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clergy man , for misconduct , a jury of four Jay men wauld be judges of the fact , But the clerical body object ; . It is impossible , ^ tiiey ; . eujiy , fejatiiply' jfco , " separate ^ the fact jmd docti ^ e ^ j ifc isjpuaappsai ^ le to ham } ? oyer . so ; m p 4 j cw ^ pl ; of ; $ ? & . lergy . to . fejnen ^ for lawyers are nolrth ^ proper judges , of ^ octrine ; and , in short , itiey must keep the jurisdiction to themselves 7 DotfrwTth ^ regard to preaching and praTJtifjeS 19 Fhj $ y "Willr » ot : hard-the very
jmoder # te f jpe ^ orfli , r-prpposed py , the- Lospd , Cban 5 « Hpr , bv&o ; fe ^ £ 4 Chancellor must vp i ' -. gjjo . cfleci - wijjh J * jsr f Testamentary \ and j ^^ imQ ^ t ^ piPai . untilt he , has . parsed his ChjuscJfr 3 ^? in | ine ipi ; jan& , he is * not to ; pass ibis t jQJjurote Discipline Billuntil he has rendere £ < itr $ i 3 &b -ft . TneaSiUreas shall satisfy all the bjsjipps * , a ^ the archbishpps , and all ^ he J , enefi £ B 4 , c | pjjgymeja of > the , United ; JKingdom . ^¦ eVway . rRall , trb , is ; 'fa fb , ad = ipokrout . " < £ br husbands .: apd " wives who tarei \ awaiting , the
. ^ oprp / r ^ d , ^ d jujdvcation an matrimonial causes . , r 3 uk , we are jbelpless to , ¦ „ counteract the ecclesiastics because we sbar ©; their ; vices ^ hey wi li ; neglect no influence which >• they possess in . order to retain for themselves as jiiuph , pojwer and influence a ; s they , can . I ! h . e 3 Bishpp ; of ^ Exsteb fires up at th ^ idea of pe ^ Trotting i # py third party to judges between iiimsejf and any future- ( -JqbhaMj # 8 to the ^ xact nature of prevefiienfc and aubvefiient gcaqe . Qn . ^ tbe epntr ^ yj ^ xBTEB would desire to : have , , the . power of depriving Gtorham , -rf of ; , castings him , off into outer laity , as the proper peferttmtibn . from differing front that
¦^ JBh ^ p ^ t really , by . the . constitution of the . CJtujrek ^ 'k «* owjs ft " fche < . , texitfc" r in > £ ueb i ^ attexa ; ; tf he Bishop . of , JSxasmeR - <( -. kn * ¥ w »> the fecutfat , " ^ because he Mias . i £ - from the . highest sojtrce ; an < d ; jie will not ; , periinit any lawyer to , l iLnterpiret Jhe ^ institutes of . the Church . JDfrej&o&iiAMS ; o £ tb . e Convocation are ; powers leB ' ft to prevent ; the . bishopa from , retaining tjb . is mischievous and ^ halt-Irresponsible authority , because they will not allow the . Lord Ch ancellor to alter the ecclesiastical . law if ithey can help it ; and the reason why they obstruct 1 him- lies . in their . 'fear that some
advantage will slip out of clerical hands into lay , han , ds , ; . The ; beneficed . clergymen have a 1 sq ^ 3 dread , of episcopal abuses than of lay reforms . But it is the ; same on * of the pale of the Chupch . The officials clip down the reform wx the custody and jurisdiction of wills , or the reform in the conduct , of matrimonial causes , because they sympathise with the , vested righta of proctors , - barristers a ^ . Jl . aw " of ' seven years' standing , " judges , registrars , and any class of men that hold place . , JSTor : is the vice solely official- Why 7 . . . . ¦ ¦ ¦ > 1 /» •__ __ is that in all t schemes for
it presen improving the » law ; . matrimonial , . common sense and justice iar ^ , yiqlated , by cpncodlng to the husbaud a ^ i ght , pf < divorce iij cases of iidultery ^ an 4 denying it to the wife P ¦ Equal law is tn < 5 very bomt of tho country ; " equity , "that is , evenness—is taken to be synonymous with , / justice . , The reason why tho abuse ? is i ^ fcaijned is ,, that the laws are for . tho moat pajrfc , made by husbands , aaid tho husbntid wants , to ., obtain for himself full facility in ej ^ pcfitlngi , justice upon an erring wife , but aisqit ^ xe ^ am ibx hiua sel f tho right of going
a'iitiray . witjiou , t accounting for ifc . liaoh for himee ^ f . ; Th 0 majority of lMiabands in the Ian 4 Wftul ^ jr ^ ther keep . this abuse than notj if ; ^ i helue ti «« n » to prevent a coiipletQ roform of tho l » w ^ i r r J ] herc is a class of persona at pr ^ Hent e ^ t ^ m ^ l yi respectable , who are > in * ter /^« te 4 i i » , « dj uating our i statutes So as to per /» it ^( w | iftti iSociety .: already 'perimits ^ the marriage qf , n widower with his ; wife ' s iBidter . Thpfte , \ rhoj » tv Ispocially iutoreBted . willroomb ' ine foir thot objeot > an ^ l for nprve othor . On tl ^ pprijacipj ^ of opch for himself , all aittom jits at iinp ^ pv ^ menil ; ore handed rovor' to isolut ^ d
