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compulsory clauses . Mr . Wauole startled the House by replying that Ministers intended to introduce a proviso to the effect « iat the compulsory clauses should not be resorted to until after December , 1852 . This was regarded , in the discussion which followed ^ as an admission that there existed no immediate necessity for the measure . . Reproving Mr . Cobden for implying- — -what that gentleman afterwards anxiously disclaimed—that the people of England are vagabonds , Mr . DiBBAELi thus briefly and emphatically explained the grand object of the Militia Bill : — *
" This was the Jirstattempt to habituate the people this country ' to the-useof arms , to which , they were not at present generally accustomed . Circumstances , irresistible circumstances , had for a long time rendered such a policy necessary } and \ f this Bill should be adopted , though it was not a measure that would produce a discipl i ned army able to encounter the veteran legions of the world , it would be the first step in a right direction , and would lay the foundation of a constitutional system of national defence . ( Cheers . )" Ultimately Mr . Milnee Gibson moved that the word eighty thousand should not form part of the clause— -an amendment negatived by 207 to 106 .
Mr . BbiG-ht now complained of the lateness of the hour , and it was agreed that the chairman should report progress and sit again on Friday .
CONSTITTTTIOIT FOB NEW ZEALAND . Snt J ^ PAKijraTON moved , on Monday , for leave to bring in a bill to grant a representative constitution to the colony of New Zealand . " He explained the scheme of the constitution proposed by the present Government , pointing out , as he proceeded , wherein it differed from that designed by Earl Grey . It was their opinion that New Zealand should be considered as one colony , a nd that it should be divided into s _ even provinces , each governed by a superiritende . , appointed by the Governor-in-Chief , with a salary of 500 ? . a-year , each superintendent to have a legislative council or not electivethe fran
fewer than nine members , to be entirely , - chise of the electors ( natives not being excluded ) to be as follows : —a freehold worth 50 Z ,, or a house , if in a-town , worth 101 , a-year , if in the country , 51 . a-year , or leasehold property , with an unexpired term of three years , worth 101 . a-year . The question whether memberB of these provincial councils should be paid was left to the central legislature . Sir John read a list of the subjects , amounting to fourteen , upon which the provincial councils would be restrained from legislating . The duration of these councils it was proposed to limit to four yoars . The central legislature would consist of the Governor-in-Chief , as head , and of two chambers . In the scheme of iLord Grey
the upper cha mber was to be a representative body ; but there was no precedent in any colony for an elective upper chamber , and the present Government recommended that the members of the upper chamber of the central legislature should be appointed by the Crown during pleasure . The lower chamber was to be elective , the franchise for the constituency the same as that for the provincial councils . Tho number of members for the upper chamber of the central legislature was to be not less than ten nor more than fifteen , at the discretion of the Govcrnor-in-Chiof ; that of the lower chamber not less than 25 nor more than 40 . Five years was intended to be the duration of the central parliament , tho acts of which would override those of the provincial legislatures . It was proposed that there should be a civil list ; that 12 , 000 ? . a-year should
be retained , out of which tho salaries of tho superintendents should be paid , and that 7000 L a-ycar should bo reserved for native purposes . All arrangements respecting the town lands to bo in the hands of the general legislature . It could not be expected , ho observed , that such a inoasuro as this could be final , and changes would bo introduced into tho bill whereby the local legislature should havo full power , from timo to time , to enact changes in tho constitution with the consent of tho Crown . It was for tho House to decide whether this bill carao within the category of " necessary m easures ; " ho boliovod it did ; but if tho House was \> f a different opinion , tho alternative was , it being highly inoxpodiont to allow tho act of 1846 to roviyo , to suspend that constitution for another year . "
There was a pretty general concurrence in tho motion , tho speakers being Sir R . Inglis , Mr . Gladstone , Mr . Hume , Mr . V . Smith , Sir W . MolcHworth , and Lord John Russell , who trusted that tho bill would not meet with any considerable opposition ; and loavo was given to bring it in .
TENANT BIGHT . Nothing now or interesting was brought out in tho adjourned debate on Mr . Slmrman Crawford ' s Tenant Right Bill , which took placo on Wednesday . Mr . CoNOUiY spoke from tho landlord point of view , denouncing the Bill nnd its authors , and assorting that they used it only as " a meant ) of stirring up tho noimlaco for a timo with some wretched pottifogging defended tho
view to electioneering . " Mr . Monsbmj prinoiplo of tho Bill , and referred the present dosporato state of Iroland to tho absence of a proper relation botweon landlord and tenant . Ho completely upset tho arguinonfc , that as tho landlord and tenant law of England worked woll , it was therefore- applicable to Ireland , by pointing out tho vast dittoronco between tho manners , customs , habits , and religion of tho people of tho two countries . Lord Naas objected to
the Bill , which he .-said " -would reduce Ireland to a mere desert . Following the example of Mr . JDisraeli on the franchise question , Lord Naas taunted Mr . Crawford with haying left the case of "the labourers tuitouched , who , he said , "were as much entitled to a fair share of the emoluments of the land as the tenant farmer or iandlord , "~ rather a dangerous doctrine for a Conservative . You , he continued , have not proposed a . valuation . of their day ' s hire , and you don't intend then ! to share in the benefits of the Bill . That fact showed the ** utter selfishness" of the measure !
