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?• hiitMr Sadleir was guilty of the charges made against wi « i but simply that iastead of appearing to answer those 2 hZr < res he had fled , thus tacitly acknowledging the Station . The caae of George Robinson , in 1732 , was in everv way parallel ; and bo was that of Benjamin Walsh in " 1812 . —The motion was seconded by Mr . NAWBRf who said the expulsion not only concerned the honour of the House , but was due to the constituents of Tipperary ; and he fortified it by further precedents . — Mr Stuart "Wortxey thought the motion prematnre . Mr . Sadleir had left the country before a warrant was out against him , and he might come back . —Mr . J . D . Fitzoeralo ( the Irish Attorney-General ) was also of opinion that the proper time for
the motion had not arrived , as there had not been as yet anv judgment of outlawry . There was no precise precedent . In Robinson ' s case , the expulsion was not for the fraud with which he was charged , but for contempt of the House . Mr . S . Fitzgerald also advised caution . rpj , Attorney-General and Lord Palmerston followed on the same side , the latter recommending Mr . Wortley to withdraw his amendment , that the House might at once come to a dedfcion on the original motion . This having been done ( after an expression of opinion on the part of Mr . Henley that Sadleir ought to have an opportunity of being heard ) , Lord Pauiekstos moved the previous question , which , after some further conversation , was adopted , and the original motion fell
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FRANCE AND SPAIN . Mr . MuffliocGH asked whether the Government was prepared to adopt any , and what , means for the prevention of the armed interference of France in the internal affairs of Spain ? Lord Palmerston replied : — "I apprehend that there is nothing at present in regard to the affairs of Spain that could in any way lead to an interference on the part of the French Emperor in those affairs . "With regard to the general question , I may state that the and
Emperor of the French is a man of great justice , will , no doubt , feel in any case that any foreign interference in the affairs of the Spanish nation would be unjust . He is also a man of great sagacity ; and the lessons of the past show that those sovereigns of France who have been led to interference in the affairs of Spain hare always , sooner or later , found that their interference was more or less destructive to themselves . ( Hear , hear . } There can be no reason for apprehending that any intention exists on the part of the Trench Government to interfere in the affairs of Spain . " ( Hear , hear . )
' ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS , &C , IN INT » rA . In answer to Mr . Gkuuan , air . Vernon Smith said that instructions bad been sent out that there should be no alteration in the status of Roman Catholic bishops from that established by previous orders . Those previous orders had always been that they should be entitled to rank or consideration on account of the position they held in the Roman Catholic church . The Roman Catholic bishops had for a long time had a pecuniary allowance for sending returns of their co-religionists ; this allowance is made to one bishop in each presidency .
Priests are employed at those stations where there are British born Catholic subjects , whether in the civil or the military service . They have been allowed , as a portion of their remuneration , medical attendance , on account of the difficulty of obtaining it . He was not aware of any grants that were to be given in aid of building Roman Catholic chapels , or that sums were paid to Roman Catholic orphanages , equal to the cost of maintaining each child ; but instructions had been sent out that every attention should be paid to the treatment of Roman Catholic children in these parts .
The Lords amendments of the Metropolis Local Management Act Amendment ( No 2 ) Hill , the Formation , &c , of Parishes Bill , and of some other measures , were agreed to , and the House adjourned at ten o ' clock .
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REPORTS . Tins reports of several committees and other semijmlicial bodies have been published during the present week . Foremost among these is that of This Crimean Inquiry at Chelsea . —This i . s a document of very great length . The evidence taken in each caBO is elaborately analysed , and the general result on the minds of the members of the Hoard is favourable to the various officers implicated . The Hoard in satisfied that Lord Lucan •« exercised every exertion to meet the peculiar difficulties which ho had to contend with , and that ho is therefore not cliargeublo with neglect in
the performance of tho important duties attached to his command . " All the other officers arc similarly acquitted . Sir Richard Aircy in considered blameless in not issuing warm clothing , because " tho responsibility of that officer must bo understood to b « limited to tho duty of making requisitions for certain stores , and not to their safo custody , Htowngo , or oven issue . " Witli regard to huts , " the Quartermaster-General ' s Department completely fulfilled its duty by ordering huts at an early ffi ,. ZT Const « n « n ° Pto—namely , 8 th November , , Ihe upshot of tho report may bo stated as a reversal of the judgment arrived at by Sir John M'Neill and Colonel Tulloch .
