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by the city of Paris upon wines and spirits . Now it is obvious that , by this course , not only will the workman have to help in paying the loan fund which supplies his wages ; but that the kind of work is not precisely that which will bett suit the goldsmith * , jewellers , silkweavers , and mttmfaotarers of Parisian nicknacks , who always feel mott severely the rigours of winter . It happens , also , that the continuance of the system of livrets , which obliges a workman to get a ticket from hit ttnployerand present it before he can be employed , will prevent the workmen of the provinces , who would otherwise come up in great numbers , from sharing in
the new source of employment . Hence exasperation in the provinces and in Paris . Dr . Vandoni is assassinated in Milan , and as a matter of course the assassin is said by the police to belong to the party of Mazzini . That , however , is a small matter of every-day occurrence . Mazzini is the incubus of the police ; so everything is ascribed to him which they cannot account for . But Eadetzky has seized the occasion as a pretext for issuing one of his ferocious proclamations . In all this there are unconcealed signs of fear and alarm on the part of the Austrians . The severities can but advance the day of just retribution .
News from Germany resolves itself into this , that —politically quiet , and physically improving , the nation is biding her time . The contest in Prussia is sharp and tough between the land-owning party , the squirearchy of Prussia , and the middle classes . In Hesse Cassel , constitutional liberty dies out under the heel of Hassenpflug , with the gleam of German bayonets hired to do the work of the despots , glaring in her eyes . At Frankfort , the old
and owlish Diet works in the dark , screened from the gaze of mortals ; doing its best to keep clear of the Press , which it has gagged . Rumour runs that , at the suggestion of Nicholas , the Diet will intervene in the affairs of certain towns where gambling is carried on , and restore " order * ' by suppressing that vice ; the reason alleged being , that so many Russian Princes have lost great fortunes at play , and it hurts the feelings of the paternal Czar .
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Jewish claims again occupied the attention of the House on Monday night . The cases of both the Jew members who were excluded were brought forward , and finally the resolution affirming their exclusion was carried . Proceedings were commenced by the Speaker , ¦ who read a letter from Mr . Salomons , intimating that two actions at law had been commenced against him , and that he had been advised to inform the House , as any resolution it might adopt could be used against him a * evidence . The order of the day was read , and Sir Bknjamix Hall moved that the electors of Green with be heard at the bar of the Ilou ^ e , in support of the ir ri » ht and privilege to elect Mr . Suloiiioijb . Mr . Ansti- y seconded the motion . The novelty of tins debate was the determination and I'vcii anxiety oi ministerial members to cut thort their s- \> fii-. hfH . The . mo : ion was opposed by the Attorney ( icnerul . Sii Vied , rick I 'he-sigur , Mr . Newdi-ate . Sir John llunnur , Sir Kobcrt Inglis , and I , uiil John Russell , nil of wlu . m cut down their Kinaksto tin-lowest , standard ; and supported by Mr . AiiHiey , Mr . VillierK , Mr . A » lio .. hy , Mr . Alderin ! . n Sidm-y , aiiul Mr . M' ( " J re < . > nr . The ^ rcntest impu'i . M cv war . nude m ; mif < nt lor a division , when the iu < ti u was rejected by ! . ' { . > to "J ' t .
'I lie « h'tioiH of ( treeiiwich lx in ^ disposed of , Mr . jt . MKi . h ( Yuan : hmuyht the London petiiion under cunr-id « T ;« ti .. i ' , and n |>< ke with tho evident intention «¦! / -lulling the whole thing until next pe .-sinu ; but h . w . i . s ii :. t b y Mr . Anntkv , who conu nded Unit the rhetors <>! I , ndon hud u li-jht to be heard at the bar , tn , d who moved a r < solution to that « ffeet . Mr . Aci . iuMiv seconded the motion . There was no « ttcMii | t made ; to din ; Us . s the question . The rest ol tl . e drb . ite was an exchange « , f vaj id pemmalitieHll . e only vi ^ oiou- m ntuiic being Mr . lUkes Curric ' * aluuh o ( Air . Ai . sii -y at iln- London meeting . Mr . Critic i 10 . \; iid : —
" lie wnit them nfur nuii . v ni ^ lit- hi that House— - he liad tho to' < <> of (! : <¦ lioiiouriilih-iiml Icatiit-il iimiiiUi ( Mr . Ansrej ) hfill i ¦ iK ¦ >» K »» hi « < - « ih—lUv aniioiinoorm'iit with vliicli il . i- ) w , tcull no fiiiui ) i .. r , ' Mr . Ansn-y U-lt s |) takinj »' ( latt ( j littr ) wan yt t mhiMc in I . jm mind " ,, ,. }< . , un < i J (> i tun n « he took tin' clmir the lionour . ililo ami ltiirnid nn nilxr Ntotxl Ixsido him in nil liin piiruiiu vigour , with the uell-known pocket handlw roliiW- ~{ lauyhtvr \ — in one huiid . and wiih an am * nded ixtiiiou iM the other . (/{<• - krtctd Imujhlvr ) What an apparition lor ll . e chaitin ; iii of a public nnciin ^ ! " Mr . AiiMtey ' w motion was negatived by 77 to 41 .
