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w w Mtonf&n / , June 22 nd . TM& OPIUM TRAFFIC . In the H 6 * trsE of Lords , the Earl of Shaftesbury inquiredfcHf&Sther the opiniontof the law onJoMKi had b « en olttaSved r « qg | ecting th » iRi ^ aHtf » f the <« 5 g iitini teaffic in India-- —Tftft Lord CquasrcEfcLOR said tfcat arouse ha 4 beflSBfc prepagwd and sul ^ Dpttedi . to the authorittet at' the , Eqafclndiatl&ouse for tfcftU revfek > n It was coHmcted by them acoasMag to thgfyt v-iewttvof the factstj bnt the PresfclawkW'the Bo «« rtfl | fCa »» t » l , and thos «« lko thought with fife ) , conceived * that tBe ? facts referred to by the Earl of Shaftesbury in lixs notice of motion last session , should be appended to the case as it came from the India Board . T % ( e ea » j ^ as still wodfir consideration .
BRKeCH-LOACIUJG QUKS . Lord , Paniwbe stated , in answer to Lord , Ravkn * - wokcms ,. thai an invention for fabricating breech-loadings eaimo » fen-ring been offered by an American gentleman to the Government two years since , and approved , upon examination by a committee , six specimens were ordered for further trial , and had lately arrived in this country from . America , where they had been cast at the desire of the inventor . The large gun intended for use in . the Crimean war would not be sent out to China , where so considerable a piece of artillery would not be needed .
ALLEGED GRIBVANCR . The Earl of Albermakle moved for a copy of the memorial of Frederick Bever-ley Dixon , of Castlewoodhouse , Durrow , Queen ' s County ^ to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , delivered to his Excellency on or about the 13 th- of July , 1854 r praying for an inquiry into the conduct of David BrudeneH Franks , stipendiary magistrate , who arrested and imprisoned the memorialist ' s son , a child of between sis and seven years of age in order that he might give evidence against his father and mother , and committed other acts contrary to law in connexion with the prosecntion of the memorialist and his wife on a false charge of conspiracy , to murder one Thomas Brophy , of which charge they were acquitted at
the Spring Assizes , at Maryborough , in 1854 ; also a copy of the memorial of the aforesaid F . B . l > ixon to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury , dated 6 th December , 1856 , praying that the . police tax of 17-4 / . 13 s . 9 d ., which had Leen levied on his property under the Crime and Outrage Act , in consequence of the said charge , may be refunded ; and also a copy of the answer of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury thereeto , dated the 1 st January , 1854 . —Earl St . G ' ermaxxs f who was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland at the tiraej denied that Mr . Franks hadi acted from any unworthy motive ; and the Earl of Donoughmore complained of such imputations being made when they could not be proved . — The papers were ordered .
STATUTE LAW COM 71 H 3 SION . The Lord Chancellor , called the attention of the House to fchorthird report of the Sta , tuto Law Commission . Frou > one hundred to one hundred and fifty statutes are added to the mass of our laws every year ; and no lawyer , however eminent , could undertake to make himself acquainted with them alL It waa necessary that an attempt should be made to systematize and consolidate the statutes upon some well-defined prinr ciple . The commissioners endeavoured to divide the statutes into groups , each group embracing kindred subjects . For instance , they grouped together the statutes relating to the army and navy ; the statutes relating to
revenue and financial aubjects ; and those relating to England and Ireland , or to Ireland only , or Scotland only . With regard to the criminal laws , they were gone through with groat care ; they had tried to consolidate-all the laws relating to indictable offences ; and the result waa , that he had . eight criminal bills to which ho would ask theic Lordships to give a first reading : that evening . They had thought it proper to make some deTay with regard to tho laws relating to treason . The eight bills ) to' which he referred applied to offences against the person , lnro « oy , malicious injury to property , forgery , offencea nga-Jnat coin , gvuno laws , libels , and the law roTntfng to necessaries and abettors . —The bills were read n first ? timo .
ttOTWAN CATOOt / IC OIIARITins . Lord Adijtobr , in moving for somo returns- in connexion with tho property hold by Roman Catholic charities , enlarged upon the necessity of providing some legal ' cheoIV to tho boquost of . property , personal as woll as ftfali to the Roman Gatliolfo priesthood for roligioua purposes . —Somo conversation ensued , but the motion ¦ w as finally withdrawn , at tho request of tho Loud ClIANGELLdn . MimSTlCRH * 1 HOJNEY ( l « BLANI >) HILL .
