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strike the Carlists a deadly blow . What says " France ; whose lovely Empress has just been illustrating her fidelity to Spanish , attachments by attending a bull-fight inBayonne ? The gaieties unluckily terminated in a break-down of a parfcof the building , with some ugly death * and mutilations * . The works of man are just ncWfr in many respects presenting a painful yet ludicrous contrast to the works of higher , powfetsft , ¦ The harveWb' « Very where appears to be in magnificent order . Our own trade , indeed , is in a corresponding condition , speaking generally . The returns for the seven months of 1857 show an increase of 22 per cent , in the amount of our exports , while there is yet a larger progressive increase in the amount of our exported manufactures .
But when we look into the details of our trade we find some curious anomalies . Upon the whole , it may be said that railway properly is recovering from rather a severe depression , and in . accordance xrith . this recovery a new project makes its appear , ance , not before it is wanted—a plan for uniting all the lines south of the Thames , and bringing a terminus for them , by a bridge across the river , into the centre of "Westminster at "Victoria-street .
Meanwhile , V ice Chancellor Page Wood has pronounced judgment in favour of the preference shareholders of the Great Northern Railway Company—a decision in strict accordance with , the existing law , but adding another to the many existing oppressions which are hearing down the original shareholder in joint-stock associations . And the . Royal Surrey Gardens Company ( Limited )* which was last year dividing ten per cent ., is this year in the Bankruptcy Court ; its directors , amongst whom are Mr . James Coppock , Mr . Thomas Kkox Holmes , and M . Jumjen , disputing who is in the wrong , and endeavouring to explain away how it is that poor Mrs . Seacoxe has not yet got anything through her successful benefit in the Gardens .
Mr . Sfoixen is also asserting his commercial rights under rather peculiar circumstances . He has been re-arrested on a charge of robbing Mr . Littie . On SpoIiLen ' s person was found the sum of ten pounds , and the point on which he showed anxiety when he was brought before a magistrate for preliminary examination was the recovery of that money , which he said would not be sufficient for his defence .
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George Selwyet . — -Amongst the expiring wits and beaux of high life , I can just recollect , when I was a boy , the famous George Selwyn , whose name is now nearly forgotten , but whose bons mots then wero in everyone s month . He had a peculiarity so grafted in his nature , that it might be called a passion—this was an irrepressible desire to see public executions . On one occasion of some particular culprit being executed at Tyburn , a friend , who knew his foible , betted him one hundred gaineas that ho would be present at the ceremony ; ho accepted . the bet , and was discovered in the crowd , in the droBs of an old apple-woman , and paid the money- Dnring the period which followed the rebellion in 1746 , he had attended the execution of Lord Balmorino at the Tower , and when reproached with cruelty in witnessing the death of one whom he had personally lenown , he exculpated himself by pleading his foible , and Adding that , if he had erred in going to see Lord Ralmeirino ' a head cnt off , he had afterwards made every reparation , in . his power by going the next day to see the head sewed on , previous to the interment . When in Paris , his anxiety was ho groat to see a famous malefactor broke npon the wheel , that ho hit upon a curious expedient . Upon great occasions of this sort ( I think it wns that of Damiens ) , the head executioner of Paris wan wont to invite his comrades from the provinces to assist at this specimen of their art , Selwyn contrived early to bo near the scaffold , and when the provincial artists , made their appearance he joined their party at the batf , through which they wero admitted ; the first was announced aa Monsieur De Lyons , then Monsieur Do Bordeaux , & c , but whon it came to Selwyn ' a tarn , tho attendant , seeing ho was an Englishman , said in an Inquiring tone , " Monsieur Do Londroa ? " to which J 3 « lWyn bowed assent , and mounted tho scaffold in tho tharaotof ' 6 , f tho English Jack Ketch . —Journal qf T ,
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'IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . . ; P \ . ¦ -r- —• - "' . Moniay , August 2 ith . : THE OPItJlt TRAFFIC . : ; In ibeBoympF LoRp ^ ^ ^ RP . CHANO « BU > BLl » aving laid ** the lifcle the og | Mbn ofthe law fficeH * of the Cro # » with ieepect to tibi opium traffic in China , Lord St . IjBonarsmi and LordICjOspvelx , objected to the Goveraient hanrlng consullieiil thelavr officers ratfcirir than the Jfedge % ~« rfct ) are . ttaft onstSijitional adviser * of the Ministr y * The course tafeen two *' condemned as contrary to precedent .
