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passed . This act had reference to the taking of oaths during the absence of the Speaker . LI MITATION OF THE WORKING HOURS OF NEEDLEWOMEN . The Earl of Shaftesbtjky , in moving , on Thursday , that the bill for securing this object be referred to a select committee , explained the machinery by which he sought to curtail the excessive toil now imposed upon needlewomen . By the measure before the House , it would be enacted that the hours during which labour would be prohibited were , between the 1 st of March and the 1 st of August , from ten o ' clock at night to eight next morning ; and during the rest of the year , from eight o ' clock at night
till eight next morning . In the course of the day there should be one hour and a half for meals . In all cases in which penalties were to be enforced , the parties were required to go before a magistrate , to whom otherwise the working of the measure was referred . —Lord Granville , though he would not oppose the motion , pointed out the extreme difficulty of legislating on such a subject ; while , on the other hand , Lord Malmesburt thought the plan perfectly feasible . —After some further discussion , in which Lord Campbelt ,, Lord Stanley of Alderlev , Lord Overstone , and the Duke of Argyll took part , the motion was agreed to , and the bill was referred to a select committee .
The Cambridge University Bill , and the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill , were read a third time by their lordships , and passed . education ( Scotland ) bill . In the morning sitting of the House of Commons , the House resolved itself into a committee on this bill , when Lord Elcho inquired how the Government intended , in the event of the bill passing , to administer and distribute the Privy Council grants , with reference to Roman Catholics , Episcopalians , and Presbyterians?—Lord Palmerston replied that there are certain schools for which the bill makes no
provision , namely , Episcopalian and Roman Catholic ; and , as the object of the Government is to diffuse education , they have no wish to withhold assistance from schools which would not receive benefit from the bill . With regard to Episcopalian and Roman Catholic sc hools , the Government and the Privy Council are disposed to give their most favourable consideration to cases of schools belonging to such communities , which , in counties or towns , are not in a flourishing condition . So far from diminishing , Government would rather increase their aid . —The committee then proceeded to discuss the details of the bill , which occupied the entire sitting .
VICTORIA GOVERNMENT BILL . Lord John Russell , in moving the second readin o- of this bill , stated that the Government had omitted those clauses which , by taking away certain powers belonging to the Crown , had rendered it impossible for her Majesty ' s Ministers to assent to them . —Mr . Bell moved , and Mr . Miall seconded , that the second reading be taken that day six months . They objected to the bill upon the grounds of its being unpopular among the masses in Australia , of its not having passed the Legislative Council , and of its sanctioning religious endowments . —Mr . Lowe opposed the measure ; observing that the Imperial Legislature ia bound not to interfere with matters within the cognizance of the Colonial Legislature , and vice versa , and that both principles were violated by the bill ,
which encroached upon the Colonial Legislature , while that , in its turn , was invited to encroach upon the jurisdiction of that House . The preamble was drawn up upon an erroneous interpretation of the law ; and , if passed , the measure would be a nullity . Me also objected to the Civil List ( 112 , 000 / . ) , which he considered extravagant and oppressive . Altogether , the measure was anomalous ; and he conceived it to be the duty of the House to place a negative upon it . —The bill was also opposed by Mr . Addisk-LiiY ( who regarded it in a similar light to that of Mr . Lowe ) , and by Mr . Pellatt ; and was supported by Sir John Pakinoton and Mr . Duffy . —Lord John Russell made some remarks in reply to Mr . Lowe , the chief import of which were to the effect that tho bill had been sanctioned by the Colony itself , and ought therefore to pass . —Ultimately , Mr . Biaix withdrew his amendment , and tho bill was read a
second time . N 15 W SOUTH WALKS GOVERNMENT BILL . Mr . Lowe moved that tho second reading of this bill bo deferred for six months . Ho observed that almost all tho objections which ho had urged against tho preceding bill applied with equal force to this . The Legislative Co uncil from which tho bill proceeded did not represent tho intorcats of tho colony ; their real object being to . oblairi for certain parties in tho colony enormous tracts Of the public land . Tho representation of the colonies iB most unequal ; and tho result is an enormous j > ropondoranco in favour of tho pastoral , : '; ititerodt . Tho Legislative Council appointed in 1853 '; ti camrnitteb to consider tho quostion of tho constitu-; r ,,, lion ; and ono of the recommendations of thut
committee was the institution of titles in the Upper House , which they thoug ht desirable because , among other reasons , it would induce em igration from the upper classes of the United Kingdom . Now , he ( Mr . Lowe ) thought the colonists had as much to lose as to gain by going back to pedigree . Mr . Lowe concluded by giving some instances of the misappropriation of the waste lands by the Legislative Council , and of the utter indifference of that body to the demands of public opinion . —The amendment was seconded by Mr . Baxtkk ; and the bill was also opposed by Mr . Maguire , while Mr . John Ball supported it . —Upon a division , the second reading was affirmed by 142 to 33 .
