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No* 275, June 30, 1855.] THE LEADEB, 616
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CONVOCATION. The two Houses of Convocati...
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THE WAR. The serious illness and consequ...
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Imperial Parliament . The Hd««Etqtf Xord...
las warrant for a new writ for the electing of a citizen to serve in Parliament for the City of London , in the room of Baron Lionel N-athan de Rothschild , who since liie election has entered into a contract for the jmblic service . He argued that the contract for the loan brought the Baron within the statute of 1782 . — The Attorney-General opposed the motion , conceiving that the best course would be to refer the question to a select committee . —This was ultimately agreed to , -after some discussion .
THE BEER BILL . Mr . Henry Berkeley moved for a select committee to inquire into the act of last session for further regulating the sale of beer and other liquors on Sunday . He appealed to the result of returns to show the increase of drunkenness since the passing of the act . —The motion was seconded by Mr . Gobbbtt , and was supported by Mr . Brady , Mr . Wilkinson , Sir J . Walsh , Mr . Villiers , Mr . Henley , and Sir John Shellet . Mr . Fatten spoke in favour of the bill , though he did not object to the committee , to the appointment of which Sir Geokgk Grey also agreed , while believing that the act had worked well . The motion was consequently adopted .
THE INCOME TAX AND THE FRANCHISE . Major Reed obtained leave to bring in a bill for conferring theelective franchise upon persons assessed to the Income-tax , but not upon a register of electors . —Lord Palmeuston , in assenting to the iniroduction of this bill , said it was rather late in the session for so doing ; but , as Major Reed said he onlj- wished to bring in the bill that he might have an opportunity of submitting his own opinions on the subject to the consideration of Parliament , it would be discorteous to offer any opposition .
STAGE CARRIAGE DUTIES . General Wyndham brought the subject of the stage carriage duties before the House , on the ground of the injurious effect which tliose duties have in discouraging the breed of horses . He moved that the duties should be immediately modified ; which was agreed to by the Government after a brief conversation . A motion by Mr . Sciiolefield for a select committee to inquire into the adulteration of food , drinks , and drugs was also agreed to . Mr , Roebuck postponed his motion on the Sebastopol Committee Report until Tuesday the 10 th of
July . FORMATION OF PARISHES BIT . L . In the House of Commons , on Wednesday , the Marquisjaf Blandford moved the second reading of this bill , the object of which is to make better provision for the endowment of separate and distinct parishes , to give facilities for the creation of new districts , and to provide means for relieving poorlyendowed churches . The bill would repeal the Church Buildings Act , and transfer the functions of the Commissioners to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners . —Sir Geouce Guey admitted that the bill contained much that is valuable , but , believing that it required
much consideration , he hoped Lord Blandford would consent to the discussion being postponed until next session , when the Government would make no opposition to the second reading , ' provided the measure were referred to a select committee . —This was ultimately agreed to by Lord Blandtoiiu , and the bill was accordingly withdrawn . — In the course of a brief discussion , the bill was opposed by Sir "William Clay , on the ground that it created a new form of clmrch rates , and for other reasons of a technical character ; by Sir William IIkathcotk , Mr . Geohgio Butt , Mr . Pisllatt , Mr . V . Scully , and Mr . Hadfield . It was supported by Lord Kishisoton , Mr . Palk , Mr . R . PniLUMOKE , and Mr . "W . F . Cowi'Eit .
BIAYNOOTII . Tho adjourned debate on INIaynooth College was resumed by Mr . Mauuiiu :, mIio defended the character of the College from tho aspersions cast on it , and denied that the Popo could absolve Roman Catholics from their allegiance . —Mr . P . O'Biukn also defended the institution . —The grant was opposed by Captain Stuart and Mr . Stanhoi ' ,: , on the oftenrepeated ground of its giving encouragement to Papacy . —The dobato was a ^ ain adjourned . The Youthful Owuxin-Mti ( No . 2 ) Hill , and tho Court of Exciiuuuku ( Ikkland ) Bill , were- read a third time and passed .