THE INDIAN CRISIS . The Earl of Emjenborouoh : made some suggestions with respect to the present state of affairs in India . He thought some gentleman should be employed to put the telegraphic despatches from our Eastern Empire into plain English . He also called attention to the fact that by tha transfer to the East India Company of the infantry , cavalry , artillery , and engineers , selected for service in India , the expenses of the home establishment during the next six months would be reduced to the extent of 529 , 000 ? . Assuming that the troops added to the army during the same period would cost 300 , 000 ? .,
there would remain a sum of about 230 , 000 ? . applicable to military purposes . Therefore the Government could , out of the 200 , 000 ? . voted by Parliament for the militia , raise 10 , 000 men , and with the money to which he had referred embody 10 , 000 or 12 , 000 more , and he hoped they would so apply that sum . —Lord Panmure" proraised that whatever balance was in hand should be applied to the exigencies of the country , either in recruiting or in sending out additional troops to India . At that moment , independent of the permanent staff of the militia , they had 550 recruiting parties dispersed through the country , and during the last three weeks they had got more than 1600 recruits .
. * ' PERSONAL EXPLANATION . Lord Redesdale . justified the course he pursued on the previous Friday night with regard to the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill , and expressed a hope that Earl Granville would make some public apology for the strong language which he used on that occasion . ——Earl Granvtlle said it was impossible he could express regret where he felt none . He meant nothing discourteous to the noble lord .- —The Lord Chancellor supported Lord Granville ; but other peers were of opinion that his Lordship , in saying that Lord Redesdale ' s attempt to get rid of the bill had the appearance of ' a trick , ' had behaved with great discourtesy ; and "Viscount Dungannon observed that the scene on the Friday night liad exceeded anything he had ever -witnessed in the most violent days of the House of Commons .
The Commons' amendments to the Militia Bill and the Sale of Obscene Books , & c , Bill were agreed to , as well as the Commons' amendments to the Lords ' amendments to the Burial Act Amendment Bill .
DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL . On the motion for the consideration of the Commons ' amendments to this bill , Lord Redesdale moved that the consideration of them be postponed until that day six months , alleging as his grounds for doing so the nature of the alterations , the great advantage _ which would arise from giving the country further time to consider the subject , and the improbability of the objects of the bill being attained through its provisions . In his opinion , it " was an imperfect measure , and the differences between the two Houses were not likely to be settled by conviction , but ^ simply for the convenience of the Government . —The Lord Chancellor observed that , if the amendments of the Commons were totally new , and
took their Lordships by surprise , there might be some foundation for the amendment ; but they were all on subjects with the merits or demerits of which the House was familiar . — Lord St . Leonards supported tlio amendment , because ho conceived that , as the houra of the session were numbered , it would be quite impossible to discuss the many important alterations which the Commons had made in the bill . —Earl Granville said he never remembered a measure which had been so fully discussed in both Houses , and it was desirable that this delicate question , so closely connected with the happiness of English homes and the morality of the people , should be decided at once . Ho did not himself sqo what advantage could be gained by a postponement . Tho period of tho session wan only to bo considered as it affected the attendance of peers , and he had seldom
witnessed eo many present in tho House as at that moment . If some of the most eminent peers were absent , ho believed it was owing to the fact that in tho main they agreed with the Government with regard to tho bill . —Tho Earl of Carnahvon denied that this bill was substantially tho same as that sent down to the House of Commons . Ho had takon tho trouble to mako an analysis of the clauses as they stood , nnd ho found that , of seventy-three , fifty-nine were either new or had undergono alteration . Five had been struck out , and twentyone had boon added by tho othpr House . Thirty-threo had been altered—nineteen materially , nnd fourteen verbally , or in other minor rospeots . Ott a division , there appeared— 'For the original imotion , 40 ; against it , 44 . Lord Rodosdalo ' s amendment was consequently lost . Tho Houao thon proceeded to the consideration of tho Commons' amendments .
