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as being unable to pay the expenses of a divorce , of little worth , since all legal proceedings are sarily expensive ; but that ought not to shafc ¦ om redress those who can meet the expense . If lishop ' s motion were affirmed , he ( the Lord Chan-) hoped their Lordships would refuse to hear any ' i-petitions for-divorce now pending in that House , tiat in future they would listen to no petition for is which might be sought under the existing law . ¦ d Rbdesdale thought that it would be imposto stop where the bill stopped , if the facilities for : e which it contemplated were sanctioned . —Lord bell opposed the motion of the Bishop of Oxford , l was supported by the Bishop of St . David ' s and
lishop of Salisbury , the latter of whom quoted ; ure to show that' the law of God is against the ation proposed by the bill . — Lord Donoughsupported the bill as it stood , and Lords bt and Dungannon opposed it , believing that lifficulties which have prevented the ^ poorer s obtaining divorces have tended to increase iappiness of the married state among therm d Derby , answering the Bishop of Salisbury , who raoted some words of Christ , to the effect that , h a' man might " put away" his wife , and vice the parties were forbidden to marry again , rejd that he was quite unable to comprehend so nice inction . He should have thought that , if a man
; put away his wife , he might also marry again , ilieved the marriage tie to possess ^ reat sanctity , ot to be indissoluble . The question he looked as one with which human authority is competent L Still , he thought there was some danger of the troducing a system of great laxity , and leading to on . He observed that the Bishop of Oxford had notice of his intention to move a proviso , prohibithusband or wife who had been guilty of adultery , ivorced in consequence , from contracting marriage he person with whom the adultery was committed , lought such a clause -was essentially necessary , i view to prevent collusion , and he wished to hear ; he Lord Chancellor whether or not it might be
tageously incorporated in the bill , as his vote upon ation before the House would greatly depend upon 9 wer he got . —After some further brief conversa-; he Lord Chancellor said that such a clause Iways been introduced into divorce bills before Lordships House ; but he knew of no bill in it had been retained , because it is universally at it clogs the parties with restrictions painful to slves , and does not prevent collusion . —The motion Bishop of Oxford for omitting clause 19 was ved by 43 against 10 . —The Bishop ' s proviso , iting the parties committing adultery to marry lother after the divorce of the husband and wife , ien agreed to . —A motion of Lord Denman , for ring clause 16 , was negatived without a division .
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BILL . Lord Chancellor , in moving the second readthis bill , said it was the same in principle as that last year with respect to the University of Ox--The bill was read a second time . Annuities Redemption Bill , and the Stocklde Exemption Bill , were respectively read a ime , and passed . rOOR-LAW AMENDMENT ( No . 2 ) BILL . ; he motion for the second reading of this bill , in use of Commons , Sir George Pbchell opposed it , > ved that the second reading be postponed to that
¦ ee months . He objected more especially to that part bill which repealed the 22 nd of George III ., and ray with the permission to single parishes , acby the Poor-Law Act , to become incorporated the Gilbert Act . —Lord Galway seconded the ment . —Mr . Bouverie , yielding so far to the opn , promised that if the bill was read a second time ild withdraw all of it except that portion which to extra-parochial places . —After some further ion , the debate was interrupted by the near arrifour o'clock , when , the morning sitting being at a he discussion was adjourned .
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY . 10 evening , in answer to Mr . Otway , Mr . Vernon gave some explanations with respect to the sums bed by the East India Company for the relief of ferers by the French floods , similar to those put n a previous evening in the Upper House .
THE ENTRY OF TUB OUAUOS INTO LONDON . Palmekston , in answer to Sir John Shelley , that the day upon which the Guurds would enter i was not yet' fixed . Tho troops would proceed Idershott by the South-Western Railway ; but the lar route by which they would proceed to Buckl Palace , and on to Hyde Park , had not yet been **• TUB CENTRAL AMERICAN QUESTION . nswer to Mr . Baillie , who put a question as to ) lomatic powers possessed by Mr . Dallas , Lord rston remarked that Mr . Dallas has full powers lss the Central American question—powers which ichanan did not possess . PRIZE MONEY TO TUB ARMY . tho question that the House fro into Committee of
Supply , Colonel Dunne asked the intentions of the Government as to advising her Majesty to grant prize money to the army engaged in the siege , for stores , &c , taken in Sebastopol . —Lord Palmerston answered that the money value of the property taken was so smallnot more than would allow half-a-crown to each officer and sixpence to each man — that any such payment would be deemed a mockery rather than a reward .
