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ajjtartf / iO bUl « penlyfiWtt « d'for that purpose , and arside <« sind ^ -r ^ fc . jBo \ arfiB quoted . a . passage > H * l » rrhV bad . received from J ? r . Cullen , i . to the bat-Sir . Frederick ; T » e 9 iger ,. on a former debate , isrepresenteiDjcv Gtflien ' s intention in publishing ction of Papal bulls . Sir Frederick ' s interpretaftjreo » arke 4 , impliedian ; un £ buaded doubt ; as ^ to the -, of the . JRoman . Caihjolips . —rl > ord . Joun Ri / ssrwat Sit Krftd . er . ick Theaiger , by framing . a new oath , rtuftUy-admitted . that the-old , oath , is absurd ., But h jprpposedby Sir Frederick , contained a . provision would operate in an . oppressive manner ., against y $ ; , and : he ( £ < ord John Russell ) therefore opposed r .,. SA * tPEt . WABBEN supported the amendment ,
3 rhe : vt » ought -it . impossible for Jews , and Garis-> wprk . well together an , a . legislative house ; , bethe . f / oath proposed by the bill would . effect , < an 3 j } Jjange ? in o . uripolitic » l structure ; and because , a t would thereby be placed in the hands of the Alluding to the Xord Mayor , who was then under the gallery , he spoke pf him . as " a valued f . andrComplimehted him on his , mode of conductduties of . office ; but he could not allow . that hould . be ,. permitted , to sit in . a House which is an , and * which every evening commences its delina . . with Christian prayers— -prayers -which have nswered by the : bestowal of prosperity on this f .-r-Mr . . B . ^ ng opposed tie -am endment , as did jncqjmbe , . who said he thought it was admitted lands , that all parties are ashamed of the abju-} atb ,, and there is no occasion , therefore , to .
diskat . oaih any more . He trusted they would no 9 ee . s 0 me . six hundred and fifty members of that . as . well . as some hundreds in another place ,, who io represent . the intelligence of the nation , so-. calling . God to witness that . they abjure that las , ceased to exist , and which cannot by possibirestpred . But it appeared that hon . gentlemen ; , admitted that it was not the family of the they were apprehensive of , but that they had rmountable objection to the house of Rothschild . er . ) However , they had had a Jew as a churchr and it did not appear that the duties . had been rmed : the present Jew Lord Mayor , . also , had esent in St . Paul ' s on the Thanksgiving . day . it to those present whether things could be sufremain as they are , even if one hundred Jewish s should be admitted to the House as a
conse-> f altering the present oath , and omitting the e to " the true faith of a Christian . " louse then divided , when there appeared—• the amendment ... ... ... 110 ainst it ... ... 159—49 uestion that the bill do pass was then put and o . CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BILL . [ moderation of this bill in committee was resumed e 27 . — : Mr . Wigkam ' s amendment , stipulating making changes in the application of endow" due regard shall be had to the main designs of der or donor , " was negatived by 97 to 78 .- ^ - us divisions were called for by Mr . Heywood jr members , on verbal amendments , but without
lause 3 . 1 , which had reference to tests , Mr . > jj said there was a professor of anatomy , at who . was obliged to sign the Thirty-nine Arti-Ilear , hear . ) He believed the professor of r was about the last person to believe in the line Articles ; and that , if wo took the medical n throughout tho country , ninety-nine out of ircd did not believe in those Articles . ( A laugh . } missioners objected to the test of the Thirty"icles 5 but if the House allowed two-thirds of cil to object , they might have a similar case ocat Cambridge . At present , dissenters are adaere even without a revision of the statutes , miaining clauses were then , agreed to , and the nended was ordered to bo reported . 'xkokd University Bill . v / aa read a second
some discussion , and repeated divisions , the n the second reading of the Dublin Mistuo-PoJ .. ieK Bill was adjourned , [ ouao adjourned at two o ' clock . Tuesday , June 10 /// . N-CONSKORATION OF THIS 11 LANDFOKD 1 JURIAL
