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British subjects and abolition of constitutions . Hanover has followed close upon Tuscany in the series of royal abrogations . . - . * . ' .. Now that the blaze , and - ib& ^ jsinjgp ^ and t&e dust of the Champ de Mars and J& 0 Trocadfcfb have cleared away , and the echoes Q $ the hollow pageant are silent , Louis Napoleofc is not found to be getting on very satisfactorily , tuidis reported to have entered on desperateN ^ uxses . Lion * hearted Lamoriciere , like the more dark and
bitter Ghangarnier , has flung the gauntlet of defiance in the face of the " perjurer : " in spite of the graceless indulgence shown to Arago , numbers of professors have thrown up their offices in disgust at the slight offered to the old astronomer at first ; numbers of the gentry openly hesitate dislike of the enacted " allegiance "; and the soldiers at the Feast of Eagles are said to have been more than coolsarcastic and pert . A grand tribute must be paid
to that beloved army , and the Rhine provinces are to be the sop . But how to get them ? In the first place , to try the asking for them , under the threat that , in case of failure , France will mutiny , and that then the threats of 1852 , which he , Louis Napoleon , averted on the 2 nd of December , will still be realized . In case of refusal —war j the eagle marching to seize the Rhine provinces , which would be almost as good . It is said that an Envoy has gone to Vienna to
propound these peremptory hints . Whether the adventurer really contemplates such a ruse or not , we would advise Mr . Wyld and his brother geographers not to ha sten the publication of any new map of Europe on an extensive scale ; for 1852 is not half over yet . But the Czar , attended by Nes * selrode , ( the veteran Redtapeocrat , whose name has passed into a—pudding , ) is beating up the holy alliance at Vienna and Berlin , for the maintenance of those treaties which have been worse than waste paper since the siege of Antwerp , and the political extinction of Cracow .
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THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT . PBOGEESS OF THE MILITIA BILL MrNTSTEBiAL success continues , not without let or hindrance certainly , but without abatement , in the direction of the Militia Bill . On Monday night , in the face of the most implacable opposition , they advanced the Bill in committee to the 16 th clause , about which , as it contains the wedge-point compulsory clauses , there was a deal of fighting . The first stand made by the minority was upon that part of the 14 th clause which requires volunteers to take the oath imposed upon men raised by ballot . The objectionable point , fastened on by Mr . Bright , was that the oath in question bound a militiaman to serve jn any part of theUnited Kingdom . To this it was replied by Lord Palmeestoit , the Homd Seoretaby , Lord John Rttsseh ,, and others , that the oath facilitated , the interchange of English and Irish militia , and also enabled Government to poat a stronger militia force in Ireland in caso of a threatened Irish , invasion . Ultimately , however , Mr . BnianT , who had been supported by Mr . Httme and Mr . Mixneb Gibboij , saw reason to withdraw the motion ho had made on tho subject , and
tho clause , as also clause 15 , was agreed to . Tho opposition had hitherto been confined to words . On tho next clause , tho 16 th , being proposed , thoy proceeded to acts , no less than aix divisioiw taking placo on , tho clause , and on oach , with one exception , it will bo ficon that Government had largo majorities . Mr . CiiAitTBitiS began the battle by moving that tlio words " shall bo raised by ballot , " bo struck out , thus entirely stripping tho Bill of its compulsory nharoctor . His argument was , that na Government did not intend to enforce tho ballot until tho voluntary HVHtom hod boon fairly tried , it was abaurd to retain the words , oHpooiolb / ' when their retention was tho iruiinwpring of tho obstruction to tho passage of tho Bill . In tho short dobato which ensued , tho argument above oitcd was oppressed in n variety of ways by Mr . Pjito , Mr . Ewakt , Mr . W . , T . Fox , Mr . Qxoncm Hudson , Mi * . Cabdwui ^ , Sir Fhanois Baking , Mr . Wakwby , and Mr . Gmaoh . These gontlomon nearly jtfl declared that thoy would prefer increase , of tho binding winy ; to , tiiq admission of what Mr , Poto > called tho V ' prinp ^ yn of conscription . " "Why not ii % caBQ 14 le-OTftriHhS armyP" it is notable , woa tho roftaiu . bf ' mpet ^ pttoso speeches . Government was tantoly ^ mti ^ 0 kMx . SIDNEY Heiiujjux being tho uiaVsTi
