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terfered with by our cruisers going into her waters , seising her ships , and taking them for adjudication to courts wholly British . What would ba the consequence of our cruizers seizing an American ship with slaves on board ? ( Hear , hear . ') We are abject and subservient to the strong ; we bully and oppress the weak . { Hear , hear . ' ) Why did . we not interfere with Cuba ? Brazil could supply us with coffee , sugar , and cotton , and render us independent of the insolence of America , to which we are now slave 3 . He moved to refer the subject to a select committee . that
„ Lord PalmerstoS , after expressing his surprise a person like Mr . Roebuck should have given countenance to the vulgar and unfounded assertion that it is the practice of England to bully the weak and succumb to the strong , stated that the act of 1845 had been suspended by mutual consent for some years past , and is in fact a dead letter . The act had previously been put in operation because the Brazilian Government , after repeated warnings , had neglected , and even refused , to do anything to stop the infamous traffic in negroes . This had the desired effect , and the act , as he had already said , was now in effect suspended . Nevertheless , it would be most dangerous to repeal it , as there are parties in Rio who only desire an opportunity to reintroduce the trade . He therefore entreated Mr . Roebuck and the House not to take a step which might lead to the revival of so odious a state of things as that which had been abolished .
Mr . Bka . ml . ey Moore supported the motion , but remarked that the question is a difficult one , as the slave trade exists in our own colonies , as , for instance , at Sierra Leone . — Mr . Moxckton Milnes opposed the motion ; and Mr . Roebuck , in the course of a brief reply , contended that Lord Palmerston had shown no reason for opposing the motion , and repeated his charge against the Government of pursuing a different policy with weak and with strong states . Would the noble Lord , he asked , dare to send a cruiser up the Chesapeake , to search American vessels ? —Mr . Disraeli observed that the motion was a very strong one , inasmuch as it proposed to take the management of our diplomatic
relations with a foreign Power out of the hands of the Government , and thereby implied a want of confidence in the Government . He understood that Mr . Roebuck did not represent any particular complaint on the part of the Brazilian Government with reference to the act in question , and he understood from Lord Palmerston that the act is at this moment in suspense by mutual agreement between the two countries . Under these circumstances , be could not support the motion . At the same time , the subject was one which ought to interest the Mouse . —Lord Johx Russell was also in favour of leaving the matter in the hands of the Government ; and the motion was negatived , to the great amusement of the House , by 312 to 17 .
THIS BOARD Ol « ' ADMIRALTY . Sir Charles Napier moved for a select committee to inquire into the constitution of the Board of Admiralty , with the view of rendering it more efficient , and better adapted to the various duties it has to perform lie hud never met with a naval officer or clerk in any of tin ; departments who did not complain of the manner in which naval affairs were managed . The navy costs an immense sum without adequate value , and confusion prevails amongst the various departments . Of that confusion he
had had ample experience in the contradictory orders he had himself received when in the command of fleets . A slight change in the constitution of the Board would suffice to bring about groat and salutary improvements It France and Russia were to unite against England , he did not think the Crown of England would be worth six months' purchase unless the navy were better ninnned . —Mr . Bkntincic seconded the motion , and s ; oUo of the anomaly of having a civilian nt the head of the Admiralt 3 .
Mr . BiSitNAL Osbokne replied , and observed , in answer to a complaint of Sir Charles , thut the post of the First Lord of the Admiralty is not a permanent one , but varies with the Government , that the head of no other department is permanent , and that such changed are inseparable from popular representation . In 18-10 , Sir Charles applied for a Heat at the Board of Admiralty ; but now , in 1837 , he wishes to blow the board up . Whenever naval officers arc at the head of the Admiralty , the greatest amount of dissatisfaction is always given both to this service and to the public All groat improvements in the navy had been ett'ected by
civilian Firttt Lords ; and indeed tho duty of th < s First Lord is ua much civil as professional . Sir Churlo . Vn assertion with respect to tho probable effect or a combination between Franco and Russia was unworth" of mi English Admiral . —Tho motion was further opposed by Mr . Kbk , Admiral Walcott ( who advocated I ho appointment of a board of Hcientifio men to consider improvements in shipbuilding ) , and Lord Ciiaklich Pacibt . It was supported by Sir Gkohou Pic « ui ; ll , Mr . Wariuc , and Mr . Lindsay . —Sir Charmcs Wood defended tho present constitution of the Board of Admiralty , and aaid ho thought it undemrablo thut tho Firm , Lord should nlwnyn bo a naval officer .
