATIOW OF THE MA . TTJSTO 0 TH : GEANT . . On Tuesday , the Marquis of CrANiiiCAJiDE called for an explanation of the Ministerial intentions respecting the annual grant of 26 , 0001 . a-y ear to Maynooth College . To show the importance of the subject , Lord Clanricarde quoted the following passage from a speech by Lord Derby himself , in 1845 :- —• " They asked whefcher this measure was to stand alone ? He replied , that thisw » s tp be taken by itself j but , at tie same tiine , to be taken as an indidation of the future
conduct of Government . The Government desired that this measure should be considered in the eyes of-. the people of Ireland as a inanifestation that £ ko Government resolved to treat them with conciliation , and in . a spirit asr luQnourable to their Upman Catholic i 3 ubiccts as tp any pther portion of her Majesty ' s subjects . This was npt to be treated as the harbinger of future measures ^ but as an indication of what would be the conduct <> £ the Gteverament * ew « MPeb Ireland . He believed that it would be so received-in Ireland . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ~ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' .: , ' V : :. : ¦ ¦ ¦
Doubts as to the intentions of Ministers , however , had been especially suggested by the following passage from a speech by the Solicitor-General , Sir Fifczroy Kelly , to his constituents in Suffolk : — " t shall support , and cordially support , the motion for a committee of inquiry into the whole circumstances attending that granfcy which is about to be brought before the House of Commons . And if , gentlemen , as the result of the inquiries of that committee , and as thq report of that committee , it shall be found that , consistently with the good fiii th of Parliament , and consistently with what becomes all public men tp observe , 9 fcrict _ henour and integrity with thoir fellow-countrymen , it ia possible to put tin end to that grant , I fpr one shall rejoice in concurring with the Government , of which I am an Unworthy member , in an act entirely to pufc an pnd to it . "
Now what is the committee to which Sir Fjtzroy Kelly adverted ? There is on tlie notice paper of the Commons a notice of a motion by Mr . Spooner , for a select committee on the national system of education in Ireland—a totally different subject from that of Maynooth . The doubts are rondered moro cogent by other circumstances . This very Solicitor-General waa Solicitor-General of the Government which introduced the bill of 1845 to render the Maynooth grant permanent ; and among the present Ministers are several who opposed that bill—Mr . George Banks , Major Boresfoz-d , Mr . G . A . Hamilton , Mr . Henley , Mr . Christopher , and Mr- Disraeli . Thero would bo no inconsistency in opposing a bill , and yet refusing to repeal it ; but the fact of tho original opposition could not be forgotten .
Adverting to a former question of the same kind , tho Earl of Dehu ? now repeated that her Majesty ' s Government had no present intention of altering the law with respect to tho College of Maynooth ; but tho attifcudo which the Roman-catholic church had assumed , and tho spirit of aggression which it had adopted , udded greatly to tho difficulties of those who desired to defund the continuance of the grunt to Maynooth , which was made permanent by tho act of 1845 . Ho must now Hay , that tl \ o difficulty of defending tho continuanco of that grant would bo considerably increased by the speech which tho Marquia of Clanricnrde had delivered
that overling- — li For thoro wore only two grounds on which tho vindication of tho grant could rest . Tho flrat was tlio ground of general pohoy , and tho second waa tho ground pi good iUitlk given or implied by tho Government of this country . Npw , as to tho aoeond ground , that of good faith—which waa tho main proposition of that evening , and on which a largo majority of tho country rested tho continuance of a grant very repugnant to its prinoiploa and foolinffa—tho noblo morquia had thrown it completely overboard , alleging that Parliament was not bound to continue the grant by any contract , engagement , ox obllgatipn . The npblo Maram ! then re & toa the defence of tlio grant on tho policy
; alone of the Government * That policy was from the first , and still continued to bo , foundedon a desire to give to the Irish population within the Queen ' s dominions a sound , liberal , and theological education * and , pri the hope that I iber & lity on the- part of ParUament > continued from yea * tp year , and confirmed by formal enactment M the year 1844 Wpiild prpduee that which . it was natural to * expect , an enlightened and well-educated priesthood , we . ll affected tP theOrowttand respecting the . authority of the Govdrnment , disposed to " inculcate charity and ioTbearance and peace among all classes of spciety , together with devoted loyalty to the Sovereign and obedienee to . the law " ofthe land . That was the policy which origmally dictated and subsequently confirmed the grant . The noble Marquis said , that he could easily understand the conduct . of
those who in the year 1845 opposed the grant on principle , ah & who afterwards when the law was passed , —there the noble Marquis stopped , and would notsay ' and when the fruit which it produced was clearly seen , '—the noble Marquis , he repeated , said that he could easily understand the conduct of those who , first opposing , afterwards suppprted the > law , ' . or at any rate did npt press for its repeal , and that he did not see any incoiisistency in their so doing . The cpnyerse of that prpposition was equstlly true ¦ : .. there were very many who supported the original , grant in the hope and expectation that it would produce Other fruits than thO 3 e which had been derived from it , and who were now not guilty of any inconsistency if they had changed their opinions as to the p . blicy of that grant from sad experience of the fruits which it hadbprne . " " v
Observing that he could not be responsible for speeches at the hustings , Lord Derby said tliat the Government hadnopresent intentiori of altering : the existing law , but he would add , that if circumstances should arise to induce the Goyernment to take another course , ample notice would be given in both Houses of Parliament , and then the noble Marquis would have an opportunity of ^ opposing > the conteinplatecl change > or of taunting individuals with ; Opposed incoiisisteifcy between their present principles and past condaetv
After thii reply , followed a heated and acrimonious debate- Earl Orimi called for ' '¦ ' a inore explicit answer , remarking that Lord Derby ought to declare whether he adhered to the > opinion impressed Tby him in 1 S 45 , and , if he did adhere to it , he should also inform the House whether he held it merely as his own private and-ab « tr ae ^ - <^ iii «) n r ; li 3 w < -tb « fc in-fav < mi ^ f .. tho . imposition of a duty on foreign ' corn , or whether it was to ( govern the policy of the Government .
