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The dramatic incidents which occasionally enliven the proceedings of the House of Commons have all occurred this session during the discussions on the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill . Last night the House again went into committee on the bill . The first portion of the debate was as dull and uninstructive as can well be imagined , being a repetition of previous discussions . Mr . Monsell raised a point which had twice before been decided , in moving a proviso to the second clause , confining the operation of the bill to temporal matters . The proviso was rejected .
Ayes , 42 ; Noes , 160 . Majprity , 118 . The clause was then put , and on a division there were- * - For the clause , 150 ; against it , 35 . Majority for , 115 . Mr . Sharman Crawford proposed to omit certain words at the end of clause 3 , and to add others which would give to all voluntary churches the power of assuming the title of aTchbishop or bishop . Sir George Grey objected to the addition on the ground of its ambiguity . A division was called for , when there were—For the amendment , 33 ; against it , 118 . Majority against , 85 . The clause was then agreed to without a division .
Mr . Sharman Crawford moved the introduction of a clause exempting Ireland from the operation of the measure . He claimed exemption for Ireland because there had been no aggression on the church of that country , because their hierarchy was of the duration of centuries , because the Roman Catholic relig ion in Ire land was the national religion , because this bill must destroy the religion of the people and endanger civil rights , and because it would weaken the effect of the union and increase the national expenditure . The Solicitor-General objected that
it would be " inconsistent" to exempt Ireland , on the ground that there ought not to be one law for England and another for Ireland . The opposition was strong in speeches , Ministers permitting all the talk to be on that side . These speeches were heard in peace until Mr . Henry Dhummond , unable to sit still and listen to the assertion that Irish Catholics were loyal to the Queen , rose , and in a few minutes threw the House into confusion . He said he would not be tempted to go into the question of loyalty ; and immediately entered upon it : —
" He would refer to certain curious expressions , which Roman Catholics 8 aid , ' You cannot charge us with a divided loyalty . No such tiling . We have one undivided allegiance to the Pope of Home . ' { Cries oj 1 Read , read . No , no . ( Yes , yvs . ) There were bo many Tio Nonoes . ( A laugh . ) ' We respect the authority of the Vicar of Christ infinitely more than we do any musty act of Parliament . ' ( ' Hear , and a laugh . ) ' Uut this ia " divided allegiance . " It in nothing of the kind ; for we consider that our " alleciance " is due to the Roman Throne first of all . ' { Hear , hear . ) Was that enough ? ( A laugh . ) ' And , secondly , and in an infinitely lower senae , as to mere earthly states
and governments , they are as nothing , and less than nothing , compared to our devoted loyalty to the Holy See . Perish a thousand Kings , and Queens , and Parliaments '—any more ?— ' rather than that it should be in the slightest degree tarnished . As the spiritual exceeds the temporal in importance , so does our loyalty to the Holy fciee transcend that which we pay to the Queen of England . ' { Cries of ' Hear , ' * The author ?' ' Name . ' ) Members had no right whatever to have any name —( ' Oh ! ' ) — none whatever . As a matter of courtesy he might give it , but they had no riglit about the matter . He would not give the namoupon compulsion . ( A laugh . ) it waa a Catholic print ( the Catholic Vindicator ) that « poke in these terms . ( ' Oh ! ' find a laugh . )"
Mr . O'FiiAHMiiTY interrupted the speaker : — " With his usual feeling for Catholics he had quoted from a newspaper , one which he ( Mr . O'Flaherty ) never heard of ; and it wan anything but fair , just , and—if the rules of the liounc permitted him to any so—it was anything hut honourable . ( Cries of l Order . He would not be put down . ( Cries of * Order , ' and Chair . ' )"
Church , that there had been no aggression in Ireland , and that the operation of the bill ought not to extend to that country . The debate then sailed smoothly along . Lord John Russell frankly admitted that he did not see , in point of argument , the possibility of any logical defence of the bill , unless Ireland were included in it . Mr . Reynolds , as usual , spoke very little to the question , but much at Mr . Anstey , whom he designated as the knight of the " Brazen Sword , " an order conferred on him by the Pope . Were the Catholics of England to be told by " a religious exotic of that kind " what course they were to pursue ? As to loyalty to the throne : —