OltOUND . acts connected with tho ceremonies performed to tho opening of the cemetery at Woolwich un brought forward in tho House of Lords by mxMAN , who , after attirming that ho had made inquiries , tho answers to which confirmed his relation , charged tho Biohop of Oxford with nado two inaccurate statements on tho previous y evening , viz ., that there -was a communion ion there was uono ; and thait tho practice of his liop ' a ) diocese was tho untie art that of tho Bishop bury , when such was not tho fuct . Lord Port-» roUectod on tho Bishop for having violated hiH co in adopting tho practice of tho dioceao of when lie waa acting for the Bishop of London . pwer to those strictures , tho Bishop of Oxfokh ia , t , whon ho consocratod tho chapol , ho found " a , v « red ) With decent red cloth , " which ho took for
. granted was a eerjamumon-ttahle . . &a regarded . * he alleged differenced , praetice ^ jas . between Jus awn ^ diocese iand . the rdiocese of Salisbury , he wished to observe that 1 some years ago , be did consecrate a cemetery adjoining -JKTewbury , which had : no chapel . ; Not hawing then duly -considered , the-subject , he . followed the course-which was prescribed , bytthose xwrho drew-up- the-. programme of-rthe proceedings ; but ithe rule of his diocese . was now , < as indeed it had been for many years past ^ sknilar to that of . the . diocese . of Salisbury . As regarded his alleged ¦ violation . of this conscience , ' he thought utbe question turned on the . meaning of the word " essential : " He held' that by thecanon law and by the llaw which- the Church of England had established , there was no
complete consecration of a . cemetery . chapel or . church . without the . celebration of the holy communion ; but , supposing . that the . Bishop . of London . consecrated the ^ cemetery only and not the chapel , he ; ( the Bishop of London ) had not been guilty , of any violation of . principle , in adopting a form which left the chapel uaconsecra . ted « Some further conversation ensued , in , the - course pf jw . hieh the ; I $ arl of StALMESBueY observed that there Appeared to . , great uncertainty and disagreement among the Bishops , as to consecration ; and the . Bishop of Cashel said .. that the difference of opinion on th | 3 subject was even greater -than had been stated . If . the Bishop of Oxford was right . in saying ithat the consecration of-a Ghurch or chapel . was ineffectual without
the administration of the . sacrament , he ( the Bishep of Gashel ) could only say that the greater number pf chapels and churches which he had undertaken to consecrate were , not consecrated , for he was never in ; the habit of administering the sacrament at the -time , of consecration , although he always gave directions that it should be celebrated the next Sunday . He knew . of cases in . which the Archbishop-of Dublin ( w . ho he , might remind them was an Englishman , : not a disorderly Irishman ) had walked into the church , signed $ he act of consecration , and then walked out again ; and , -when
asked why he had not read any prayers , replied that he did not think anything he could read could give holiness to a place already formally handed over to the purposes of religious worship . —Viscount Dungahnon expressed great regret at hearing these statements , and was sorry to say that " the irregular and unhallowed mode of consecration" described by the Bishop of Cashel was sometimes adopted by fche Archbishop of ¦ Dublin . It was high time that some understanding should be come to on " this most serious matter . " — Lord Campbell advised that the subject should be allowed to drop ; which was done .
AMERICA . The Earl of Clarendon , in answer to the Earl pf Carnarvon , stated that at a late hour on the previous night he had received a letter from Mr . Crampton , written on the 27 th ult ., at the last moment . He stated that up to that time he had received no intimation of the intentions of the United States Government . The Sherbubn Hospital Bill—the object of which is to enable the commissioners of the hospital , which was originally devoted to lepers , to apply the funds to the purposes of a general hospital—was read a second time . Tlie motion of tlie Bishop of Oxford , that the correspondence between the Bishop of Durham and the Charity Commissioners in reference to the hospital ghould be laid on the table , was agreed to .
