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IMPERIAL PMLLAMENS. T^ Monday, April 21s...
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IMPERIAL PMLLAMENS . T ^ Monday , April 21 st . THE cmUBBNCr IS SINGAPORE . In the House of Lords , the Earl of Ax , bemarl . b presented a petition from the European and native mer-. cbajits-of . Singapore , remonstrating against the introduction by the Government of India of tie rupee as the currency of that settlement , instead of the Spanish dollar , -which had been long established , and -was found
mit to the House previously ' a farms ! estimate for tbta outlay . THE MOBTAB 3 SUPPUBD BT MESSRS . ORISflTilX . AND CO . Mr . . Maxjns called attention , to . the , charges that-haid ! been brought agaiust Messrs . Giiasell and C © . > « f , having supplied to the Ordnance flawed and defective , mortars . He denied the truth and justice of this , charge , and , hel € ; that . both Lord Pannvure and Mr . MoaaseU , tthe clerk of the Qxdnance , had been . rash and unfair in making it . — Mr . MoNSKLii contended that be had ; stated nothing more than ¦ what was perfectly true . —Mr . George Dundas , TtiT— T ? - * t » t w 1 LT * . A lrlai « main . PrTDrmj fill * - T ^ IHTWt 'T * U 9 « i T ^> KTMit UUA 4 . »« r « A » - ¦¦ ¦
^ secema'titoe-tbatday sixmc « ths . —Mr . Evelto t > sing « N 'and oifeermenplterff expressed similar views , maintaining that ihe-only ^ effectTrai means of meeting foreign competition- Is- by greatly- lowering the present / dttty . T- ^ The CBEXNeaeiiLOB-CMPlH ^ Exchequer-pleaded tlje necessity bFietiiaJng -the ' present revenue . In . the event ofa suTpkis occurring ; ifche reduction of the fire insurance dtttywoul & fb © considered . —Ultimately , the debate -ftas ' adjourned . . ' . The other ^ btxsiriesns ^ was disposed at , and ; at a « jaarti | r past two , the House adjourned till Thursday . ' Thursday , April 23 r .
convenient and : satisfactory . ; The old currency or Singapore was a decimal one , " but that of the-rupee is difficult , to reckon ^ and has . produced the greatest intricacy and confusion . The Government , by paying its officers in rupees , inflicts on theni a serious loss , as that coin is always at ai discount ; and he therefore hoped the act ; would be repealed *—Earl . Gbanvimje stated that the Home : -Government , having felt some doubt as to the : expediierccy of the measure , had given instructions that its effect should be closely watched . CirURCBC DISCTPXENTE . BILL . The Eobd Chanceixor moved the second reading of this bill , which proposed that assessors ( barristers ) should sit with , and act for the Bishop ; that four of these chancellors or assessors be appointed , superseding all vicars-general throughout the country ; the assessors to be appointed by two Irish Bishops , two English-Bishops , and the Bishop of London : before exercising any of their powers , tliey are ^ o subscribe the Thirty-nine Articles . The jurisdiction of the Bishops '
iX **» f T ' l V ¦ * » ' ^ ^ AULL * 1 wl 1 V ^ A « . - * r » i *> " ^»* INGTOK , and Mr . The , defended . Messrs . GirisseJL . of whose business character they spoke ; highly- r > WI » - vaine thought they had not acted with , ihoaesty-and honour ; and Captain Boldero , while acquitting them of fraud , considered that they had b « en guilty of gross negligence . The motion for the adjournment having been agreed to , the House went into Committee of Supply , after a brief discussion on the subject of HEREDITARY PENSIONS . Sir Francis Baring called the attention of the House to the statement made on the previous Friday night by the Secretary for the Treasury , who said that the purchase-money of the hereditary pensions , redeemed during the past year , was not voted by Parliament ,, but paid out of the growing produce of' the revenue . Sir Francis doubted whether it was legal to raise the money ; for the redemption of pensions out of . the gross revenue : without the sanction of Parliament . —Mr . Witsos said that the 9 Hub uU tir avuuuuir wotniui