IMPROVEMENTS IN UARHACK . M . Ill tho House of Lordn , on Thursday , the Duke of Richmond asked curtain questions of Lord l ' miiiiure with respect , to barrack accommodation and other army arrangements , lie < lhl not see why barracks should not bo made much more , comfortable than they now aro , und thus give less cause for the soldier quitting them in order to find more cheerful quarters at tho public-houso ; and more especially is it necessary thnt proper accommodation should be found for the married women , who now , for want of privacy , arc often greatly < lemora . liHe . il . Ho uIho objected to tho prosont custom of cnlialing mero children of seventeen or eighteen years old , who , though their courage was undoubted , have not tho stiuniuu
sullicient to endure the hardships of a-campaign . —Lord PanmueB' replied that the Government were givingtheir best attention to the advancement of the comforts of the soldier in barracks , though , as regards soldiers' wives , lie did not see why any man in the infantry should be allowed to marry until after ten years' service , or in the cavalry until after twelve years , which would enable the men to have homes for themselves . With respect to recruiting , the English army is stili far below the amount voted by Parliament , though recruiting is going on at
the rate of one thousand a week . The Government had therefore determined to endeavour to make the service more attractive by giving double pay to every soldier actively engaged before the enemy . This additional pay it was proposed to invest in savings-banks until the soldier ' s return , or , if he fell , it would be paid to his relatives . This scheme would be made public in a few days by proclamation ; and he trusted it would be found to answer better than the increase of bounty which had been proposed .
Several clauses of the Assizes and Sessions Bill were agreed to in committee ; the Militia ( No , 2 ) Bill was read a third time and passed ; and , certain routine business having been gone through , their Lordships adjourned .
METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGE 3 EENT : BI £ , L .-The House of Commons again sat in committee on this bill , and agreed to several clauses , some others being omitted or modified . THE CLAIMS OP STR CHARLES BAERT . In reply to Lord Seybioc-r , the Chancellor of the Exchequer said he was happy to state that the claims of Sir Charles Barry were likely to be speedily adjusted .
TENANTS COMPENSATION- ( IRELAND ) BILL . After an ineffectual effort on the part of Lord Seymour to postpone the further progress of the bill to next session , the House went into committee , and passed the clauses from the 5 th to the 10 th inclusive . Some amendments were introduced , of which the chief were , one by Mr . Hoesman , creating an exception in the case of non-payment of rent ; one by Mr . George , with a similar but rather extended action ; and one by Mr . Bland , providing that , "in case any tenant shall be evicted for non-payment of rent , and shall be afterwards sued for any rent in respect of the lands from which he has been so evicted , he shall be at liberty to set off as against such claim for rent the amount of the compensation to which he would have been entitled under this act had his tenancy determined by effluxion of time . "
The Excise Duties Bell was read a second time , on the understanding that it should be committed pro forma , in order that some amendments which lad been agreed to by the trade might be inserted .
No* 275, June 30, 1855.] The Leadeb, 616
No * 275 , June 30 , 1855 . ] THE LEADEB , 616
Convocation. The Two Houses Of Convocati...
CONVOCATION . The two Houses of Convocation met on Thursday , when the Bishop of London , in the Upper House , brought up and moved the adoption of a Report from a Committee appointed last session . A resolution based upon this Report set forth" That since the last meeting of this House , the House having received an opinion of her Majesty's Solicitor-General and Dr . Kobert l'hillimore , pointing out a safe and easy mode , if it should bo sanctioned by her Majesty , of amending the representation of the clergy in tho howcr House , it appears to this House that the reasona which led them , at tho last session , to postpone the consideration of this subject no longer exist , and that they can most effectually consult for tho cause of Church extension , by necking , in tho lirst instance , an amendment of the representation of the clergy in the Lower House of Convocation . "
This was agreed to , together with an address to tlie Queen , praying that she would grant her license to consider of a constitution , alao a similar license to the Convocation of tho province of York , and permission for intercommunication on tho subject between the two Convocations . The adoption of the Keport was opposed by the Bishops of Winchester , Lincoln , and St . Asaph ; and supported by the Bishops of London , Oxford , Exeter , Salisbury , Gloucester and Bristol , and Bath and Wells . Tho votes , therefore , stood three against and six for . Tho Archbishop of Canterbury , who presided , exprcBsed his regret that tho Koport Imcl been introduced . Tho Bishop of Lincoln , in opposing the adoption ,
snid" The proposed chango would make Convocation not n dolibcr . 'irtvo but a loffiHlutivo body , und ho did not think t lint could be nt . tompt . cd without , incurring a considerable amount of misapprehension and jealousy , from which hnppily Convocation ia now frco . " In the Lower , House , nfler hodiq formal businofifl , tlio Prolocutor laid before tlio House tho He-port of tlio Committee , on Church-mtus . Tho . Report ryconiinundod" That church-rates bo honwsforth limited to charges uti-iutly nocoauary fuv maintaining tho fabric of the church
and churchyard in decent order and repair ,- and that , , i » order toenforce the making Of rates-so-limited , it should be imperative on the churchwardens , within a certain period after their appointment , to submit to the vestry an estimate of the expenses to be incurred in the ensuing year , together wit ! a detailed statement of the items . That , if the vestry refuses to make a rate , or make one for less than the churchwardens require , it shall " be competent for the churchwardens , or either of them , to appeal to the next quarter sessions , who shall have power to make a rate , or to -confirm the rate , or to increase the amount thereof to any sum not exceeding the churchwardens' estimate . "
No discussion or division ensued ; and the address , to the Queen , agreed to by the Upper House wa « - shortly afterwards presented by the Prolocutor . The adoption of this having been moved , a brief discussion followed ; but finally the House adjourned without corning to a vote .