METROPOLITAN COMMUNICATIONS . The Marquis of Lajnsdowne , replying to Lord Raven'swohth , said that a fresh and inexpensive scheme for opening a communication between Pjmlico and Pallmall was under the consideration of the Government , and would in due time be submitted to the Ho . . of Commons . The Juvenile Convicts Prisons ( Ireland ) Bh ^ , the Public Health Supplemental Bill , and the Hay and Straw Trade Bill , were respectively road a third tune , and passed . RKFOJjvM OF XI 11 S COHTOKATIpN PF LONDON . Lord John IJusskll presented a petition , signed by four thousand and upwards . of the . inhabitants pf the City of London ( three hundred of whom w « ro amongst tho most wealthy linns in that city ) , in favour of the bill before the liouao for tho reform of tho corporation .
Mr . Disraeli presented a petition from tho liverymen Of London , stating that they had hoard with surprise tho provisions of tho bill before the llouso for the reform of tho corporation of tuo City of London , and praying tho House would not consent to tho provisions of tho measure . 8 T . PANCBA 8 WORKHOUSE . Mr . BouvEitnc , in answer to Sir John Pakinoton , uaid that ho had been informed , by an inspector whom I 10 had Hont to noowhotlior the dosired alterations in St .
Pancraa Workhouse luid boon carried out , that thono alterations had not been effected . Under theso circumstances , a letter was despatched from tho Poor-law Board , stating that , unless a material improvement took placo within two inontliH , tho Board would tako stops to put the law in force . Tho two months-would exp ire in July , and iu thia poaition tho matter stood at that moment . Ho bolioved tho directors of tho poor in St . 1 ' ancniH meant well ; but they , woro not abHolutc , and no doubt tuoy had had clinic ult ioa to « MO © untor . 'rillfl AUSTRALIAN MAILH . Mr . Macaivi-nky « 8 kcd tho Secretary to tho Treasury
decent exhibitions as he was informed were-itaking place , namely , of special trains advertized . for next ( this ) , Satur day at Stafford . ( Hear , hear . ) But . then ; the , people would not tolerate executions in private . Besides , such , executions would get publicity through the ageupy of ; the journals . Another remedy proposed ? w » s iwhat were called occasional punishments ; that , w » s to . say , an execution now and again , for the cake of example . But jUi his opinion that would be . nqthjpg better than gambling with human life . ( Jfear , hear . ) A more lenient punishment , however—su « u .. as imprisonment for life—wpiijtl be more certain . , its operation , . would , check false , sympathy , for the cxioiinal , ; and would carry , with ; it public opinion . —Tho motion was . sowonded by Mr . Hadfjklj ? .
< Mr . Drumiionb opposed the motion , observing that the precept contained iu tho words " Whoso sheddqtu man s blood , by man shall his blood be shed , " , was too plain to bo controverted . He suggested that , with a \ iarr of relieving secretaries of state for the . Homo Department from importunities from tho advocates of cpn * - demnod criminals , whoreby the course of justice wa ^ i W& ~ peded , a certain number of persons , including the Judgo who tried tho case , should , if there he j wyfroah evidence , decido whether it were Ct that the jwrer . pgwtivo of ;» iorpy should be exorcised . —Mr . BLAc « MPRK ,. Mr . Biioriwtnton , and Mr . "W-MWlcit , supported the motion , , whi < jb
watt further opposed by Mr . LujiDKll u , ud , Sir Geom « e Giucy , tho latter of wbom argued thatatatiatical . rscorids show that the nujrialuaont . of . death , in looked . npon . by criminate with gruUcr drend than any pjther ; , that it fa not more unequal than oUior kinds , pf punishment , A » r more vindictivo in its character thftn . iaiiwwpnmont for life ; that bo far from thoso urimps . which aro apt punished by douth Iwiving . decroaae . d since the abolition of tho capital Bcntwce , . while murdor . b » a . inor ^ wed , , tho fact ia exactly the revosso ; and that tho objection 1 X » X&-garda tho uncertainty of tho punishment appliflB , efiu * ljy to all other puninlwnonta .