THIRD READINGS . The following bills were read a t hird time , and passed : —The Public Libraries and Museums ( Ireland ) Bill ; the Places of Religious Worship Registration Bill ; the Cinque Ports Bill ; the Bill for the Repeal of Stamp Duties on Oxford Matriculations and Degrees ; and the Woolmer Forest Bill .
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Whether it be a coincidence or a consequence , it is certainly a fact , that ever since the appointment of General Pelissier to the command of the French army the Allies have had nothing but a series of brilliant successes . Town after town on the Sea of Azof has yielded to our sudden onslaughts ; that important water is dominated by our fleets ; the line of the Tchernaya is occupied by the troops of France , England , Turkey , and Sardinia ; and within the last week we have had news of the seizufe of one of the most important outworks of Sebastopol itself—the Mamelon . With that in our hands , it is not too much to say that the tremendous fortress before which we have languished for so long is beginning to crumble beneath the fiery energy of our newly-aroused might . Still , the worst part of the business is yet to come ; and we must not blow our loudest trumpets until after the final triumph .
It was about six o ' clock on the evening of Thursday , June 7 th , that the French attacked and carried the White Work and the Mamelon . They took several guns , including eight cohorns ; and a large number of prisoners fell into their hands . At the same time , the English took possession of the Quarries . The success was complete . " We have lost , " says a despatch received by Lord Panmure , " about four hundred men in killed and wounded ; " but whether the " " refers to the Allies altogether , or merely to the English , is not stated . It is tolerably clear , however , that the latter only are intended . The following are General Pelissier ' s . despatches , giving , in the first instance , his confident anticipation of success , and afterwards the record of the accomplished feat : —
" Crimea , June 6 , 10 p . m . " To-day , in concert with our allies , we opened our fire against the outworks , and to-morrow night , Deo volente , they will be taken . " " June 7 , 11 p . m . " At half-past six , our signals for the attack were given , and one hour after our eagles floated over the Green Mamelon and the two redoubts of the Careening Bay . The enemy ' s artillery has fallen into our hands . Four hundred have been taken prisoners . We occupy the conquered works . Our allies , with their habitual resolution , have carried the work of the Quarries and established themselves in it . All the troops have been admirable for their devotion and high spirit . "
The Quarries " here mentioned are situated between Frenchman ' s Hill and the Redan . They wero constructed about the end of last April , and were intended as an indemnification for tho loss of tho rifle-pits in front of our right attack which wo had just then taken . Several large rifle-pits were connected by means of trenches with tho quarries ; and tho whole communicated with the Redan by a covered way . Further despatches of Geucral Pelissier are as follows : — June 0 , 1855 , 11 i \ m .
"All the demonstrations of the enemy against tho conquered works have been fruitless . They have abandoned tho so-called battery of tho 2 nd of May ; they have also completely abandoned to us tho right whore of Careening Bay . Tho vessels in port have sought refuge in Artillery Bay , where our largo mortars can reach them . Wo are watching them attentively . " " Juno 10 , 1855 , Half-past It i \ m . " Tho combat of Juno 7 was more advantageous for us than I first announced to you . It has put into our hands 602 prisoners , 20 of whom are olHcortf , and 7 < $ pieces of ordnance . " " Juno 11 , 1855 , 11 i \ m . " Wo are atrongthening ourselves in tho new works . Wo have boon able to fire , witli tho Russian mortars , at tho HhipH , which have retired still further oft" than Artillery May . Wo are preparing now batteries . " Tho " Ouvragcs Blancs , " or While Works , are to tho right of the Mumclon ; and tho Mmnclon ia a
steep rocky eminence with a height of about o hundred feet . " The approach to it , " says the Da JYews , " swept by about forty guns in t MalakofF works ; its own guns made it truly f midable ; and when it is added that its steep sit are covered with masses of rock and loose ston the difficulty of the enterprise of June 7 th becorr apparent , and its success more striking . Alrea the besiegers must have gained considerably in t freedom of their movements , as the guns of t Mamelon completely commanded the ravine
Otchakov just before it expands into the ir ] gular-shaped valle } ' lying at the foot of French man hill . " The Mamelon also commands the Malakc which lies in a hollow beneath it . We shall , thei fore , be enabled to fire straight down upon wor which have always been esteemed the most perph ing and formidable with which we have had to dc The importance of the newly-acquired position m be judged from the words of General Pelissier oi former occasion : — " The Mamelon must be take if it cost ten men , we must have it ; if it cost t hundred , still we must have it . "
We have also gained still further successes in t Sea of Azof . On the 3 d , 5 th , and 6 th of June , na 1 operations took place against Taganrog , Marioup and Gheisk . They were perfectly successful . " i public buildings , " says a despatch from Admi Lyons , " and numerous government magazines provisions , were burnt ; and thus an immense loss supplies has been inflicted upon the enemy . T operations were conducted with great vigour a rapidity . The allied forces had only one m wounded , although opposed by about 3500 soldit at Taganrog . " Captain Lyons , of the Miranda , a Captain Se'daiges , were respectively the command * of the English and French on these occasions .