¦ ftfypjrtjzp . ¦ ftfcK $ i r * < ans » . Loid Brougham presented apetHionfroHa thejnagistrates of Cumberlattd » . comp ^ aiijing , r o £ . the evils arising from the Scotch law of marriage ,. His . L . ojdship -made some remarks from himself on the anoraaloua and disgraceful condition , o £ thafc litw , and said that ; if , possible , an end must : be put to the occurrence , of . such cas . es as those which might now happen , of persons . being ^ arrie , d in Scotland and not in England , and of : the , is 3 ue of . that union being legitimate on the north of th 4 ^^ eed ^ , and illegitimate on ths south . The law . of divorce ,, a . V ? Oy is very contradictory ia the two countries * . H & . k ^ w , a case of a respectable , merchant of , lay e ^ nooL ,. whored married in England * and afterwards gone to Scotland ? where he obtained a divorce , which , he was assured by the Scotch bar and the judges , was effectual to , render , his English . marriage voidj . atid he ,., unhappily for him , married a second time , relying upon that , opinion , was prosecuted for bigamy , convicted , and sentenced to imnrisonment in Ensrland . halving uawittiusclv rendered
Court includes offences committed by clerks in holy orders ^ and the proceedings necessary to enforce a due administration of the . sacraments and the rites , and ceremonies of the Church . All proceedings under the act are to be commenced within two years of the offence ; There is an appeal from the Diocesan Court to the Provincial Court , and from the Provincial Court to the Judicial Committee of thePrivy Council , —The Arch-Dishop © f Canterbury opposed the bill , and moved that it be read a second time that day six . months . He made a few remarks , which -were almost inaudible . ^—The Bishop of . Derry , while thinking that some of the details would require modification , approved of the bill as a whole , and read a document in its support , signed by the Archbishops and Bishops of the roviucts vt ucaiicu ti vjiic uuai
aCCOllUX ^ va JUJw . VUoqu . , auu , respect to these pensions , it was thought that the best course would be to buy them up , and a certain portion of them had accordingly been bought up . He-had ,. generally , strictly adhered to what had been the uniform custom . —M " - Wiluams denounced the aefciiWhieh' ^ rDyernrnent , had committed ,- ; and the subject thea . dropped . THE-BRITISH MUSEUM :. Tha House resumed the discussion of the Civil Service Estimates , the first of which , 60 , 000 £ , for the salaries and expenses-of the British Museum establishment , was moved by Lord John Eusseli , who , on the-part of the trustees , made-the customary statement of the transactions connected with the Museum during the past year . Mr . Monckton Milnes entered into some critical uiHrt & b tlLts ¦ / cuicuv ui ouc jjjluoculu
himself liable to seven years ! tranaportatioa , r---Lox 4 s CAicPBEii , andMjtNTO bore , testimony to the urgeut necessity for a change in thelaw ; but the Earl of Abbbdeen differed from this view of the case ,. and said that he had opposed Lord Brougham ' s bill of 1835 , and should oppose any similar measure . He admitted that the evil stated by the petitioners does ; exist ,, but it might be remedied . without altering the law ofj & eot 3 a . nd . with ., respect . to marriage ^ -ralas ^ which , heconeidejed to , be eauctioned . by alljexpterwnce iu that : cowafcryj aacli by the good effectsat had t ^ ere product , FALL OB * KAES . The Earl of MAtDDBSBUOKr- gave notice that'he slould bring forward his motion an the fall of Kars , imputing ' Maiyia tr \ t . hfi fimrATnTTifiTil ; . rin Ti ' riflaTT ' . "ftfsiv 5 n « l .