SUPPLY . The House then went into Committee of Supply , when the remaining Civil Service Estimates , and the Militia Estimates , were agreed to . The chief discussion was on the vote of 228 , 9501 . for disembodied Militia , in connexion with which , Colonel North said he observed with regret that the pay of non-commissioned officers on the permanent staff , already inadequate , was to be greatly reduced . —The same complaint was ajso urged by Mr . Pellatt , Lord Claud Hajuilton ^ Mq other members . —Mr . Frederick Peel said thaWne rate of pay of the disembodied militia is different from that of the embodied militia . "When embodied , all ranks receive
the same rate of pay as the army ; when disembodied , the pay of the various ranks is not the same . If we were to pay the staff of the disembodied militia the same as the embodied , it would follow as a necessary consequence that all ranks of the militia would claim to be paid the same . In that case , the disembodied militia would cost a much greater sum than they now do . They have other sources of income besides their disembodied pay . Most of them receive pay in the line , or pensions for their services in the line ; and he saw no objection to a noncommissioned officer pursuing a trade in those intervals of time which are not required for military duty . — Lord Palmerston , in answer to objections urged by Colonel Buck and others , contended that the " lines " lately constructed at Plymouth are necessary as works
of defence . With regard to billeting in Scotland , he agreed with what had been advanced by Mr . Cowan , that if , consistently with a due regard to the national service , the exemption from billeting could be extended to public-houses , it would be desirable . But we could not carry on the service of the country otherwise . Still , it was most desirable not to billet the militia and young recruits in public-houses , if it could be avoided . He could assure the House that , as far as the means of putting the troops , whether regular or militia , into barracks was concerned , it was considered by the Government to be most desirable , though the expense , and consequently the difficulty , would be very great . The various suggestions which , had been thrown out should receive due attention .
WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS BILL . On the question that the House go into committee on this Bill , Mr . Henley criticised the measure , observing that it seemed to him to be the result of an illicit compact between Sir Fitzroy Kelly and the Solicitor-General . In reality , it established a new Court of Chancery , but under another name . He moved the postponement of the committee till Tuesday next . —After some discussion , the Solicitor-General humorously alluded to the total failure of his endeavour to please everybody . He had no alternative but to agree to the amendment . —Sir James Graham , after some sarcastic remarks , begged to ask the Solicitor-General if the bill , which had been printed a second time , really contained the ultimate views of the learned gentleman ?—Mr . Malins opposed the bill , which received the support of Sir Euskine Perry and Mr . Hadfield . —The amendment was then
agreed to . CHURCH BUILDING * COMMISSION BILL . The motion that this bill be considered in committee was opposed by Mr . IIadfield , who moved the postponement of the committee for three months . —The amendment was negatived by 159 to 9 , and the bill passed through committee . The Metropolis Local Management Act Amendmknt Bill , and the Turnpike Acts Continuanck Bill , were respectively read a third time , and passed .
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BANQUET TO GENERAL WILLIAMS . The Army and Navy Club , on Saturday last , gave a banquet to General Williams . Tho clwiir was taken by Colonel Daniell . To the right of the chair sat the hero of Kars ; on tho left , were his two high-spirited subordinates , Colonels Lake and Teesdalo . After the usual routine toasts , the Chairman proposed " tho health of the gallant Sir William Femviek Williams , Bart ., " accompanying the toast with a eulogy on their guest ' s achievements , in tho course of which he quoted tho remark of a Turk when Kara was given up to the ltussiuns : " Williams 1 ' acha is no end of a man . " The tonst was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm . Round nfter round of cheering followed in rapid succession , and tho excitement continued for several minutes . Silence having been restored
, General Williams rose to return thanks . Ho bognn by alluding to his old friend , Colonel Daniell , and to hia other old friends then . gathered about him , adding that he was also glad to see " so many now and young faces —tho heart ' s blood of tho army "—gathered about to do him honour . " Whoa , " he observed , " I look around this room , and witness this scene , and then call to mind that I was one of tho original members of this
clubthat , out of the twenty-five years I have been in the army , I have passed twenty-three in foreign service , and that , whenever I returned to England , either for recreation or on account of ill-health , this has been my home—that in this room I have breakfasted and dined day by day—I say to myself that if , on the day I first put down my name as a member of this club , any man had told me I should live to see such a day as this , I should have conceived that he was whispering nonsense to me . " Colonels Lake and Teesdale were alluded to in terms of warm esteem and friendship ; and a tribute of regard was paid to the memory of the heroic Thompson . " Let me also point out to you , " said the General , " my young secretary—a yonth whom I took
