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division-for the bill , 181 , * against it 102 . It has special reference to the execution of works at Liverpool and Birkenhead to accommodate the steam and timber trade . r ' T . HE APPOINTMENT OF MR . HIGGINS . Mr > Clive , repeated a question he had put on the previous day , respecting the appointment of Mr . W . F Higgins to the office of Master in Lunacy , ^ - ! he Chancellor of the Exchequeh stated that Mr . Higgins had spontaneousl y resigned t he office , adding that , in doing so , he had , in his opinion , acted Anth a due sense of self respect . ¦
LTTNA *|| CS . ¦ . » ¦ . On a motion brought forward by Mr . Tite , a select committee was ordered fo inquire into the operation of the laws relating to the care and treatment of lunatics , especially those so found by a coroner ' s inquisition . —The . Home Secretary explained the tenor of two bills , for the introduction of which lie intended to ask leave that evening , relating to the management of lunatic inmates in county and private asylums . UA . \ KRi ; PTCV AXJ > IXfOWESC . Y . Lord J . Russell , in moving for leave to bring in a bill to amend and consolidate the laws relating to bankruptcy and insolvency , adverted to the relations of traders to their creditors , the origin of the
bankruptcy law , the proceedings under the old system , the changes introduced by Lord Brougham , and the institution of . the Court of Bankruptcy .. He considered the complaints made of the present sj'Stem . The first was the expense of the Court , 30 per cent , of the assets being consumed in the proceedings . He proposed to correct this evil by doing away with the necessity of resorting to the official assignees , and by placing other expenses upon the Consolidated Fund . He proposed to abolish the distinction between traders and non-traders , and to make the law applicable to bankrupts and insolvents alike . A single Court would introduce much greater economy and more uniformity of proceeding , lie proposed ¦¦ that creditors should have the option of carrying the case before a County Court . Another evil was the want
of power to make voluntary settlements , and he pro ^ posed that when a majority * of the creditors in num ^ ber , their debts being four-fifths in value , agreed to a private arrangement , it should be lawful so to adjust the settlement . Another complaint was the uncertainty of the punishment for fraud , and for this the Bill provided a remedy . The bill was intended not only , to amend , but to consolidate the law of bankruptcy . —The Attorney-General pointed out what he believed to be defects in what had just been proposed . He made reference to the measure of the Lord Chancellor , and advised the House not to be in a hurry with Lord J . Russell ' s bill , seeing that they might have the other placed . before them , —Mr . Headlam and Mr . Moffat also made some observations , after which leave was granted .
Mr . Alcocic was in the act of moving for a Royal Commission to report about the Abolition of Tolls , when the House was counted out a little after eight o ' clock . Wednesday , February 1 G . In the Housic ue Commons , after the presentation of a large number of petitions ,, the Tramways ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time on ' the motion oi Sir li . Ferolson ' .
¦ MARKIAGE LAW AMENDMENT . Lord Bury moved the second reading of the Marriage Law Amendment Bill . This measure , which would render legal marriage with a deceased wife ' s sister , was , he said , word for word the same as that introduced in and passed by the House of Commons lust session . —The motion was seconded by Mr . SciiNEii > Eit . —Mr . Hope , in moving to deter the second reading for six months , reitcruted the tirguments ho had urged upon former occasions against the proposed change of the law , which ,-he contended , would open the door to ulterior ehnuges destructive of social purity . The decision of the other House , which had rejected the former bills , had been indorsed , ho said , by the good sen se and good feeling of the country . —Mr . Balk supported the bill , being unconvinced by the arguments of Mr . Hope , bused upon either religious or social grounds . — Mr . Buxton
likowiso supported the second muling of the hill , urging the inexpediency of leaving the question in its present state of suspense . —Mr . J ) ui :. mmuni » , in opposing the bill , which would , in his opinion , if passed , give a Hlinetion to incest , Jaid a sti'c-HS upon the religious objection . — -Mr , Akkoyij and General Tiicmi'HON spoke in favour of the measure . —Mr . Stkuaut deduced an argument uguiiihb thg bill from its non-extension to Scotland and Ireland . —Sir U . Lkwim , approving tho principle of the bill , suggested to . his opponents why they should not relax their opposition , and whetlior tl ' icy could expect to Induoo tlio , country pornmn . ontly to submit to a slate of the law which does not exist " in any other country "TW . Wau » oi , m . observed Hint this was a question <> i tutoring the relations of tho inarrittge mule contrary to tho law , not only of this country , but , unless it were curried furc ' her , to the law of other
Protestant States . He urged the strange inconsistencies and anomalies into which such a change would plunge us , and- that nothing could be so dangerous as to pass a law upon this subject for one part of the kingdom only , and he asked , if the law were relaxed in regard to one case of affinity , what was to be . done mother cases . He gave his hearty opposition to the second reading of the bill . —Lord J . Hussell , said he had satisfied himself that there was not any religious prohibition of these estion
marriages . Upon the social part of the qu , balancing the disadvantages on one side against the practical evils on the other , he was ready , he said , to forego his strong objections to an alteration of the law . But if Parliament agreed to this change , it could not stop there . He should give his vote , though with reluctance , for the second reading of the bill . —After a few remarks by Mr . Walter , and a brief reply by Lord Bear , - the house divided , when the second reading was carried by 135 to 77 .