minorities , impotent to attain , their own object , top selfish to assist in obtaining the common object of aJ . 1- It is this self-seeking of t ! he laity ^ wh ^ clj divides it in the face of its enemyy the -clergy ,, and constitutes -. the true iprforess of clerical monopoly . ; . . , We ; shall obtain clergy refprm r . nxarriager law reform , testatnentary-law . jcefbrm , . when we can retnirn to the old rule o ! f . rthinking of others besides , ourselves , and can join in the ^ uest to obtain a good for its own sake , a lthough we shall " nothing by itt '; r 6 m the
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; ^ jkyiTATio ^ e Tories . " . ' ^ t- i ^! cl ear , that th e Tories are prepared to-make , a move for power . They have , perhaps , a right to imagine , from the . ex ^ perienpe ; ofv fprmer sessions , that ; the iLibej ^ o ls t wall . assist them . But , / unless we are signally deceived , tfie Iiiberal party , the only party in , England that has a future ,,,. has adyq-u / sedi : beyond that , point of factious rancour at which it would ? -invite ( the contempt of its enemies , even -: to , punish the < «
hortcommgaof its half-sincere friends . It wants organization ; but , political organization is usually the xesult of an event , or of an ; op * - pprtunity . Within the next < two years , " unless - external and fortuitous influences : prolong-the apathy of the English people on subjects of domestic politics , the occasion jScili arise for a general union of reformers . The Tory party , avowedly incapable of enteripg the , House ' of Commons , with a majority ^ afEects to propose an I alliance with the , Jiiberala ; . but tr-ue ^ JLibetails wi likn aw Jhow ± Oyav © ii > th © . siKUJ 0 . \> iit dsvpreijendedi&atjthe Wliigs i hfllveii ; reached that developmeat ; of
their political history at -which ; they desire change ifr oease , ; and d ; hat the ; , Tories > whole theyriesist organic changes , have drawn up a fascinating ^ programme of political < . reforms . Innovationy they . say , is no longer revolutionary , but constitutional . We have heard this paltry Subterfuge before . It is not now for the first time that Mr . Disraeli bids for place behind the back of his leader in thePeers . When ' the " gentlemen of England" foUowed him , « last week , to Lord Debbt ' s house , it was agreed , for the sake of " a chance , " to cavil overithe foil of Klarsi Some of the more respectable members of the party were absent . The clear-headed Liberals saw
through the trick , and declined to punish tho country by expelling Lord PajcmekstoN" to make place for the desperate adventurers who camo at the call of faction to St . James ' ssquare . Whatever may be the Premier ' s position in Parliament , the position of the Tories is materially worse . They are forced to trade in Liberal pledges , to renounce their party symbols , and to declare themselves aB constitutional innovators in advance of the Whigs . They could understand a B . irssKMS' or a BitiGUitf administration ;
they would' prefer positive and sincere Radicalism to tho : falteringa of the Coalition Whigs ; but , if events hnvo a meaning , Lord i > JinuT is tlio only statesman who could oecnpy , upon intelligible grouWds , the post of lirst Minister of England . That is the Tory manifesto . In the official departments , l ^ innnce , ' the ¦ Colonies , IiidiA , the Army and Wavy , they promise a systematic plan of reform . They put it therefore to Mr . Cobukn nnd Sir' JoaHVA W ^ almksi-by , Mr . Otway
and Sir Ejiskinu iPicrrt , Mr . ltoEBtroK , Mr . LatarbI , rtnd Mt : Laxng , whether they are Acting faithfully to their constituents in HUppoHing Ivord' PAtMBttfiTorr , who is an Imperialist' ' safliug' itritlor Liberal colours , instead df bringing ' in Mr . t > isttABM , who , though' 'he revefencei the fottna of tho Oonfititution , is preparedx to change and improve 'vvheroverOehatogo is saib or 5 mproV 6-ment ncc ^ aBa ' ry : *• ' ' ¦ ^ " ' ' i l ;