with me from his mother , and who proceeded step by step in his career until the eventful day -when , taking command of a battery , he did , I assure you , most essential service ^ to our cause . ( Cheers . } I wish , to associate myself with these my gallant companions in arms , and to share with them the honour which you have bestowed upon me . " The despatches and private letters of Lord Clarendon were mentioned as having always produced an extraordinary and " electrical" effect in cheering on the garrison . " We were not at that time a melancholy crew : we were laughing , we were merry , we were like men that would not be extinguished . We were surrounded by very great difficulties ; but , whenever the despatches and letters arrived , they produced a most
extraordinary effect upon us . " After acknowledging the kindness of Lord Palmerston , General "Williams continued : — " I must now tell you about the glory of the Turkish army ( hear )—men who , when I came to them , were starving , were without clothes , men without hope { hear , hear ) ; but such wSb their confidence in the efforts which I was able to make for them that they stood by me in the most gallant manner . No troops on earth could have behaved better than those men ; for instance , on one occasion , at the battle of the 29 th of September , about which you have all read ( loud cheers ) . They had been working all day and watching all night at ttie fortifications . They were not on that occasion an unrulv , undisciplined force behind walls , but were
disciplined soldiers , standing behind their entrenchments . Colonel Lake could tell you what they did , for no one could help admiring their courage , their discipline , their file fire , their rolling fire . I assure you that neither the Guards of London nor those of Paris could have surpassed them . From early dawn till an hour after midday , that fire continued—the noise of a thousand drums nfiwi nasp / l fn-ji moment ; therefore , you may suppose what soldiers they were . ' When the enemy got into these entrenchments , which , in consequence of the absolute necessity for protecting other points , were'f ?* - * he time unmanned , they were driven out again by those brave little fellows at the point of the bayonet . " ( Enthusiastic applause . ) General Williams was of opinion that , "if Turkey be true to herself , and if foreign nations will hold a high tone towards her , she is safe fr ( 0 | t the power of Russia , " as there is still some vitality in her . He then referred
to Lord Raglan , whose last moments were embittered by his experience of " the total want of system '' with which we began the war . "We had in fact been asleep for forty years , and , when we went into the war , we were sent out half awake . " But when the intelligence reached Kars of our successive achievements before Sebastopol , " nothing could exceed the enthusiasm of those fine Turks ; and , " said General Williams , " you may easily suppose what our joy was at hearing the -welcome news of the glories achieved by that brave infantry which never yet turned its back on a foe . ( Loud cheers . " ) I say , that infantry which never turned its back , which , from the da } 's of Wolfe , has been the foundation of our greatness , whose courage nothing can shake , or ever will shake . " With a renewed expression of thanks for the honour done to him , General Williams sat down , after proposing the toast of " The Chairman , the Committee , and the Secretary" of the club .
Mr . Otway , M . P ., proposed "The health of those gallant nnd distinguished officers who had acted on the staff of General Williams during his Eastern campaign . " Tho toast was acknowledged by Colonel Lake . The toast of " Tho health of the officers of the army of tho Crimea , " proposed by General Williams , was acknowledged by tho Chairman . General Proctor proposed " The health of General Mouravieff . " In replying to this toast , Sir William Williams said : — " While rising to return thanks for the honour which you have done to my friend , General Monravieff , I can assuro you that I never porformed a duty more grateful to my heart . I believe that in the military profession—nnd I will not except any country on tho face of tho earth—there is
not one who adorns that profession more highly than General Mouravieff . 1 wish also to say a word respecting tho army of ( Jonoral Mouravieff—that splendid army that army of polished steel . I assure you it was magnificent . It was with the greatest devotion to tho sovereign that they came down upon us , from daydawn to sunset , for seven mortal hours : although they sustained tho most severe losses , there was not a afngle moment of hesitation in tho efforts and movements of that lino army . They camo forward , attack after attack , in a manner which would have gladdened the heart of every soldier to have scon . When they were assailed by a firo aa well directed , as beautifully directed , an evw
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Leader (1850-1860), July 5, 1856, page 629, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2148/page/5/
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