The War. The Serious Illness And Consequ...
THE WAR . The serious illness and consequent resignation of Lord Raglan—the illness of Sir George Brown—the death from a wound of Captain Lyons—and the death from cholera of Adjutant-General Estcourt— - form important events enough for one week's War news . Each of these four facts will be received m England with feelings of pain . The loss to the country of the high-spirited and gallant Captain Lyons—true inheritor of his father ' s dashing coerage —comes at a time when we can ill spare one who Beemed to possess something of the old naval spirit of this island , —the spirit of Drake , Blake , and Nelson , itself derived from that romantic salt-sea daring , that picturesque abandonment to the influences of waves and winds , which formed the distinguishing , characteristics of the Vikings of the early North . And , whatever may be thought of Lord Raglan as a Commander-in-chief , no one can avoid being pained at the sight of a nuin at his time of life being stricken , down at his post by an illness which is always dangerous , and which , in the present instance , according to report , is likely to be attended with fatal
consequences . The week ' s news , however , is not all painful : indeed , it reduces in some degree the gloom arising out of last week ' s intelligence . The first shock of the intimation which arrived last Friday of the repulse of the Allies , coming upon our overwrought expectations , produced for a time too great a degree of depression , and gave rise to lamentable fears and forebodings . It now turns out that the affair was not so bad as it appeared on the first blush . The situation of affairs remains unaltered ; the Russians are
evidently not greatly elated at their negative success ; the killed and wounded turn out to be less than the public at first anticipated ; and finally Lord Panmure publishes the fact that " we retain possession of the round Russian fort in the Cemetery , whence the Russians were driven out on the 18 th , and theMamelon , at the gorge of the valley which divides the English Left Attack from the right of the South Harbour . " The affair of the 18 th therefore was not altogether a defeat . This intelligence was communicated yesterday morning ; and under the same date Lord Paninure says , on the authority of a despatch from
headquarters : — - " The French and English are proceeding with their approaches against the enemy ' s works , and are erecting now batteries , to Ijc armed with heavy guns . Tho enemy continue to repair the damage done during the last attack . Very little fire on their part . " The following despatches from General Pelissier still further elucidate the situation after the repulse on the 18 th : — " Juno 19 . " The besieged , notwithstanding our failure of yesterday , which they will doubtless exaggerate coiiHiderubly , grew alarmed last night , and for a long time kept up a fire from all their guns at empty space . " To-dny , at four o ' clock , thoro was an nrmiBtico for burying the dead . " » June 20 .
" Tho besieged , closely pressed on tho «»< 1 « of the Central lt . ivino , arc siting tiro to tho little faubourg at tho extremity of tho southern port . " Wo aro cuvoliiHC batteries with guns of heavy calibre on the work * captured on tho 7 th of Juno , which threaten moro directly the groat port . The account which General «« rtMhakoff wnds of iha affair of the lHth of June , is to tho effect than an , h «« uIt was made on BuHtionfl 1 , 2 , and a , and on the S , loir Bastion , niter a bombardment , of twentyollr hour * , and thlit the French " P ^^ ^ -jJ i .. iy *;* - luUiilMid nriaoiicra in the hands of tlio
Kus-I , B T 1 ' Wi account of their own losses is as XwB :- > 37 oHleorfl killed , 17 primers , MRonot * he ambulances ; non-eommis uoncd officers and men IcifleNincl inissV , Ifi-U ; gone to tho ambulances , U 44 » Our own loSac 3 ' were :-Non-comwwBloMd
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Leader (1850-1860), June 30, 1855, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30061855/page/3/
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