The adjourned debate was then rctmmed on Lord John KuH . sell'M ie »<» lution , by Mr . Anmtky , wlio proi ) O « ed to add to lhat resolution wordti pledging lint loii'i' to n ' -c if . s undoubted pi i vih- ^ e vo to alter the outh U : > Unit i' inigl . t be taken by Mr . . Salomoi . H . Two
lawyers supported the proposition , Mr . Headlam and Mr . J . Evans , and then the House rejected the amendment by 88 to 50 . Mr . Bktheu , reargued the case from beginning to end , pointing out how unwise it would be for tfte House to get into a contest with the great con-• tituenciet , showing that the House would be be-• feted by Jew members , who would be elected to test the question ; th » t in the case of Home Tooke the undefined « tate of the law w « s held sufficient to authorize that gentleman to sit , vote , and speak throughout the session ; and winding up with an
appeal to Lord John Russell to leave the matter undetermined until an interpretation of the law could be obtained . Lord John Russell replied that ma own mind was made up , but that he had no objection to the opinion of a court of law being taken . It would still be competent for the House to decide for itself . But in the present state of the matter he certainly thought that they ought not to delay their decision reaffirming the resolution of last session , that David Salomons , Esq ., was not entitled to sit or vote in the House until he should have taken the oath of abjuration in the form appointed by law .
The House then divided , and the numbers were—For the resolution , 123 ; against it , 68 . Majority against , 55 . After disposing of some other business , the House adjourned at twenty minutes past two o ' clock . At the evening sitting on Tuesday , Mr . Heywood moved : — " That an humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct , in such manner as to her may seeru fit , that the Crystal Palace be preserved until the 1 st of May next , with a view to determine if that novel structure , or any portion of it , can be adapted to purposes of public utility and recreation . "
He asked that it might be preserved , partly for pleasure and partly for scientific purposes . A portion might be set apart for a ride . The department of natural history might be transferred to the Crystal Palace from the British Museum . Besides , it might be described as the nearest approach to a ladies' club ever constructed , as , under certain regulations , a lady might walk about there with as much security as in her own drawing-room . The motion was opposed by Colonel Sibthorp .
Mr . Laboucmbre followed , and , as a member of the Government and a Commissioner , said he was bound to see that the structure was taken down in accordance with the contract ; and he threw on the House the responsibility of setting that contract aside . Sir Robert Inglis agreed in the eulogies bestowed on the Crystal Palace ; but he did not agree in the course adopted by Ministers , of shirking the responsibility of maintaining it ; and he contended that the
contract could only be set aside by an Act of the Legislature . Mr . Ewart , Mr . M'Guegor , who had built a house near the Park for retirement , but who readily sacrificed his private to the public convenience , and Colonel Thompson supported the motion . Mr . GouLiiuitN opposed the motion . He would not consent to the violation of the contract ; but if retained , to what purpose should the building be applied ?—
" If , as Rome suggested , it were to be used as a place of recreation for the benefit of Bel ^ ravia , or as the acme where ladies * clubs should assemble—( laiig / iter)—what would be the consequence ? Would not the people of Tjburma ilenuuid a similar portion of the Turk to be appropriated lor their > ecrcation also ? The immense annual expense , JiIho , which the permanent maintenance of ilio building w ^ uld impose on the country was deserving of ctmsidprntioiv . Tiny must have an extensive number « 'f keenem , whether tho building were used us a garden of ( ihiiiiH , as a museum , ah ft ludua * club , or as u new TatUTBaU \ s . "
Mr . Waklky held that iho contract wag a contract of the public with the public . If it wan determined to destroy the Crystal Palace , ho believed that the labouring-men of London would resolve unanimously not to lay their hands upon it . Mr . ]! anki : h started n new id , a . Keep the palace , unid he , but remove it to a lrnK arit-totiiitu ; locality - Finshitry , for example . Lord Suymoi'u very d . cidedly opposed the motion ; but having fjiih .-d to make an impression on the House , the ( iianojki . i . ok of the Kxcm aiicu < nforced the same vieuN of oppocitioii , iniimating al . so that iheie would he" cxpeiist h ; " bin , unlike L < id Seymour , he < h clared thai hiw internii . n was not to vote . The motion wiw Mippoited by Air . Villierw , Mr . Clay , Mr . Huidhim , and Mr . ( ieach . On iv tlivinion , there XVl'Tf '
For the motion , 7 /»; atjuiimt it , 47 . Majority , 2 S . The IIoiikc met on Wednesday , and wus mainly oeenped in dincusHiiig the claimcx of the Church HuiltliiiK Act Amendment 15 H 1 . Soine important alteration !* were made ; the fiiHt clause , which empowers the Church Commi * nioneiH u > allot certain fcittniKH to tho poor of the parish , wan utruek out A chaise pronosed b y Mi . Fuhwk . v , enacting that in " any henchce , l » UVmg a population of forty persons and upward * , and no church , the- funds ahould accumulate until th . y wire . suflicient to build a church or chapel ;