The Medical Department of the Abmt . —The report of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Medical Department of the Army has been published . Its chief recommendations are— " That the governing power of the Army Medical Department should be vested , aa at present , in one individual , and not in a Board ; that the ConHhander-in-Chief should exercise a control over the appointments and promotions of the Director-General ; that the principle of general competition , or of special examination , in recognized medical schools be applied , as far as practicable , to admission into the Army Medical Department ; that the rules which guide promotion be published ; that retirement be optional after twenty-one , and compulsory from regimental find second-class staff-surgeon duty after thirtyfive rears' service : that , as it has been stated to this
committee that the supply of medical officers was insufficient daring the late war , the establishment of civil hospitals may have been necessary , but your committee trust the recurrence to such alternatives may be avoided for the future ; that a person duly qualified to compound medicines , and attested for military service , should form a part of the medical establishment of every regiment ; that the Medical Staff Corps , which was raised for service during the late war , should continue a part of the peace establishment ; that a military lunatic asylum be provided , as embraced in the design for the New Military Hospital at Southampton ; and that , at the outbreak of any future war , separate transport should be provided for the conveyance of all medical stores . " The report concludes with a compliment to the army and civil surgeons for their conduct during the late war .
Public Offices . —The Select Committee appointed for the purpose of considering the question of accommodation of the various public departments in Downingstreet , have issued their report , . in which they say : ¦—44 Your committee are of opinion that it is most desirable for the public service , both as regards economy and efficiency in the transaction of business , that there should be a concentration of the public offices , and that such concentration should be effected in the immediate vicinity of Whitehall and the Houses of Parliament . " The Metropolitan Turnpike Roads . —The Select Committee of the House of Commons have made their report . Impressed with the great inconvenience of the existence of toll-gates in the populous districts of the metropolis , and of the importance of providing , if possible , some mode of remedying this inconvenience , the committee suggest their reappointment next session for the purpose of completing the evidence . of
The Burial Acts . — The Select Committee the House of Lords have reported on the Burial Acts . They have resolved—1 . That before the ground is declared nt for consecration the Burial Board shall , besides the external wall or rail surrounding the whole cemetery , provide a boundary between the consecrated and unconsecrated ground , according to the metes and bounds described in the deed of consecration , to consist of an iron rail , not less than three feet high , and fitted to bound stones , provided that any other fixed and permanent boundary which tho Burial Board may prefer may be adopted with the sanction of the bishop . 2 . That to remove doubts , it is expedient to enact that , in any case , where any ground shall be consecrated under any faculty as a family burial-place , no general right to bury in such ground shall be acquired by others than those to whom it is limited iiv such faculty as the result of such
consecration . The Isthmus ok Suez Canal . —The following announcement appears in the official journal of the Hague : — In consequence of a report lately presented to the King by his Excellency M . Simons , Minister of the Interior , his Majesty has , by a decree , dated the 10 th of this month , appointed a commission charged with the following duties : — 1 . To examine what consequences are likely to ensue on cutting through the Isthmus of Sue / , as regards trade and navigation in general , and the trade of the Netherlands in particular . 2 . To propose measures proper to be adopted under this change of circumstances , in order to maintain our share in tho trade and navigation of tho world , or even , if possible , to increase it . . ' < . To point out what course the Government should pursue , in order to support and foster the exertions of our commercial men in this affair . "
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CONTINENTAL NOTES . FRANCE . The Emperor has addressed to M . Eouher , the Minister of Public Works , a long letter , making certain suggestions for preventing the recurrence of inundations similar to those which , have recently desolated the south of France . The Government has determined to place an army of observation on the frontiers towards Spain . Count de Persigny , French ambassador in London , has heen in Paris for the last few daj-s .
GERMANY . Frequent riots , of a very serious character , have taken place among the students of Heidelberg . The Government has been obliged to despatch soldiers against them , to deprive them of their arms , and to dissolve the various clubs . SPAIN . The late coup d'etat forms the chief topic of intelligence from Spain . A feW particulars are now published . At Madrid , the third light battalion of the National Guard , or at any rate a portion of it , made a vigorous defence in ' a house , with Sisto Camera , the well-known journalist , at their head . When resistance was at length overcome , and the troops entered , it is said that they behaved with great severity . All the divisions of the National Guard have been disarmed , with the exceptio of two companieswinch sided with the Government .