p . JSLXiiiagii , wuu , » oco > Court of Appeal for England and Ireland , in the constitution of which court the Queen ' s supremacy should remain intact ^—The Bishop of Exeter denounced the bill as involving a large unnecessary expenditure , and as depriving the Church of all power of independent action . The 15 th clause destroyed the authority of the Bishop in any given diocese , and vested it at the pleasure of the Archbishop . If the Irish Bishops did not feel the sanctity and divine right of the diocesan episcopacy , they thereby separated themselves from the Church of Eng- land . There is nothing in the office of an Archbishop which confers upon him higher episcopal authority than that given to the Bishop . N " o doubt he possesses higher ecclesiastical authority , but his origin is only ecclesiastical ; ho has not the divine origin of the Bishop . Moreover , he is perfectly irresponsible . If he transgress laws tne oi is
. * . vu pxesrafciijutuia ^ .,. whicTi is vested in the hands of the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Lord Chancellor , the Speaker of the House of Commons , andfifteen trustees , all of whom are occupied in various ways , and therefore he did not think the management'at all ' -a satisfactory one . A report of a commission had been issued in 1850 , and it recommended , among other things , that there should be a body , consisting of a few persons , responsible for the government of the Museum ; but the recommendation had not been adopted . The selection of Mr . Panizzi , a foreigner , to be head librarian , Mr . Milnes considered was a slight to many deserving Englishmen of distinction in literature and science , one of whom ought to have been preferred . —The Speaker ( not being then in the chair ) defended the choice of Mr . Panizzi , who was the next officer in position to the late librarian , and /
TBESS NAT-AI ^ KElWEWv Lord EAVENSwoRTi ^ called the attention ^ of the Government to the total failure of the arrangements , made by the Admiralty for the accommodationiof : the Peers at thVnaval , review . . The idea ., that her Majesty . ' should be accompanied down the-, line by ther Housa of Peers was & goad one , but it had , utterly failed , from the mismanagement of the Admiralty , combined , he admitted , with , the breakdown of the trains on the railroad . They were delayed on the way ; . there were further delays at Southampton , ; and the engines of the Transit , the steamer allotted to them ,. proved . defective . In returning , they made way enough to xun . down a > gunboat , but not enough to enable them to return to Southampton < till ten o ' clock ; and the tiller-ropes broke before > they got id . Such was the rush at the station afterwards , that ho saw
me temporal or country , course ne as much amenable to punishment as any other person ; but the laws of the Church have no authority over him , and he might be an Atheist , and even proselyte others to his heresies , and no one could prevent him . ( A laugh . ) He would invite the attention of their Lordships to the 16 th clause . That clause gave to the Church a power which the Church had never possessed—which the Church never ought to possess—which the Church never sought to possess—and which the Church would refuse to possess , unless it were absolutely forced upon it—the power of committing persons to prison for contempt . Such a blunder could not have proceeded from a mind imbued with ecclesiastical law and ecclesiastical principles . ( JTear , hear . ") Tho Church disclaims the power of the sword ; but the power of committing to prison is part of tho power of tho sword . The Church only claims tho power of the keys . —Tho Bishop of Bangor also opposed the bill
wno possessed admirable qualifications tor tne post , vs to choosing a foreigner , there were many precedents for that course . Since the formation of the library in 1776 , there had been five principal librarians at the Museum ( exclusive of Mr . Panizzi ) ; and of these , two had be « n foreigners . It had also been the invariable rule to select for the post some officer already on the establishment . "Witli regard to the patronage of tho Museum , he and his colleagues would have no objection to bo relieved from the burden of it . —Mr . Layard defended the appointment of Mr . Panizzi , but insisted that some reform 13 required in the government of tha Museum . — Lord Elcko suggested whether it would not be desirable to consider the propriety of separating tho different collections and sending the artistic and archaeological portions to the new National dallery . —The Chancellor of ttie Exchequer stated that sovcral of tho recommendations of tlxe commissioners of 1850 have been carried out . — .