Mr . Gv H . Mooee replied chiefly to the speech of the Attorney-General for Ireland on a former occasion :- — Mr . Napier said the bill he should propose would confer freedom of contract . "It was said , " continued Mr Moore , ' that everything must be done in these times in the spirit of 'freedom of contract . ' What jargon ! In . every civilized community the right of contract was limited by considerations of public good ; all contracts vicious , demoralizing , or dangerous to the State were avoided bylaw . IVoin the usury laws down to the byelaws regulating the hire of cabs , freedom of contract was restricted . Shlock was for freedom of contract ; It would
y be a return to the rudest and most elementary form of savage legislation . " He denied that there was any real analogy between the law of England and Scotland and that of Ireland . " The landlord and tenant in his ( Mr . Moore ' s ) part of Ireland stood in a wholly different position from that which obtained in England . They were aliens in blood , language , and religion , The landlord was surrounded by no ancient and national recollections but those of shame ; the tenant was a vassal , the descendant of a colony of exiles ; and between them there wasi no synv pathy of race . Christianity itself appeared to be an element of repulsion between them , and they hated each
other for the love of God . " These strong allegations were followed up by a striking description of the \ ray improved land was appropriated by the soil owners . * ' The landlord ' s original title was confiscation , and he had since effected scarcely any other operation uppn the soil than that of confiscating the labour of man . Drains and buildings , and fences , the unaided work of the tenant , were sucked in to the omnivorous vortex of what was called ' property ; ' and what was wanted was a law that would work put its own ends , and trust nothing to the honour or honesty of man . A peasant took land on the mountain side , arid built , and fenced , and drained , and tilled ; the
most skilful agriculturist could not make it pay for reclaiming ; the tenant gave his labour at the mere price of existence , investing in the soil all the difference between the fair wages of labour and that which supported human life . Without the aid of his landlord , he built , dug , fenced , drained , manured , and sowed and reaped , and begot a race of hardy tillers of the soil ; but , at the end of his lease , the little estate he had created on the earth ' s surface by a life of labour was snatched from him , coolly appraised as tho property of another , and : he was robbed of it . "
Mr . Mooee wound up by an allusion to the exodus of the Irish race , asserting that they tf were passing , not to the grave—then there might be peace between the two—but to a new world , where their first hope was refuge from the power of Britain , and their next vengeance on British legislation . " The other speakers were Sir Wiixiam Someryiixe , Lord Claud Hamilton , and Mr . Napiee , against the
bill , and Mr . Reynolds for it . Mr . Napier renewed his promises . He had framed three bills . " The first waa a consolidation of nearly seventy statutes relating to tho law between landlord and tenant . ( Cheers . ) The second had reference to the consolidation of leasing powers , and arranging tho terms of letting land , so far as a contract between twp parties , was concerned ; and the third bill was to provide compensation for improvements to the industrious tonant . ( Cheers . )"
Mr . Ceawjfokd replied , and the House divided ; when there were—For tho second reading , 57 ; against it , 167 . Majority , 110 . The bill was consequently lost .
HOUSE OF LOBDS . Lord LvNDHXTBST moved , on Tuesday , for lcavo to introduce a bill to abolish certain disabilities imposed by tho statuto of tho 6 th of Qeorgo I . Ho had boon induced to consider this question on general grounds , but public attontion had boon recently drawn to it by a decision of tho Court of Exchequer , on tho case of Mr . Alderman Salomons . Lord Campbell having expressed tho pleasure ho Mfc at tho motion , Lord Dekhy hoped that tho House would not bo led away from tho general question into
a discussion on Jewish disabilities . Ho did not question tho right of Lord Lyndhurst to introduco such a measure on general grpunds , but ho . thought it unfortunate that ho had choson . tho prosont moment for bringing it forward , when tho particular caso to which ho had alluded was still unsettled . With respect to that enso , tho Government thought that , if Mr . Aldorman Salomons presented a petition , representing tho grievances to which ho was actually subjected after his appeal wais decided , ho would bo fairly entitled to un act of indemnity . J Tho Marquis of Lanbdowne hoped that Lord Lyndhurst would bring forward his bill at onco ,
independently of all allusions to the case of Mr . Alderm Salpinons . Aftersome further discussion , the bill wa ° read a first time . *
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POLITICS AT THE FEAST OP ART . Abt entertained po litics on Saturday at dinner in other words , the Royal Academicians gaye that annual feast , now become famqus . . Present in the East Rooin were the late and the present ^ Premier , the "Duke " the late and actual Chancellor of the Exchequer and other Ministers j several representatives of di plomaev officers of both services , one or two bankers , a good sprinkling of first-rate men of letters , men of science and men of wealth , and , of course , a garnishing of painters . ' . ' ¦ ¦ . . •• ¦ . -. ¦ ¦ .. ¦ .. * " . ¦¦ • : ' ' ¦ ¦ . ' ' ¦ . ; . . .