Sir Chaiimcs Nai'Ibk replied , and tho House divided , whon only JJ 5 voted in favour of tho motion to 1 / V 2 against it . It waa therefore lost by a majority of 117 . TIIIC I , ANI > TAX . Mr . Maokinnon moved for n aeloct committee " to
consider the expediency of a more equitable adjustment of the land tax ; also of allowing a further redemption of the same ; and whether by any other means the land tax might be made more baneficial to the revenue of the country , and to the reduction of the national debt . "—Sir John Tkollope thought the difficulties in the way of a new assessment too great to be dealt -with by a select committee . —Mr . Neate supported the motion , which was opposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , who advised Mr . Mackinnon to withdraw his motion . This was accordingly done . TENANT KIGIIT . Mr . Mooau obtained leave to bring in a bill to provide for the better securing of and regulating the custom of tenant right as practised in the province of Ulster , and to secure compensation to improving tenants who may not make claim under the said custom , and to limit the power of eviction in certain cases . SURGERY IN IRELAND . Mr . Fagan obtained leave to bring in a bill for securing the more effectual promotion of the medical and surgical sciences in the Queen ' s University , Ireland . AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS . Viscount Raynham moved for a select committee to inquire into the operation of the act for the punishment of persons convicted of aggravated assaults . —Sir George Grey thought the existing law sufficient to meet the evils complained of , and opposed the motion . — Mr . Bentinck supported the motion , and strongly advocated corporal punishment in such cases . —After some further conversation , the House divided , when the motion was negatived by 125 to 84 . Mr . Dodson obtained a select committee to inquire into the operation of the excise and customs duties upon hops . —The report of the Committee of Supply was brought up and agreed to ; and the House shortly afterwards adjourned , at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock .
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MB . BRIGHT AND PARLIAMENTARY IlEFORM . The following letter has been received by Mr . Alexander Laing , Hawick , in acknowledgment of certain resolutions of sympathy with Messrs . Cobden , Bright , and Gibson , on the result of the Iiiuldersiield and . Manchester elections , passed at a meeting held in that town some weeks ago . A letter on the subject from Mr . Cobden has already been published : — " Geneva , May 17 , 1857 . " Dear Sir , —Your kind note , enclosing a copy of the resolution passed at a public meeting of the inhabitants of Hawick , reached me only last evening . I lose no time in writing to say that I am very glad to find that in your town the cause of reform , free trade , and retrenchment has so many warm friends , and that you have understood and approved the policy which Mr . Cobden , Mr . Gibson , and myself have supported in the House of Commons . In the question of free trade little progress has been made for some years past ; as to retrenchment , the word has become almost obsolete , and the military expenditure of the country is now nearly double the amount which the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel thought necessary in 1835 , although wo have no more territory to defend , and although a large army is no longer necessary to maintain tranquillity in Ireland . As to reform , while almost everybody professes to be in favour of it in some shape , the preparation of the particular bill to be brought forward next year is left in the hands of a Minister whose hostility to evevy proposition for reform since the your 1832 it notorious and undeniable . Whether on these three points , to which your resolution refers , the . country is in u satisfactory position , I must leave the friends of free trade , reform , and retrenchment to decide .
" With regard to the promised reform , lot me warn you to look not more to the question of franchise than to the other arrangements of tho measure . It would be easy to double tho number of electors , and at the . siinic time to increaao tho aristocratic influence in Parliament . To give votes without giving representatives , in some fair degree , in proportion to the votes , is but to cheat , tho peoplo ; and to give a largo increaao of votes without the security of tho ballot will subject increased numbers of our countrymen to the degrading influences which wealth and power now exercise bo unscrupulously upon nd