No reply . The Marquis of Clanbicakde wished to know whether the noble Earl intended to intimate that his course was to depend on the result of an inquiry ? TlietEarl of DeSby was aware , from the votes of the other House , that there was to be an inquiry : further than that he had said nothing , and farther than that he would say nothing . Earl Ghey asked whether the noble Earl adhered to his opinions of 1845 ? The Earl of Deebt rejoined , " That is a question which the noble Earl had no right to ask of me or any man : " he would add , however , that he was greatly disappointed at the result of the measure of 1845 . The Earl of Minto
asked whether . the noble Earl was , prepared to , resist a motion for the discontinuance of the grant ? The Earl of Debby would intimate the course which Government was prepared to pursue if the noble Earl would move tho repeal of the act of 1845 . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Tho Earl of HabeoWBY asked the noblo Earl ( Grey ) if he adhered to the opinion which > . o expressed in 1845 ? Earl Grey said , that in
putting that question , the noble Earl was taking a most unusual course . ( A roar of laughter . ) In 1845 ho had formed no opinion as to the probable results of the measure ; but still , contrasting the wealthy Protestant Church in Ireland , and the endowed Dissenting bodies , with tho small endowment for Maynooth , he retained his opinion , that such a state of things could not continue with justice to the peoplo of Ireland , or with safety to tho Empire .
The Marquis of Lansdowne hero gave tho debate n higher turn j obfierving that he would take tlio most unusual course , of replying to a question that had not been put . Ho declared that ho did not support tho grant on tho ground of tho favourable impression that it might produce on the minds of the Roman Catholica —ho looked to no bucIi bargain ; but ho supported , it on thq ground assigned by Sir Robert Peel—that it was important for the Roman Catholic clergy to have a good education—important to Catholics , to Protestunts , to tho wholo community . And ho adjured his noble friend opposite not to lny tho foundation for a perpetual renewal of the annual votes .
Tho conversation closed with a few words frpm the Bishop of CashbIi aa to tho progress of " tl » o £ ruth /' through tho exertions' of the Protestant clergy , iu tho United States ; a progress , rejoined Earl Ghby , which showed how tho ProtcHtant religion hud been kopt down in Ireland through tlio injustice of tlio present arrangements . CirANCEEY REFORM . Tho Loiti ) C « anoem , ok laid upon the table of tho Lords on Monday , a bill to abolish tho office of the
Masters ill Ohaneety , and to OTb ^ rfcate other officers in their s 1 ; ead . The plaii is tKi ^ -f-r *; .: '/^ ¦ - . ; .- > . '";'; : ¦ ;¦ :. . ¦ ' Tixa four fieniOT ; mastera y < Ju ] d j be dismiwed to their semcHrity , and wotild regain theit full salaries when dismi 39 cd .- ' / ' litui five romaming Masters ^ business of tho court , but under WW powwra . She four Judges iri Bo ^ ty ~ n ^ tlie three . Vico ^ Cfoincellors , each' hayiii ^^^ one chief-clerk and each ' chiefclerjk-haying on 0 a ^« 4 clei'K -uiideir tun ' should carry on in cifainbers all the business of their res ^ peotiv © courts hitherto transacted by ^ the SIa 3 tei ; 8 * Heneeforward there would be tit ? references if > ihe Masters—^ uj reports froin the Masters- ^ np v etatenieiit of facts ^ All
these matters pf form were to be abohshed , and the fudge waa to tranaaoi in chambers So mueh pf the businces pf the court as may npt be : prpper to be heard by hims ^ U in public . He would go into his chamber at whatever hour of the day he mi ^ ht think fitting ^ pt convenieitt , or even for the whole ; day , and there he ^ wpuklt Consult with nis clerks as towhat ougiit tp be : don 6 . If a report should be i ^^ draw it up Bbra * self in his chambers ; or would send for tho registrar to draw it u ^ for him . ^ Eh ^ the power wliiclit the ^ judge was to have in ^^ chambers , for it t ? as quite evident that , if the hew schemei were to have any chance pf success , ypu ^ inust work it- but your ^ eh ^ and see clearly