and providing that if the archbishop or bishop of the diocese thought proper to license any room for the purpose of public worship , it should be lawful for the patron to present to the benefice . This clause was carried by 40 to 37 , and afterwards , at the earnest solicitation of Government , withdrawn . The preamble was agreed to , and the House resumed . At the morning sitting of the House on Thursday , in reply to Mr . Oaborae , who intimated that there had been some misunderstanding upon this point , The Ckanceiao * of the Exchequer repeated , in fuller and more explicit terms than he had used on
Tuesday , his statement respecting the Crystal Palace . Whether the Commissioners were at liberty , under the terms of the memorandum , to apply any portion of the surplus in their hands to the purposes of a winter-garden he thought very doubtful ; whether , if they had the power , they had the inclination , he could not say . If they were unable or unwilling , the public could only purchase the building for a sum which might probably amount to £ 70 , 000 . Then to put it in a fit state for permanent preservation would cost a considerable sum , and there must
be an annual outlay for keeping it in repair . So much for the building . In addition to this expenditure , there must be a certain outlay for the winter garden itself , and then there was the cost of maintaining it . These five charges must fall upon the public . During the remainder of the sitting , the Metropolis tan Sewers Bill was read a third time ; and the Metropolitan Interment Bill passed through committee : a division by way of protest , on the part of Sir Benjamin Hall , was taken on reporting the bill , and carried by 42 to 7 «
In the evening a debate took place on the second reading of the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Management ( No . 2 ) Bill . This bill had come down from the House of Lords on Wednesday , and excited considerable discussion . Colonel Sibthorp moved that it be read a second time three months hence . It was explained by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the bill was permissive only , providing for the possibility of getting rid of the objectionable system of renewals of finable leases subject to the check of the Ecclesiastical Estate Commissionere . Various speakers started objections to the details of
the bill ; and then urged its postponement until next session . Upon this the Solicitor- General observed that the objections went to the clauses of the bill , not to its principle , which was this—the lessees had now no power of enfranchisement from any body except the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in respect to property vested in them . By this bill they might be enfranchised ; but there was nothing in it to prevent the renewal of leases , if this were desired ; all the bill did was to enable the parties , lessor and lessees , if they saw fit , to put the management of the property upon a new footing . inter
Finally , all parties were reconciled by the - vention of Lord Palmehston , who suggested that the bill should be read a second time , in order that it might be committed , and go to the country with any amendments adopted in the committee . Upon a division , the amendment was negatived by 45 against 34 , and the bill was read a second time .
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In the House of Lords , on Monday , the compensation clauses in the Smithfield Market Itemovol Bill were on the motion of Lord Guanvillk , struck out , after some debate , by a majority of 59 to 15 . At length the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill has been read a third time and passed . This notable event took place on Tuesday . The last debate was tame , and there was no division . The opposition was reduced to the privilege of a protest , ana all attempts , save one , to amend the bill given up . Lord AiiKiu > i ? HN could not refrain from uttering his last protest againHt the " ill-omened measure , " and expressing his conviction of its radical injiitftice . " Though noble lords opposite supported tin ; bill , not one had regarded it with unmixed satisfacthe of the na
tion . He tti ^ matiKed passage an " irrational and impolitic" act ; and ho vindicated tho right of discussing the merits of the bill—a rigl'i which had been impliedly objected to by the aeiertioH that resistance , to the bill would foster di sobedience in Ireland . Ho criticized somo points iu tho Ml * , and declared that he anticipated from j ^ rea t ' ' ' evils than be could " contemplate without feelings ot the deepest horror . " He should uvtiH himself ot hm privilege of recording his protest against tho ftiensuro , on the journals of the House . The Bishop ofOxwiw ( who had been obliged to
give way to tho Lord Chancellor , in the debate ori tho second rending ) delivered a long oration , the gi « t <> i which was that England was a Christian country ; that tho rcBcript wus an nggression , feinee it » h » uuic < J Unit Engluud was unchristian , and thereforo tho bill was neceaaury to repel that aggreanion . II" * opposed to penal legiulution ; nothing would indue *' him t » aticicnt to the measure , if he wero perauud *¦« that it would interfere with llio exercino of the religious duties of the Catholics . The Bishop wap at Home trouble to prove how the rescript had " abolifmed " the ancient sees ; and how conveniently
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 2, 1851, page 718, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1894/page/2/
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