We may yet have to suffer the governrinent of the Tories . If , however , with indiffearence in the nationy cpnfusion among political parties , and hesitation among party leaders , this divided faction should Return to power , we nruat accept theif adn > itritit ¥ flMon $ 910 , transient necegsitry but the country { hafc gone beyondvthe- idea , that when Whig&&K& Coalitions fail , . all . that js lefib . is to call in the Tories ,. When JLprd Paxi ^^ hs ^ ok ' s Cabinet is oissolre'd ' , it Will % & BfeiBatiBe 4 t has no
policy ; but tfiisHfr&nir < & £ ' xpxjli < ef on his part will not be Tcompensated byitnei ^ oapmcifliii of Mr . DiSBAXiJ , or the hutniliattion of being governed by a band ; of itiral jtistices ^ and ; jd ) &-clamatoiy lawyers " . ? If the' parliamentaay machine Trorfrfffrrej ^ larly ^ and ^ feeblyv . ; itcfo on account df iniperfectionsJin ' the' parliamentary macbitae . '' The ; House < if ¦ ^ JomiboBB is elected * in theory , to serre- ' one pwrpose " , but , practically ; to serve another . 'It Tepre < - sents the agency ' of . "Cop ^ CCK f arid the cp * b * - try families , in' tiifison with the partial , 'and local interestSj igapt'ttnt sympathies of' a ma ^ s oftenrooundhouseholdere . weitinatnotsiV ^ -
j pose that the Nation is ^ UlSind to these circum stances , o * that the piHtKJipie ^ political reforni has lost its vitality . THe apathy we witness is fec ; from being- unaccountable . It does' not prevail ara&ag ' sineiefre or' thoughtful meii , nor will it last much longer . A > fe ^ constrtie tion of'the Liberal-party is taking ^ lace ^ k reorgatiizatiori ^ Which , so far from tending in favour 6 f the Tories and the dwindling batfd of dupes who have aworft ' allegiance tc ^ ^^ i& the inidlarid ^ boucftifea- ^ will swamp all ErefctK > nal"agitatbrs , and' forcfe the " Whigs to"fol ' - I 6 w ; iristeaid of leading , the policy pfKefdrm .
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!;! PROGRESS O ^ EOLICERULE . - When Mri ' ABNOiiixi'the metropolitan magistrate ^ avowed ? the subserviency which is expected in the stipendiaty magistratea to the Homer Office , he did not' speak of a theoretical grievance , but pointed out a place in which the fundamental priib ^ ciples of the British constitution are in- * vaded , and in which the danger to ; i public interests , and to personal interests , is imitie- * diate as well as precise . We have not been ldng without finding practical instances , arid a case has occurred ' this week . '
A yOung lady , whose gentle and ingenuous manners are confessed , went , on Tuesday last week , to witness the ceremony of the proclamation of peace . She was accidentally ; separated from two ladies whom' she accompanied , and after the procession had passed , at Oharing-cross , she moved for the purpose of rejoining them . It seems thatorde r ^ were given for no persons to cross at that particular place , and a policeman obstructed her . Ho did not , however , content himself witli barrine : hernassaffe , or explaining the
rule , but seized her roughly by the waist ; nlid when iri her alarm she had freed'herself from his hold , he ' struck her violently with his staff . Her friends ondeavom-ed to idontify thd man . 1 ' or that purpose she was taken by Mr . HiInhy Mayhew to three police-Btafcionsin succession . At the third , tho Marylebone station , the men were drawn up to bo inspected by her , arid she did not detect her assiuTant : b ' tit presently , turning rpund , ^ i she lrnme
she saw behind hot ) 57 , Whom ^ diately recognised # 8 tho man . He exclain | od , " I deny usipg my staff . " There , are ' s ome discrepancies In the evidence , which t ^^ ored it not' positively certain that tl ^ s ^ per ^ on wa ^ tho policeman who struck , the .. ' yjoupg . lady , though the balance of evido ^ cf ) ^ nclmcs tfie othbr way . It is asserted " by hi $ officers , and comfadoa'tiia ^ lVp ( Waa nbt ' ai « orig i \\ q » mall body of tho ' JD ( div ^ 9 . n tlint \ yero efatioupd at Charin ^ -croa ' s ; mat no dSsturbance took
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; M ^ XQy S 85 &Q T g / E Ii E A PfB ^ 445
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Leader (1850-1860), May 10, 1856, page 445, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2140/page/13/
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