only non-minister !^ supporter clause ; when the Committee djpiiifled there were— - " For Mr . ChartjMte ' s amendment ^ 110 ; against it , 127 . Majority against the amendment , 17 . Having was narrowly escaped on the thresh ^ of the clause ^ Min ister were destined . - . -to encounter five ; other divisions . 3 % , W . J . FoX moved a proviso to mil a sting into ihj » compulaor-y clau » B , by thtowin ^ tjfte burdea of service on the jnfivileg ^ classes . Efe moved that '
WaxpqijE showed that the proviso raised a much larger question than it could settle . Were all persons who served , in any force entitled to a vote ? Were persons who had conscientious scruples , not only forbidding them to enter military service , or to contribute taxes for the support of military bodies , entitled to exemption on that ground ? The Attobney-GenebaIi was more frank . He opposed argument to argument . He laid it down that a great distinction subsisted between civil and political rights . All were entitled to the same civil rights , but the constitution only entrusted political rights in the hands of a few . At the same time all men were interested in the
defence of their common country . Mr . Hume opposed the proviso on similar grounds , and after a little dis ^ cussion it was negatived without a division . Incidentally , however , Mr , Melneh , Gibson extracted from Mr . Walpole a list of exemptions . " They were , 1 st , peers of Parliament ; 2 nd , persons serving in other forces of the Crown ; 3 rd , officers on halfpay ; 4 th , commissioned officers who had served four years in the militia ; 6 th , resident members of either university ; 6 th , clergymen ; 7 th , persons licensed to teach in separate congregations ; 8 th , constablea and peace officers ; 9 th , articled" clerks and apprentices ; 10 th , seamen and seafaring men ; 11 th , persona employed in her Majesty ' s dockyards , &c ; 12 th , persons free of the Company of Watermen ; 13 th , any poor man having more than one child born in "wedlock . "
The rest of the debate turned upon . -this list , and several provisos were moved and rejected successively . Sir Henby WiiiiiOiTGHBY moved , as a proviso , that no married xnan be drawn by ballot , and no unmarried man except between the ages of 20 and 25 , on the ground that tho burden of maintaining the wives and families of the poor men who served would fall on the owners of the soil . A discussion followed , and on a division there were— - For the proviso , 53 ; against it , 159 ; Majority against the proviso , 106 .
Mr . M . Gibson then moved a provision in the following terms : —r" Provided , that no person carrying on the occupation of a schoolmaster or teacher in any school or other place of instruction for a livelihood shall be liable to serve in the militia raised under tliia act . " The committee divided , and the numbers were— For the proviso , 86 ; against it , 164 ; Majority against the proviso , 78 .
Mr . MiiNEji Gibson next moved that peers be not exempt . It was objected that no notice of this motion had been given . Lord PaIjMEBston did not know why peers were exempt , and recommended that the whole question of exemptions should be deferred until next session , when the promised consolidated bill was brought in . A division ensued . For the proviso , 96 ; against it , 162 ; Majority against it , 66 . Mr . Wakxey attempted to exempt * ' legally qualified" medical practitioners , but the House seemed unwil l ing to moddlo with tho list , for on a division there wore—For Mr . Wttkloy ' s proviso , 77 ; against it , 167 ; Majority , 90 .
Tho noxt mover of a proviso was Mr , Peto . He moved to add a proviso to tho clause , that no person belonging to tho Society of Frionds , or Quakers , should bo liable to bo drawn or called on to servo . On a division ho was defeated . For tho proviso , 79 ; against it , 166 ; Majority , 77 . This brought tho . opposition to a cIobo as far as attompts to amend tho clause wore concerned . Hut Mr . Wakxwy objoctod to going forward with tho clausp , It hftd not bco « nuiliciently discussed . ( Oh ,
oJi !) Ho should move that the Clmirirmn do report progress . Tho Ciianoelt-ou of tho Exchequer characterized this as an ? ' almost factious proceeding . " Mr . Bbighit roplied . Tho Government had got but a bare , majority when all tho gentlomon in white waistcoats now present wove gone to dimior , and lio winked to toko a division an tho principle . the cluuso in a fresh house . Ho did not intend to take ajiy factious proceeding ; ( Oh , oh !) and looking back to tho course hon . gentlomon opposite had taken In pout yeans , tho conduct of hon . mombora on the opposition
side of th « Wm ™ pm bear a ver 7 &ir comparison with tha | of tlioae who now sat on the Ministerial benches . Hi proposed to take a division on . the ballot in a fresh house , and therefore supported the motion . The house divided , when the numbers were—For the motion , 40 ; against it , 179 ; Mdority ftr the Government , 139 .