The Chairman , and after him Sir Robert Inglis , Mr . Keogh , and Lord John Russell , interposed , and the affair seemed settled , when Mr . O'Flaherty , after offering to withdraw the obnoxious expression , said , he could not allow Mr . Drummond or any other persons to use expressions such as the honourable member was in the custom of using without—( Loud cries of " Order . " ) He would not be put down . { Loud and continued cries of ** Chair . " ) It turned out after all that Mr . Drummond was not out of order , and he , therefore , continued his speech , telling Lord John that the real difficulty was the Irish
" If the Pope invaded this kingdom ( great laughter ) , the Roman Catholi c s would meet him and his troops in the battlefield . ( Renewed laughter , and ironical cheering . ) He understood the sneer of the honourable member for Youghal . He repeated his statement , that if the Pope , aided by any number of troops , attacked this kingdom , he ( Mr . Reynolds ) would shed his blood in defence of the Queen . ( Ironical cheers . ) Were not honourable gentlemen acquainted with history ? Did they not know who commanded the British fleet against the Spaniards , and that it was a Roman Catholic , and an ancestor of the noble lord the member for Arundel ? ( Hear , hear . ) When the bill was carried Government would not dare to prosecute in Ireland .
" If he was a Catholic bishop ( great laughter ) , and he wished he was , he would give the noble lord notice that twenty ^ four hours should not elapse after the bill became law before he had incurred its highest penalties . (• Oh , oh ! ' )" The only reply which Mr . Anstey deigned to make to the personalities of Mr . Reynolds was , that he should pass them in silence , and " Leave to the honourable member the reputation of having done more than any one else to lower the character of debates in that house . ( Great cheiring . )" Mr . Campbell ' s rising was the signal for a tremendous row ; no one could be heard ; ultimately obliging him to sit down . The Committee divided , when there
were—For Mr . Crawford ' s clause , 60 ; against it , 255 . Majority against , 195 . Sir Robert Inglis moved a long clause—a small bill in itself—enacting , with a great deal of fuss , that it shall not be lawful for any servant of the Crown to allow any rank or precedence , or to use any title of honour in respect of any ecclesiastical dignity in the Church , to any person not having her Majesty ' s license for such title ; with a proviso in favour of any dependency ceded to the Crown whore special provision shall have been made by the treaty for the maintenance of the Church of Rome therein . Lord J . Russell offered various objections to this amendment , and upon a division there were—For the amendment , Y 2 \ ; against it , 166 . Majority against , 45 . The Chairman reported progress ; the House resumed , and adjourned at a quarter past one o ' clock .
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We learn from the official return that the sum taken yesterday at the doors of the Exhibition amounted to £ 2819 4 s . 6 d ., and' £ 36 15 s . in season tickets . The number of visitors was 31 , 834- The Queen and the King of the Belgians again visited the Exposition . Sir Edmund Lyons , late British Minister at Athens , has landed in England , on his road to Stockholm , having been appointed minister at the Court of Sweden . Mr . Frederick Hill has been definitively appointed Assistant-Secretary to the Postmaster-General . An engine-driver has been killed on the Caledonian Railway . He was walking on the top of the carriages and fell through . lie had gone on the carriage to see what was the matter with the brinks .
Two of the men , Cane and Ilickcy , who were prosecuted for killing the policeman Chaplin at Lambeth , have been found guilty of manslaughter , and one M'Ellicott acquitted . Leonora Weymouth , alias Valladier , accused of bigamy , has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment .
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The President of the Republic has declined the invitaa tion of the Charante-lnferieure to visit Poictiers on the occasion of the inauguration of the ruilway from Tourto that town . The Patric of Thursday Hays : — " JU is known that the Roman Government had , under the mediation of France , opened negotiations with England in order to obtain the removal of Mr . Freeborn , the Englinh consul at Rome . It appears certain that these negotiations have just terminated to the satisfaction of the Pope . " General Aupick in appointed ambuHsndor to the Court of Madrid . M . Cnlonna Walewski leaves Madrid , and comPH to the Court of St . James ' s . A telegraphic dcBputch from Milan announces the « af « return ot Marshal Rndetzky to Verona on the Dili .