* rhat proMasion would be made . € or the-cenveyance of-the Auatralinn -meil » be 4 waen « ngland and Suez , in case parties , tendered for carrying the mails to Sydney-from-Suez i « d * oint deQalles . — Mr . Wilson said that 4 here was a . contract -j with the -Peninsular and Oriental ^ oRipaay -which : included the carrying of mails to Aastralia . It would therefore be obviously-improperfor the Government tooffera contract for the conveyance of the mails in the .-.-way-alluded to ; for , ' if , they did , the Oriental Company , having already one contract ^ w-euld- be -enabled ¦ Jko ^ tender « t a lower price t than -any ether - party , -and would , if its tender w « re received , be taking-double pay for the same service . There would , however , be < no objection . on the . part pf the Government to-make-up a , mail , for . the vessels of other companies , provided they ¦ would .- ^ receive it on such terms as -the Government might , offer .
CAPITAL -PUNISHMENT . Mr . Ewart moved for a select committee to inquire into the operation of the law imposing the punishment of death . He felt convinced that that punishment waa not authorized by Soripture ; ' but ' "he would not enter into that argument , because he always felt that , when the House embarked in theologicaldiscuesion , it deserted common sense . ( Sear , hear . ) Dismissing -this , then , the question - came to one of -expediency merely ; to ' determinenvhich he-would ask ,-in the first place ,-what was the just definition of punishment ? He thought that any punishment which was worthy of -that name ' -should possess the following-requisites : —In-the ; first place , it should be effective ; in the second , it ought to be as fair as possible , not falling heavily upon one man and
lightlyupon another ; inthe third , it-shouldbe as far as > possible certain ; and in -the fourth , it-should be reversible and revocable . 'He contended-tbat * the punishment of . death , failed in all these -requisites . Frequent cases had been known of men committing murders on the very days on which they . bad witnessed executions for murder . The inequality . of the punishment was ^ hown , by . the fact that , while some people meet . it with the . greatest unconcern , others ( as in the case of the . woman = v ; ho waa executed fainting at Jersey , and in that . of . iBousfieJd ) are overcome with an agony of terror . Juries are inclined to acquit , and in some cases have acquitted , aven ^ wheu the guilt of the accused has been obvious ,, . rather th&U send a fellow-creature to death . , Judges , also exhibit reluotance : and the recent commutation of . the sentence of it
Celestina "Somner , because of her . sex , will ^ render very difficult to hang any woman hereflfter . .. How , then , could the punishment be retained in the-. case of ; men ? It ap- ~ peared , moreover , that there is the greatest uncertainty in the Home Department , and that pne year , they may have a merciful secretary , and the . next ,, one . with contrary tendencies . He ( Mr . Ewart ) contended that , all punishments should be reversible , as , he cpnld produce numerous cases in which persons had heen executed whose innocence -was subsequentlyestabUshed . . For the present state of things , various remedies . had been suggested . In anothpr plaqe , private executions jhad beem proposed ; and that would certainly . get * id of such .
jn-Uppn a division ? tho motion was jQ jCgfttiv . ^ d iby , 1 ^ 8 to ( 51 .
ADVANCJlSWJliaJT ftir , B « IWM < 3 W . Mr . Wicywooi ) roao to move , for ^ . swlect cQWJimtteo , ^ o inquire w . Uot publio me ^ eiirca < van , be , adopted to udvrtiM *) Bcionqo , « nd improve tUo . poslUon . / of . jt ^ . culUvwtora . , 4 ^ knowlodgU » g tlw nt <> ps , » n tUo right direction wlUcU ** ovcrnmont had recently taken in oatabliuhing a dopurt-
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Leader (1850-1860), June 14, 1856, page 555, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2145/page/3/
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