M . r . W * W * AM WjEtLAMS then made a similar motion . The CHANOEliiaB . of the Excheqtteb said"If the honourable gentleman thinks there is any chance of defeating this bill , 1 can assure him he h mistaken . He may by the course he is taking inconvenience the Government ; he may prevent the progress of necessary legislation ; he may prolong the duration of this Parliament ; tut this bill will nevertheless become law . ' * ( Loud cheers . )
The motion was then withdrawn , the clause was agreed to , and the house resumed . The Committee was continued oh Thursday , the same opposition kept up by Mr . Mixneb Gibson and Mr . BbiGHT . There' were four divisions , Ministers carrying their clauses by majorities of 45 , 37 , 51 , and 139- There was another attempt made to exempt militiamen from corporal punishment , when not on regular service with the line > but it was unsuccessful . The 28 th clause was postponed , on the suggestion of Mr . BbighT ; the remaining clauses agreed to ; the Chairman reported progress , and obtained leave to sit again on Friday .
MB . BENNETT S CASB . Mr . DiSBAEiii stated on Monday night the result of the Government inquiry as to the remedies which exist with respect to the alleged grievance relative to the institution of the vicar of Frome . He had applied to the law officers of the Crown , and had learned from them that the issue of a royal commission of inquiry would be a violation of the Bill of Rights . Therefore Government had felt it their duty to abstain from advising an inquiry of that kind . But from the same
source they had learned the only legal remedy . Any parishioner of Frome might appeal either to the bishop of the diocese where the alleged offence was committed , or to the bishop of the dioeese in which the person alleged to have committed the offence holds preferment , and may call upon those prelates to institute an inquiry . If a case was made out , not only those prelates , but the said parishioners , might call for a judicial inquiry . But the parishioners had not availed themselves of this means of redress , and until they had , and it had failed , Government would not interfere .
Mr . Hobsman stated that , according to Battersby ' s Catholic Directory , Mr . Bennett had in July last entered into communion with the Church of Eome . Was that true ? ; "If this statement were true , what redress was there , according to the construction of the law contained in the speech of the right hon . gentleman ? Supposing that a commission were appointed by the Bishop of Bath and Wells , it must consist , according to the act of Parliament referred to , of five clergymen nominated by the bishop , so that tho appeal would have to be made to the bishop , and the judges to whom the appeal would fee referred would be nominated by him . That was tho whole amount oi redress which the existing law afforded , " ( Hoar , hear . )
Mr . Horsman gave notice that he would move for a committee to inquire into the truth of the statement he made a month ago . But on Tuesday M inisters ^^ f tomcat the House . At four o ' olook therewore only thirty memberspresont— -not one thorough Ministerialist among them , and there was no H ouse accordingly . Probably tuo notice paper frightened tho Chancellor of the Exchequer . in tho
Mr . Horsman ' s motion was not the only lion paw-Mr . Matthew Forstor intended to ask , Mr . *« sra eu whether ho said that tho conduct of tho master ong - noers was « subversive of the law ; " and Mr . Reynows had a motion on the paper respecting the moao taking the duty on " homo-wade spirits m wnu , whioh Lord Nogs found it convenient to evade .
COLONIAL BISHOPS * BlM . Mr . Gladstone ' s bill is defeated for tho presetrt Early on tho Wednesday sitting Mr , G * adb *<»« ^ mated thut , owing to the ohange in opinion womb by tho Government respecting it—h aving prompt support tho eecond reading three week * » # * having withdrawn that proiwiso on AuosUiiy j ^ at a loss how to proceed , and ho naked a * " ' » fol . consider tho question . WJion tho order of tl » o w ^ resuming tho wljournod debate came Wwj tno ^ Sir John Pakington claimed the right of flciu » » viow of tho bill . ? . , j n it * " Tho bill though brief , and , at first Bight , £ J okod at , phraaooloffv and enactments , was , whon ow&y *
-ooloono of tho mont important moasuros ™ f ° » unea& ^»<*» Biaetioal matters over submitted to tho I 1 ? "" 0 ' ,, * top K >" if pwnod in its proBont forw , would be WV * . ^ ty , wrdsohangoawlach , howovor deflirqd 5 ? * c 3 bW of wer « dooidotlly oppoBod to tho op inion of « W fp ^
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Leader (1850-1860), May 22, 1852, page 478, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1936/page/2/
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