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ROME IN 1849 . Tjik restoration of the Pope by French intervention was , it now turns out , performed at the express instance , and with the express consent , ot Lord Palmeraton . The Marquis of Normanby states the fact in a despatch to the Liberal Minister for Foreign Affairs . The object of the intervention is said to have been " improved government , " and the concefinion of " administrative reforms , "" by the Pope . That Lord Normanby
did not misrepresent the French Government , here are the express words of M . Drouyn de Lhuys to prove : — " The object of the expedition , he says , in his note to Admiral Cecile , dated April 19 , 1849 , " is at once to maintain the balance of power , to guarantee the independence of the Italian States , to secure the Roman People a liberal and regular system of admin istration , and to preserve them from the dangers of a blind reaction ^ meaning Austrian inter-
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TO HEADERS AND CORBESPONDENT 8 . Several letters have been received by our publisher complaining of the non-receipt of papers , or the non-arrival of the Leader , until Monday . We have made inquiry , and find that the errors have not arisen in our office . The Country Edition of the Leader is published on Friday , and the Town Edition on the Saturday , and Subscribers should be careful to specify which edition they wish to receive . Complaints of irregularity should be made to the particular news-agent supplying the paper , and if any difficulty should occur again it will be set right on
application direct to our office , 10 , Wellington-street , 8 trand , London . ¦ . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communication . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty of finding space for them . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 10 , Wellingtonstreet , Strand . London .
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THE CENSUS . Thk Registrar-General has already given to the public the general results of the census of Great Britain : the particulars regarding occupation , &c , will follow in due time . The decennial increase , although less than that of the previous ten years , proves to be larger than most people anticipated . In spite of the great increase of emigration during the last few years , the population has increased 2 , 212 , 892 since 1841 . The decennial rate of increase has , with one exception , steadily declined since the beginning of the century . In the ten years ending 1811 , the increase per cent , was 15 1 * 1 . In the ten years ending 1821 , ft was 14-12 ; in 1831 , 14 * 91 ; and in 1841 , 13-18 . During the last ten years , the increase has been only 1210 , a decrease of 20 per cent , in the ratio , as compared with the ten years ending 1811 . The number of houses does not appear to have increased at the same rate as the population ; a proof that a larger proportion of the people must be in a bad condition now than in 1841 . At present there are 3 , 276 , 975 houses inhabited in England and Wales : ten years ago the number was , 2 , 943 , 939 . The increase is less by more than a hundred thousand than it ought to have been . Not that there is any want of bricks , timber , glass , and iron , or of bricklayers and carpenters ; but that a large proportion of the increased population cannot afford to pay for additional house-room , and must , therefore , in spite of sanitary ; regulations , crowd together in unwholesome dwellings . The returns relative to the number of houses in Great Britain enable us to ascertain what number of votes Household Suffrage would give . The total number of inhabited houses in England , Scotland , and Wales , is 3 , 675 , 451 ; and to this number must be added a large number of lodgers , whose votes would be allowed , making altogether about 4 , 000 , 000 . The total number of male inhabitants is 10 , 184 , 687 , of whom considerably more than one-half are under twenty-one years of age , so that the difference between Household and Universal Suffrage would probably not be more than a difference of one million of voters . Now , if Government is prepared to grant Household Suffrage ( which formed part of the original Reform Bill ) , why not go a single step further , and disarm popular disaffection by including all men above twentyone years of age ? Why make an invidious exclusion , and of so small a majority ? The increased numbers are the expression of an increased power in the nation—to be used , abused , thwarted , or developed ; but to assert itself in one way orx ) ther , at some time or other . It is a power that the Government may use ; but by whomsoever used , that augmented number must be used for itself . There are more to care for . The greater numbers must be better governed ; or else
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There is nothing so revolutionary , "because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed , when all the wdrld is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —De . Arnold .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 21, 1851, page 582, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1888/page/10/
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