On the motion for going into oommfttoo , tlio Earl of GfcANOAitTY remarked tliqt tho second reading hftd been carried * b y * the votea of peers who were not ; present , and who know little or nothing about the subject , but it was rejected by a mnjority pf » ix pf thq poors . present . Thiu ¦ Wnfl ri measure for tho spoliation of tho Church . He > moved that the bill should bo doforrod for elx months . —¦ The Euvl of DtennY , though opposed to tho bill , thought tho tbon state of the House ( which was thinly attended ) ' wulfr rorider fh& motion brought forward , to oay tl » o
least of it , injudicious . He threw the whol * * Whig ! of the measure on the Government ~ Th re ^ 0 D 8 i * C ^ ewoat withdrew bis am endment , but si ^ tf / A ? intention of renewing it on the third « S J Earl < tf Wioclow moved that the EecleSaS / i 7 missiQMMS should be heard by counsel Tt thl T Qm ~ the bilk . Bttoxpressed his . surprise - * Jj ! a S ail wt which , tile . Earl of Derby had with drawn his on *" 111 to t **«* asu « . _ After some discussion , this ° t ? ° aqgitfiliWid without a division ; and the Wiw ? on Was throng ^ committee . e bl 11 the « went r Eh « . » R «« te of amendments on the Smoke Nmiiv , £ Scotlakq Act Amendment Bill ) were bro ,, ^ f and agreed to , and their-Lordships adjour ned Up
THE ROCHDALE ELECTION COM MITTEE . In the House of Commons , Colonel French ' refer ,- ; ,, So the exclusion of members from the proceeding v , V g the committee on the petition of Mr . Newall JJclm ! on Saturday inquired of the Speaker whether a Iw committee appointed by that House possessed , either df reotly or indirectly , such power . —The Speaker statP , i that the- rule had been distinctly laid down that tinl * the committee were a secret one , members were privi * leged to attend committees . BAB-EL MANDEB .
Mr . J . White inquired whether , as the island of Perin . in the Straits of Bab-el Mandeb , had been recently Oc cupied in the name of the British Crown , the privHem of a free port had been , or would be , accorded to it ?—Mr ; Vebnon Smith said the question involved « mi 7 statement of fact ; and replied that it was not intended to make the island a free port . OATHS BILL . On the order of the day for considering the Oaths Bill , as amended , Mr . Seymour Fitzgerald rose and said , he understood that the Government , which had at first signified their intention to oppose the introduction
of the clauses he proposed , had agreed to withhold their opposition . He would , therefore , without troubling the House with observations , simply move— "That persons professing the Jewish religion should not be enabled to hold the offices of guardian and justices of the United Kingdom , or regents , or Lord Chancellor , Lord Keeper Lord Commissioner of the Great Seal , Lord Lieutenant ! &c , of Ireland , High Commissioner o £ the Church of Scotland , or any other place or office belonging to any of the Ecclesiastical Courts of Judicature in England or Ireland , or ki any Courts of Appeal , or review of such courts , or in the . Commissary Court of Edinburgh . "
Lord Palmbkston said he attached no importance to those provisions , but he was ready to adopt them , because they would probably facilitate the passage of the bill . —The clause was added , as were likewise two other clauses , one transferring the presentation to benefices in right of offices held by Jews to the Archbishop of Canterbury ; the other prohibiting Jews from advising the appointment to offices in the Established Church . SUPPLY . The House then resolved itself into a Committee of
Supply on th-e Civil Service Estimates . —The first vote , of 102 , 851 / ., to complete the sum necessary for the works and expenses of the new Houses of Parliament . gave rise to a long discussion , chiefly with reference to the allowance to Sir Charles Barry ; aud SirH . Wilxouobgby moved to reduce the votq by 20 , 00 QL ; but the proposition was rejected upon a division by 175 to 65 —In the course of tho discussion , Sir Benjamin Hall , in reply to inquiries , admitted not only the decay of thestono , tab that , notwithstanding the galvanizing -process , rust had appeared on tho iron in the roof of the
bU t ff he proposal to vote 15 , 145 ? . for Woods Forests , s :.. Vttx tf ^ M £ S 3 realise GOO . OOOJ . a year , whereas the balance between receipts and expenditure from 180 ! $ to 185 C gave a total of only 4 < J 0 , 498 £ , or less tIlrtn hnle n milIlon '" "T three yeora ; and tho New Forest , which was ?«»» " > Mr . Wobater , in 1848 , at * , 804 I S 07 / . hod reaH « od onl ) observations ftw
47 , 000 / . in ilvo years . — -After somo Sir II . WiMiOuaiinY , Mr . IimscoE , nml Mr . Cowa > _ the vote was offroed to without n division , Mr . Wiw withdnwiDg a motion ho had made to reduce tuo voic by 1481 / ., tlio excess beyond that of last yeur . On tlio veto of GUW . for tlio osUbllahmont of H « Lord Lloatonmit , Mr . RopnucK h ., p ,. Hl that wa « ho ljt tiino that trumpery voto would nppenp upon tne o mates . r-Mr . Williams oomplulnocl of tho How of »/«¦ fop horso-mclng , nncl moved tlio podnction of tho vow uj that amount j but thin was defeat oil by 20 i w »«• On tho propoflal to voto tho hiiiti of BOOJW . w tlonory and priutlng in tho public c op « rtn ts , ^ Wilson anlil in a few days phjioph would bo i a table , giving u detail <» f lho « o Itenifl "'" I "' XhoiUnhoadfl ; and tlio papora wopo Intomlod lo bo pubUshoa w