Over and above the advantageous results th accruing , we are also informed of the evacuation the Russians of Anapa , which has been occupied 1 the Circassians . The Russians are supposed to ha crossed the Kuban . We read in the Daily JVews :-" Anapa , the last , is also in every sense the most ii portant , of the towns and fortresses on the littoral of t Black Sea , abandoned by Russia since the commenc ment of this war . The town , situate on the north-e £ coast of the Euxine , at the northern termination of t Caucasian range , forty-seven miles south-east of Yer Kaleh , is inhabited by a miscellaneous population
Circassians , Tartars , Greeks , Jews , Armenians , Kussiai and others , to the number of about five thousand . T . adverse relations of its masters with the tribes inhabi ing the mountain country in its rear have aline neutralised the great advantages offered by its situatio and prevented its growth . Its exports are at prese grain , tallow , butter , hides , peltries , wax , &c . It however , as a military post that it has been most prizi by Russia , and most deplored by Turkey . " After changing hands two or three times , Anaj was ceded to the Russians at the peace of Adrianonl in 1828 .
A telegraphic despatch from Vienna , dated Jui the 11 th , says : — "Two works close to the Malakc Tower were taken on the 8 tli . The slaughter w , fearful . " Despatches from Marseilles of the san date speak to the following effect : — " By intelligence from the Crimea to the 2 nd , it a pears that the Allies were fortifying the Tete dc I ' o on the right bank of the Tchernaya . General I 3 o . sriu . corps was to invest Sebastopol on the north . Gonen Morris , after a cavalry reconnaissance of tho lius . su camp on the Tehernava , estimates the force at froi 80 , 000 , to 100 , 000 men . " To this may bo added the ensuing communicatio from the Vienna correspondent of the Times : —
" Vienna , Thursday , June 14 , r .. " A despatch from Varna , dated yesterday , Wednc ; day , Juno 13 , suys that the French troops have bee recalled from Kertch , probably to assist in some grci blow against Sebastopol . " Abd-el-Kader is expected at Constantinople . 1 is to bo hoped that tho old desert-warrior will b employed , as wo believe he desires to be , against th Russians , lie would bo " the right man in the rigli place" if put at tho head of the Tartans , to inf ' us into them his indomitable will , his subtle strategy and his romantic courage .
KKl'OKT FROM MI It OKOHOiS UllOW * i . The following report addressed to Lord Rngmi : and having ruforoncu to tho expedition to the Heu o Azof , has been transmitted to Lord i ' unmuro : — Yoni-Kaleh , May W > . My dear Lord Kaglnn , — Tho expedition to this 1 > 1 " « ho far , has proved entirely huccommI ' iiI , and wo have go possession of all wo proposed without striking a Wow and almost without firing a shot . , Ou leaving thu anchorages oil' . Sobantopol , on the-- !"' tho night became ho foggy that tho ( loot made but m " progress towards its destination , but the whole ot U > shi and steamers reached tho rendezvous , four '"" tf 1 " off Capo Taldi , hooii after daylight on the morning ot t " 24 th , when it was npocdily aotonuincd to run at once for tho spot at which , aa your Lordship ia aware , it w «
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Leader (1850-1860), June 16, 1855, page 556, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2095/page/4/
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