what it was r for the mere fact of giving general ^ powera was not a fi ^ ir way ^ of testing ^ the merits pf airy new scheme . > Yhen , the judge got ¦ into . . ; , his chamber , each of them wcarta have a chief clerk under him . Efe had only thought it night that each judee ' : should have the npwer ' of appomting his own chief clerk > : - : a 6 that ¦ lie shouldhave the power of approving -His exerMons ' . ;• 3 £ e , also ; intended tp give the apipoiiitment pf the ? second clerk tp the cliief clerk , for the satno reason wMchJbifl ^ the judge | the apppiufmont of hi | c ^ hief clerk ^ naniely , a desirei . to enGPltrage i strprig fcetiiig of syinpathy between those wlib had fe apppm ^ Her also hitended that , when the bill came ' ibio oneratioBu
there- Should be gomepllace providedL \ vh 0 rt > the judge could have at ^^ bned the benefit ^ f the to ^ perafipi of his chief clerk . ' He would not delay the ^ op ^^ a ^ bii of to ^ biU until fitting places were provided fbr : such purposes . ; He should therefore ^^ proppsie that ^ forithe present , | be Sf ^ ter of- the Itollei Bhould meet bis' clerk at the ^ Rons-o £ Bce , and ! t ^ at each of the thj « o Vice-ChancjeUOrt ^ s ^^ cpmiiiddipus chambers in Lincioln ' s-inii unlu the country should furnish them bett ^ accominodatiba . Having iflado some allusipn ^ to . the present chamber ^ reserved for the Masters ( which was . npt heard distinctly i ^ the , galleiy ^ . | he Xord Chancellor siiid inat lie proposed tp take a power ^ Ja s ^ Bt : thoscchanibei'S . beHeyinff that the
money proauced from such a . sale wpSEI ' , tj > h sufficient to build three cpmmbdious courts for th ^ three ; Vice-ChanC cellors , with rooms annexed for tho abcbliimodation of their clerks . ^ He was inpst anxious that the new clerks should npt find their way into Sputhamptpn-l ) u . ildwigs ; for if th 6 y were once placed there theyivpuld act w if they were Masters , and not clerks ; and in that case the new scheme would not answer . He would not jgo further into the details of the bill * but ho must remmd their lordsbips that as the law now stood there" was no ' power , if one . of tho three Vice-Chancellors was obliged to resign or vacate Ilia appointment , to appoint his successor . lie therefore prpposecl to give to tho Crpwn ppwer fp ftppomt a successor
from time to time to any Vico-Chancellbr so vacating * Ho admitted that there was one inconvenience in the new scheme , In each of the courts of comiiaon law there were at present five judges , and when one of them wna abeent at chambers , the business of the Coi « t proceeded , . and was not disturbed . Tot in each .. of the courts of equity thojudge might have to leave Hib cpurtfor ft part of , or even for the whole day . In tho latter caeo his court roust bo entirely closed , and : then up businosB whatever could be caiTied on . He hoped , howovor , that tlie facilitv , the cheapness , the ramditv . and the eoso which tho suitor and tbo
judge would both feel in the transaction of buaineia Wouia bo more than a compenBation for this inconvenionco . Lord St . Leonards stated that the bill would remedy the defect of the existing law , under which the court cannot bring the parties before it and compel them to wind up a suit . In the course of ft very brief discussion on the bill , Lord C ^ mpbexi / c ^ presfied desire for a measure which would prevent the practice oi sending tho suitor from one court to another . In tho Clnphain case , for instance , thOvCourtof . La , w ought to have had tho power to grnnt an : injunction to aw « J tho proved nuiannce . He and Lord Ceanwobth both approved of the introduction of the W 1 L TAXES OW KNOWLEDGIl . , On Thursday , Mr . MiLNJjn Gibson ^ pa in kid befbro tho Hotisoof Commons tho reasons for repealing tue Taxca on Knowledge—thp Paper-tax , tlio' ^ " ff ^ Stamp-tax , and tho Advertiapwent-duty . Ho oM s ° with gj-eut clenrne 89 and effect , nlthough tho subjectmutter is tho sumo with that long familiar to the p ««> - lio . Ho road lettorp . fx > gm Mr . Charles Knight , *™ ' Ingram , . proprietor of tho Illustrated £ o * don iV «^ relnting their oxporience , especially ( ignmb " A " | duty ; to which Mr . Qilison devoted the larger P ° rtl 0 X of hiB Bpeech . He also showed how the repeal ot tn « pnrtlcular tax would give immonaoly lncronBcd e ^ P ^' mart to the wen , women , nnd children , whoso lapo" ^ is tho chiof item of tho costprlca . Citing tho case « many unstamped papers already existing , whicn tr J , comTOcnf on political flffUire , Mr . Gibson «> nt ^ that tho Stamp 4 ax fe maintained , not * br M . fZqL revanuo , 150 , 000 ^ ., tout for the purpose of checking increase of the ptoss .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 24, 1852, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24041852/page/4/
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