nnally in future . nl , dtlio Hou 6 f Several oilier votou wore ugreod to i an a , " < having reBumed , vupIoub blllb wore nUvnua J «^ and an adjournmont took placo shortly aCtor ono oow
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American species in India—cf those species which are sure to find their market in Manchester . But a claim has been put forward for other countries . At the meeting of the Cotton Supply Association in Manchester , of which , we believe , Mr . J . B . Smith is the father and the or ^ ajs ^ a tale membjjr « £ the Legislative Council of Ifew S ^ th WaBajsputtitt a claim for Australia ; and t ^; claims of BwUsh Guiana and Jamaica have-also * been revived ^ . It appears to us , however , that wane of the ggaesons who have been dfecussing * | feese subjects ^^ rapple with the real difficulty . Even the Americans admit
that it would not be undesirable to create an .. auxiliary supply from other countries , in order to keep the great machines of Lancashire going . JJut it has been showa that , m India the euitivation eaanot h& hoped for , unless the consumption be secured ; anef how can that be in a market already preoccupied ; unless , indeed , free traders are now going in for protection ?' Queen Victoria yesterday distributed the crosses of t ? hs Order of Yalour—the » ew cross bestowed upon the bravest of the brave . The ceremony may Be- regarded as the final scene of the Crimean war . It is one of the signs of the new management of th& British Army . In receiving the crosses from the
hands of the Queen , officers and men stood on an equal footing—brothers in valour . We couple this display with the hearty speech of the Duke , of C ^ -Mbbidge at the Junior United Service . He urged British officers to study their profession , and announced that he intended to do nis ' best to make the British officer equal in instrnciiojt io . hia foreigoa rivals . We may consider , from these outward signs , that public opinion , lay and professional , has fairly produced an . impression on the Horse Guards ; so that with a little more persevering agitation , the abuses of Army mismanagement will be reformed .
"Bpott the Ereach elections we have made our CPHiment in another column . They are significant of a powerful opposition in Paris , and of a people stifled in the provinces . Louis T ^ poleon could not go exist with real representative institutions . © uf criminal record" is eventful' and interesting . It includes padiamentary matters , for the . House of Cojmnpns has had its finger in that pie this week . Certain persons stated , that one Phter Johnson had' come from Rochdale on purpose to bribe one Abraham Rothfvteli . out of the way , Roth'WBI . Ii feeing able to state something damaging to the JtSATf
sitting member , Sir Albj ^ anjdeb . B ^ . At the ak > se of last week the Rouse took up the subject with ¦ wfarooath , entered quite into a chase of the delinquents , but referred them to a select committee . The select committee sat , found that the witnesses -w&re extremely foggy in their sfcatetaeats , and-macfe a , report that it could discover nothing , except the fact that Sir . AiEM ^ DEB . B ^ MSAX really had nothing to do with the case of bribery . Tho conviction of May and Taylor has brought out » stowage talfe They are- tile two men who entered into a combination in order k * defraud Mr . La . wbow , auk Iriahi eambric manufacturer . Tayxob
was Lawson ' s agent ; he proposed to sell some goods to May , out objected , as May . was well known Ho be untrustworthy . The Uvo men then hit wptnv a new expedient : May- put 1 on a new avafeair , puroha 3 eAtJ 5 iegoodsj . an 4 ' levanted ; ' lewwngTa » ylor sfppaatenUy in the position of a dupe , who hftd only ta report a ' misfortune' to hia principal . But the point of tho story lje& somewhat on one side of this C&inina ! fraud . Wanted , * purchaser for the goodb tRtto obtained , ami' one was soon found in the ¦ City , wherci a ftrm purchased ) them at alDonife two + tWrda of the ' manufaoturiug' price . ' Vary severe reflections have been passed upon that firm > . who yep . ly that the Dracticc in tho Cit y is common .
. MaMqr , they say , will out . Tlio murder of Mil 3 &tt !* i'R at tlw Kroadbtone station seems to fravo teeeWdiAciwere ^ AWd ) the diaewvery is' oKaractorizsed by several strange circum'stfrmces . Beauum , tho murderer ,, a painter employed at the station , exiercised a singwkrly cold brutality , both ia tho mode of killing his man , and in tho manner of concealing Wa crime—painting over tho bloody stains on his jacket . But tho inforiwejr against him was his wife ! You- would suppose that * \\ ie motive would be some . conjugal' quatteeTj not a 4 ) all : tlte woman-informed againsb her liusband in order that ; he might be oafled io account for tho orimo in tin * world j , and tykt ' koi ' ' unlja ' ppy rti ' an / as she oa'l ^ liim / ii e miglit . fcfe ^ or ttawd ^ toVepentP W : ¦ H' * V ' . •! r \ . .. i-hi ¦ ¦
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Leader (1850-1860), June 27, 1857, page 602, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2199/page/2/
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