On the clause establishing local courts , a discussion took plaiefe , which ended in the Government agreeing to stake oat . " Quarter Sessions , " which was one of the three local tribunals proposed by tho Commons for dealing with divorce cases . —Lord St . Leonards moved that the woh & i - ^ adultery committed within tho' conjugal residence , " as a ground of divorce , should be omitted which amendment , on a division , was carried by 44 t o 27 . —A division also took place on the words inserted by the Contm «* s , making rape and two other offences grounds < rf divorce , and resulted in their retention by 45 against 29 . —The Bishop of Oxford objected to tha amendment , which left it to the option of the court to say whether adultery committed by the husband should
be a bar to his obtaining a divorce , instead of making it an absolute ban—On a division , the Commons' amendment was carried by 39 against 35 . —Lord St . Leonards moved the omission of clause F , which he said would continue the action for crim . con . —The clause was carried on a division , the numbers being 77 against 67 . In this division , proxies were used for the first time during the evening . —The amendment * relieving clergymen , from penalties in the event of their refusing to marry divorced parties , on the ground of conscientious scruples , and compelling incumbents to open parish churches to the performance of such marriages by other clergymen who do not entertain those scruples , were agreed to after considerable discussion and . two divisions .
The remaining Commons amendments to the bill were then agreed to , and their Lordships adjourned at ten minutes after one . In the House of Commons , with the exception of the consideration of , and agreement to , the Lords' amendments to several bills sent up from the Commons , theonly business transacted took the form of
. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS . Mr . Labouchere , replying to Sir De Lacy Evans , stated that the Governor of the Cape had thought it right to embody the German Legion . The numerical force was about 2000 men . Mr . Wilson , in answer to Mr . Cqrry , stated that the long-pending negotiations for improving the communication between London and Dublin have been brought to a close . The arrangement will come into practical effect within two years . Lord Palmerston , in answer to Mr . Henley , stated that the Government had received no intelligence relative to the loss of the Transit steamer beyond that
communicated by the telegraph . —Replying to Mr . Griffiths , the Premier said that no recent communication had passed with the Pacha of Egypt on the subject of permitting the passage of-troops for India . During the Russian war , the Pacha had given every facility for the passage of troops , and , should occasion arise , he ( Lord Palmerston ) had no doubt he would do so again . —In answer to Lord Raynham , who made inquiries relative to certain operations by Russian ships on the coast of Circassia , Lord Palmerston stated that he did not think the operations referred to were in contravention of the treaty of Paris . The House adjourned early in the afternoon .
Tuesday , August 25 tk . The Speaker and various members of the Honse of Commons having appeared at the bar of the House of Lords , the Royal Commissioners—viz ., the Lord Chancellor , Lord Panmure , and the Earl of JIarrowby—gave her Majesty ' s assent to various bills .
THE COMMISSION SYSTEM IN THE ARMY . Lord Panmure presented the report of tho commission appointed to inquire into the sale and purchase of commissions in the army , and observed that originally ten members were appointee ! upon the commission , but the report was signed only by six members , including the Duke of Somerset , who was tho chairman . Ono of the six ( Sir De Lacy Evans ) had , howevor , entered a protest at the end of the report , and intimated his intention to send in a separate document containing his own opinions . Foui" other of the commissioners had refused to sign the report , differing from the opinions it contained . Mr . Ellis , ono of tho commissioners , had intimated to him that it was his intention to send in a
report in his own name , and in the names also , he believed , of Generals Bentinck and Wyndhain : this document would reach him during the recess . Another ol the commissioners , General Wcthorall , was called upon to enter on active service in China , whore ho now « s , but ho ( Lord Panmure ) would have nn opportunity ol communicating with that officer probably bufoio Parliament mot , nnd ho would bo able to announce his opinion with regard to this very important subject . Ho thought it was necessary to mako those remarks upon tho rejorf , becauso it was quite clear that , as tho report wna enly signed by one-half of tho commission , it should wl go forth to tho country ns unanimously ngrood to by tno whole of tho commissioners .
STATE OP TUB LIFFICY . Lord Panmurb , in answer to Lord St . Lkona"P > said ho could not give any promise with respect to tuo polluted state of tho river Ljffoy , though ho deeply regretted that its conditions wore injurious to tho lioaltn oi the citizens of Dublin . Tho sitting was then suspended till five o ' clock . DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL OAU 8 KS BIUTho Lord Chancelloh nnnounood that tho com-
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 29, 1857, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_29081857/page/2/
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