Sir Charles Eastlake , the President , was naturally chairman : on the occasion , and he performed the pleasant duties of his post in : ¦• $ manner consistent with' the character of the Academy . The 1 st of May was , he reminded the guests on proposing the health of Prince Albert , the anniversary of the opening of the Exhibition j arid in tagging the name of the Duke to the toast of "the Army and Navy , " he did not forget that the 1 st of May is the birthday of the old hero .
The Duke of Wellington said-r-Mr . President and Gentlemen , of the Royal Academy , I beg leave to return my thanks to you for the honour youhave done ^ ine in drinking my health with your good wishes for the army and navy . What I particularly request to call the attention of the company to is the fact that this happens to be my birthday . ( Cheers . V By the favour with which . 1 have been received by the Royal Academy , and most particularly on this occasion , I . beg again , as T . have frequently done before in this assembly , to return thanks for the navy ( cheers ) , though I see present my noble friend the Erst Lord of the Admiralty , who is more nearly connected with
that service . But I have to do no more than to express to you that both services are duly and highly- sensible of the honour done to them , and the advantages they derive from the approbation of such gentlemen as those who compose the assembly I have the pleasure of addressing . Gentlemen , the services will be rejoiced upon learning that it is considered they continue to deserve the approbation of their . country . ( Cheers . ) Both services , but particularly the army , have been involved in great difficulties , but I do not doubt , gentlemen , but that it will turn out that the approbation ot this company is founded upon a just estimate of the manner in which they have performed their duty . ( Cheers ;) It has been highly
satisfactory to me , as it must have been to all of you , to have observed that in the great difficulties and misfortunes Which aU services are liable to , the officers and soldiers of the army have conducted themselves as they ought to go . ( CheersJ They have shown , under the most difficult circumstances , the utmost subordination , order , and-discipline ( cheers ) , and the officers of the navy w ere in the se trials the first to provide for the relief of the helpless . ( Loud cheering . ) The women and the children ( said his Grace , with an emphasis and feeling that affected the whole company ) were all saved—an account was given and rendered of every child and woman . ( Cheers . ) This , gentlemen , is a proud fact for the services of this country—it must unfler
havo been B ^ factory to you all , and it shows that , any circumstances , you can rely upon their subordination and discipline . ( Cheers . ) In the namei of the army and navy I beg to return you thanks for the honour you have done thorn . Soon after this he left the company , " to visit Miss Burdett Coutts , a visit which many years he has made on his birth-day . The Chevalier Bunsen acknowledged « The Foreign Ministers ; " and the President , proposing " Our Distinguished Guests , " eulogized the patrons , and far more the critics , of art —as Landor , Froude , Sterling , Ruskin ,- a compliment returned , on the part of tho former , by the Marquis of Salisbury , who gave « l » o Health of tho President : " which Sir Charles
aoknowlodged , talcing the opportunity to do honour to the memory of Turner , and to propose « Tho Earl oi Derby . * In proposing \ this , the President said tJiau tho professors of tho Fine Arts lived in "W ignorance of politics , " a remark which drew from i ^ oru Derby , in his reply , the further confession , that ono o tho most satisfactory things that could happen to r public man , was to indulge sometimes in that nappy ignorance of political life , meeting there old OPP " ' and testifying " to that which it is tho pride oi jw glishmon to bolicvo can subsist with political am oncos , namely , tho sincere indulgence of personal a »» private friendship . " ( Loud cheers . ) Subsequently ,
ho said , — " Whatever may bo the term of duration of tho « ov ^ mont to which I am proud to belong , I may vontun indulge tho hopo-ani I beliovo I shall bo wP ^ gJ , ^ political friends and oppononts-that by their w »« J and friondly mediation with tho right hon . gon TC hon , my right ( Sir O . Wood , wo bolievo ) , and tho r ^ rtol it gontlomon immediately behind mo ( roforring to » j . q ])] q Sf Mr . Disraeli wlu ' ch was placed just behind ™ ° J d . lord ) , wo may have an opportunity of toetiryuw «« f ^ Qr 0 will to a pleasing and dofightful art , bv provi chnjr a ^ fitting ' and moro adoquato locality ( loud ciheorsi » s
this country has boon rapidly accumulating , "" nting moro rapUlacoumulation of which , Uttlp morei « ^ ^ thftn that which I Iiopo Government may ) xm » »»
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Leader (1850-1860), May 8, 1852, page 432, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1934/page/4/
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