tho existing electoral body . A moderate measure , a an honest one so far as it goes , is fur more to bo desired than one of grout pretensions with some fraudulent schomo for dofoating the wishes of tho nation . A diahonoat apportionment of members may cfloetually destroy a representation-, and any trick to obstruct tho freo action of majorities , such a » that proposed in Lord John Russell ' s last bill , should bo strenuously resisted , as calculated to undermine- tho very basis of roproaeuUtivo institutions , and designed only to cheat the people of that increased now or which tho bill would profe .-js to
confer upon thorn . " Whether I shall over again in Parliament Hiipporl tho policy you approve , is oxtroinoly uncertain ; but I shall always retain a grateful flonse of tho kindness which I have rocoived in past times , and at tho prosoiit time , from tho intelligent community on whoso behull you havo written to me . " Beliovo mo to bo , very sincerely yours , " John Bmairr . " u To Alox . Laing , Esq ., Hiiwick . "
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THE PRINCESS ROYAL . — " ~~ DIVISION LIST ON THE QUKEN ' S MESSAGE . ( A / on-hty , May 25 th . ) Princess Royal , — Itcsolution on Queen ' s Messa * n nan May ] reported , - ° Horn "That tho annual sum of eight thousand pounds l ,, pranked to her Majesty , out . of the Consolidated Funrl « r Oreat Britain and Ireland , the said annuity to be aeHUri on her lloyal Highness the Princess 14 ov . il for her lift . , such manner as her Majesty shall think proper- and n commence from the date of tho Marriage of her Rov-ii Highness wilh his Royal Highness Prince Frederic Yni linm of Prussia " ' " Resolution read 2 " ; Amendment proposed , to loave cut the word " eight , " in order to insert the " six "—n / -. ConingJiam ) -instead thereof : —Question put , " That tllo wor I ' eight' stand part of the Resolution : "—Thn Hnnci divided ; Ayes 32 « , Noes It . UUSH AYES . Adderley . C . B . French , Colonel j \ o * .-l , Hon . G J Alcock , Thomas Gallwoy , Sir W . P . Norrcys , Sir i > j Althorp , Viscount Gard , Richard S . Korth " , Frederick Antrobus , Edmund Glover , Edward A O'Flaherty , A . Arbuthnott , Hn . Ul . Glyn , George Carr Ogilvy , Sir John Bagshaw . John Olyn , George G . Osborne , Ralph Basrwell . John Goderich , Visc . unt Pakington , lit . Hon . Bailey , Sir Joseph Grace , O . D . J . Sir John Baillic , Henry J . Graham , lit . lln . SirPalmerston , Vis Baincs , lit . Hu . M . T . James ratten . Colonel W Ball , Edward Gregory , W . H . PiuiH , Henry Bannir , Rt . lion Sir Gregson , Samuel Pechell , Sir G B F . T . Gre-nrell , C . W . Pennant , Hn CoL Barnard . Thomas Gray , Captain Perry . Sir T . E . Bernard , Hn . \ V . 5 . Grey , Rt . Hn . Sir G . Povensev , Viscous Barrow , W . H . Grey , Ralph W . Platt , James Bathurst . A . A . Gro ' svcnor , Lord II . Potter , Sir John Baxter , W . E . Gurdon , j ' . ramnton Powell , Francis , S Beale . Samuel Hac . kbloek , William Price , "Win . P . Beamish , Francis B . lladneld , Gcoi-jro Pu ^ h , David Bethel ! , Sir Riclid . Hall , lit . Hn . Sir B . Pallor , C . W . Biggs , John Hamilton , Lord C . Ranisiien , Sir J . W . Black , Adam Hamilton , G . A . Ramsay , Sir A . Bland . Loft us H . Hamilton , J . Hans llaynham , Viscount Bhmdford , } I : nv [ . of Hanbury , Robert Rebow , John G . Boldero , Colonel Handley , John R y pton , G . \ Y . J . Bouverie , lln . P . P . Haukry , Thomson Rieardo , John L . Uramlcy-Moore , J . Hanisier , Sir John Ricardo , Osmr . n Brand , Hit . Henry Hardcastlo . , T . A . Rich , Henry Bridges , Sii- B . W . Hassard , . Michael Ridley , George Briscoe . JoVin lvatt Hastio , Archibald Ron pell , William Bruce , H . Austin Hay , Lord John Russell , Lord John Bruen , Henrv Jleadlrun , T . V- Rti .-. sell , Francis Yi \ Buchanan , Wallor Heard , John Isaac -Russoll , Sir Win . Bullet-, James W . Henloy , llt . Hn .. I . \ V . Sali . » bui-y , Enoch ( i . Bunbury , W . Bunb . Herbert , Henry A . Schneider , H . \\" . M'Clinloek Herbert , lit . lln . S . Sciiolclieltl , \ V . Butler , Charles S . Herbert , Hn . P . E . Selater , Georw Buxton . Sir E . N . Hill , Hn . 11 . C Scott , lion . Francis Bvng , Hon . George Hodgson , Win . X . Scott , Captain E . Cnirc ' l , James Hoi ford , Robert S . Seymour , Henry D . Cain is . H . IMC . Holland , Edward Shelley , Sir John V . Calcutt . Francis M . Hope , A- J . 15 . Sheiulan , II . l > . Carnae , Sir J . 11 . Jlopwood , Juhn T . Sibthorp . Major fastlerosHO , VU Hornby , Willi . mi Il . Sianey , Robert A . Cavondi-. il , Lord Horslall , Tiiomas 15 Smith , John \ i . Cavendish , Hon . G . Horsman , Rt . llon . Siuith , lU . lln . it . V . Cecil . Lord KobiMt Edward Smith , Augustus Cliarlcsworth . J . U . D . Hotham , Lord Smith , Sir 1-. Chi etlinm . John Howard , Hon . Chas . Sniollistt , Alexar . 'kT Christy , Samuel W . G . Sotiiers , John 1 ' . ClilJbrd . Chiis . C . Hudson , George S omorville V . Hon . 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Leader (1850-1860), May 30, 1857, page 508, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2195/page/4/
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