a Bishop aud a Privy Councillor take refuge in a thirdclass carriage . Their day ' s pleasure ended in . the . Peers and Peeresses promenading the railway platform late at night , with not a carriage or cab to be . got for love or ' money . He thought some explanation was required . — Earl GttANvmws said that , though he had been one of the sufferers , he could not admit that all the blame lay withrtue Government , tho , breaking down of the locomotives being one principal cause of the delay . The stokers of the Transit , moreover , had allowed the fires to go out — -a point of detail for which . the Government could not be Jfesponsible . Every inquiry should be made . —The Earl of Maubibsjiuby complained that Earl Granville , in tho midst of their difficulties , had hailed a shore boat , and deserted tho ship . Ho ( the Earl of Maimesbuby ) had to walk home at three o ' clock in the morning . —Lord . Cadifbell , while admitting that all the blame did not lin -vvit-Ti flin rJm / ArniriArifr flnirl flint . + hnrA hml hcuvn nnmA
as being visionary , impracticable , and costly . Ho was followed on tlio same side by tlio Bishop of Oxford and tho Earl of Derby . —Tho Bishop of Cashkc and tho Earl of IlAimownY supported the 1 ) 111 . — -TJic Lord Chanoeixoic having replied , their Lordships dividod , when there appeared—Contents , 03 ; Non-contents , 41 ; majority against the second reading , 8 . The bill , consequently , was lost . The House then adjourned till Thursday . CEMCimATION OF PEAOM . In tho Housn ov Commows , sovoral questions wore ftddrosacd to tho Governinont , having rofcronco to tho preparations for oolobmting tho conclusion of peace ; and theso quest ions assumed tlio form of a debate when tho CHAMOMU .. OK OFTiirc ExoiiicQ . u « it moved that tho House at its rioing do adjourn until Thursday . Tho reply on tho part of sovorul members oi . " tho Govormnont , amounted to this—that they had boon guided by precedent ; that thoro w « s no innovation in making' preparations boforo tho tonaa of tho pouoo wcro known ; that tho coat of the flroworktt , tho exhibition of which would not bo confined to tho wont-onil of tho town , would not exceed 8 , 000 / ., and that tho / did not think it noccoanry to
eub-Mr . Disraeli urged tho necwaaity of dividing tho Mnncum into three parts , devoted to literature , science , and arts , the present building being not too large for tho first alone . Ho defended tho choice of Mr . Panizzi against what ho called tho porsonal attack on him . made by Mr . Milnes . —After some further discussion ( ia tho course of which Lord John Russei ^ expressed his surprise that Mr . Milnos should havo objected to tho appointment of Mr . Panizzi because that gentleman is a foreigner ) , tho voto was agreed to , as well as a vote of 18 , 020 / . for tho Board of Health , after some opposition by Mr . Miouicuo , Mr . Wii-mams , Mr . Musics , and othors , principally on tho ground of tho unnecessarily large salary paid to Mr . Simon , tho medical officer . — -The Ilouso then resumed . FIRIQ ILNBUJtANOn IULL ,. The CHA . Noni , Lan ov thh JfixamcQuiOB moved tho Hocond reading of thia bill—a measure intended to prcvont tho Qvaaion of tho duty by effecting iuuurancoH abroad , and by this moans protecting tho English lire oflLooH ngahiHt foreign competition . —Mr Wilkinson " \ vne of opinion that tho bill would not accompliHh its object . It would drivo a valuablo branch of business from this country . Ho moved as an amendment that it bo ruud a
gross mismanagement , which reminded them of Balaklava . TU « eWp was in such difficulties on tho way back to Southampton that two of the Judges were obliged , to help work at tho capstan 1 Ho did not get home till four in the morning , but , as ho was ablo to be at court at cloven , the causo of justice had not suffered . —After Bontio further conversation , tho subject dropped . Similar complaints wore made in the Lower House , whoro Mr . Stafford was the first to call attention to the subject . Ho also compared the arrangements to those at Balaklava , and said that , having witnessed the arrnngoinenta of tho Government both at homo and abrond , ho desired to testify to tho oneness of tho system , and tho similarity of tho principles on which it ia based . ( C / ieera and laughter . ' ) It was not posuible for the Government at ho short a notice to cover tho docks of * Southampton with mud , nor worn they rcapoimiblo for tho Huushiuo ; but , us far aa in thorn lay , they did their bout to make that particular locality resemble Balaklava na much aa possible . { Great cheering and laughter . ')—Various other members loudly exproHsod their lUBsatlsfnalion , and novcro censure was jmHued on tho London aud South Woatom Railway . — -Lord PAijMMns'ron eug-
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Leader (1850-1860), April 26, 1856, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_26041856/page/3/
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