, The origin of the crisis is thus stated in a letter f . Madrid , dated the 14 th inst . : — " M . Eacosura , {< - ' minister oi tne interior , on ins return uum v /^ y ^^ iCj endeavoured to explain the origin of the events tyhich had taken place there , and which he attributed to / the reactionary parties , meaning by that term the Jfloderados , the Conservatists , the Vicalvarists , or partisans of O'Donnell and the Carlists . M . Kscosura had expressed the same opinion in the preamble of a royal decree , for assembling the Cortes in order afterwards to dissolve them ; for banishing the Jesuits from the Peninsula j and for promulgating the Constitution . O'Donnell declared that it was henceforth impossible for him to remain in the ministry Avith M . Escosura : and the crisis
followed . " Another account states that a discussion had taken place in the cabinet presided over by Espartero , with respect to placing some restrictions on the reactionary or Carlist press , which had become very violent . The proposition for curbing the papers in question was opposed by O'Donnell , who , furthermore , made a counter proposition , which was , that Escosura should be ejected from the cabinet . Having put forward this suggestion , O'Donnell abruptly left the council-chamber , went home , feigning illness , and betook himself to bed . Espartero followed , and induced him to return , which he did , and again , with much bitterness , demanded the expulsion of Escosura . The proposition , on being put to the vote , was unanimously
rejected . The President and Vice-President of the Chamber . - ' , according to the usual custom on such occasions , were then called in ; the proposition was again put to the vote ; and both tho President and tho Vice-President ( though the former is believed to be a partizan of O'Donnell ) decided against tho expulsion of tho minister . Escosurn , however , placed his resignation in the hands of Espartero , who asked if O'Donnell was prepared to resign also , as he had previously intimated . O'Donnell said he should place his resignation in the hands of the Queen . The ministors then went in a body to the palace , though it was one o ' clock in the morning ,
and remained in council , presided over by tho Queen , till four . The Queen expressed her desire for Escosura ' a retirement , but rofiiHcd to part with O'Donnell . Espartero then said that he and nil hid colleagues would resign . The Queen uttered a fow formal expressions of regret , but accepted their resignation , uud immediately appointed O'Donnell President of tho Council . O'Donnell ( Hays tho 2 'ir / ie . t Paris correspondent ) " at once took precautions to maintain by force what ho had done . In tho curly part of the < l « y , the city had tho appoaranco of tranquillity . Tho l ' rogroaistus wore in a stato of stupor ; the Carlists and reactionists of all kinds in the utmost exultation . " " That the crisis was anticipated and prepared for by
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AMERICA . Colonkl Fremont has published nn address on the occasion of his nomination to the Presidency . Ho declares himself opposed to the principle of annexing states simply because they will be useful ; to the extension of slavery in Kansas ; and to an irritating foreign policy . He desires the intimate union and harmonious co-operation of all the . States , ami will discourage all merely sectional issues . In tho Senate , on the yth , tho Committee on Territories reported . the house bill for tho admission of Kansas , with an amendment striking out the preamble and all after tho enacting cluuae , and substituting tho Slavo Stato Kaunas Bill , recently passed by tho Senate . After some little opposition , tho nmendinent was adopted . Mr . Brooks , of South Carolina , has been sentenced to pay n fine of throe hundred dollars for the assault on
Mr . Sumner . The latter gentleman does not progress towards recovery , but is considered in a very critical state . The New York papers express great satisfaction at the settlement of the enlistment question ; and a large meeting has been held at the Merchants'Exchange , Philadelphia , to reciprocate the pacific feelings manifested towards the United States in England . The Kingston ( Canada ) Whig states that the feud existing between the two bodies of Orangemen in Canada —a feud that has long been a reproach to the Protestant faith—exists no longer . The two Grand Lodges met recently , under their respective Grand Masters , and came to an amicable arrangement . The differences between Spain and Mexico have been arranged . Some Mormons have been arrested on Beaver Island . on a charge of theft , setting fire to some houses , and . committing various depredations . It was necessary to threaten to fire on them before they submitted .
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JOTT 26 , 1856 . ] THE LEA DE B . 701
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Leader (1850-1860), July 26, 1856, page 701, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2151/page/5/
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