BARON" M . L » E ROTHSCHILD . During the course of this discussion Baron Meyer be Rothschild , recently elected member for Hythe , came to the table to be sworn . A resolution , in conformity with the act passed last session , for allowing him to take the--parliamentary oath , omitting the words " on the true faith of a Christian , " was proposed by Mr . A . Smith ,-and seconded by Lord J . Russell . After a short conversation this motion was agreed to , and the lion , member duly took his seat . ' The house adjourned at three o ' clock .
. Thursday , February 17 . THE IONIAN ISLANDS . In the House of Lords Earl Grey asked whether the accounts in the newspapers of certain proposals for a change in the constitution of the Ionian Islands , recommended to the Ionian Parliament by the Lord High Commissioner , Mr . Gladstone , were authentic ; and ,-if so , whether those proposals met . with the approval of the Government ? And , also , whether there was any objection to lay the correspondence that had passed oh the subject before the house?—The Earl of Carnarvon , after explaining the nature of the , mission which Mr . Gladstone' had . originally under taken , and which had recently been exchanged
for a temporary assumption of the High Commissionership in the Ionian Islands , stated that the . propositions alluded to were still under consideration by the local legislature ; and it would , he submitted , be inexpedient to publish them until the determination of that assembly was known . — Earl Grey intimated his intention of " returning to the question , and . challenging a . full discussion upon it . —Lord Derby declined to discuss the question in its present state . In answer ^ to Lord EUehborongh , he explained that tho consent of the Crown was necessary to any act of the Ionian Parliament . He deprecated anj' anticipation of a question about to be discussed in . the Ionian Parliament as prejudicial to the ¦ public interests .
The Law of Property and Trustees Relief Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed . EXCHANGE OF ADVOWSONS . Lord Derhy introduced a bill to regulate the exchange of church patronage between the Crown and her Majesty ' s subjects . The bill was read a first time . Their Lordships adjourned at a few minutes past six o ' clock .
NEAV MEMHERS . In the House of Commons , Mr . Lever took the oaths and his seat for Gal way , and Alderman Salomons for Greenwich , under the resolution proposed on Wednesday , and Mr , Duncomije gave notice of a motion to place that resolution among the standing orders . A new writ was ordered for Murylebone . A number of petitions were presented for the repeal of the paper duties , and-from , dissenters praying an alteration of the law as to the trusteeship of endowed schools . Colonel ( Sticks asked several questions about India , to the most important of which- -whether the maintenance of a standing army there , independent of tho Mutiny Aot , is not unconstitutional—Lord . Stanley declined to give tut immediate answer .
Mr . Blanp asked whether Ireland is to have a Het ' orm Bill , and Mr . Disrakm declined to answer any question of the kind till the 2 Sth . TIIH 1 IALI . OT . Mr . Diu , wy . n asked wheiher a bill establishing tho ballot at elections in tho colony of Now South Wales had ' been passed by tho colonial legislature , and had received the roval assent ., — - . Sir K . B . Lytton stated that a bill of that nature had been transmitted from the colony , after passing the local assembly , but was stj [ H under consideration by the Government ' ..
iu : al kstatk intestacy . Mr . L . Kino moved for leavo to bring in n bill foi the better settling the real estates of intestates . He remarked upon the anomalies and inconvenience
which attended the present demiser of real property , arid submitted his bill as . constituting a much" required combination . It did not interfere with wills , but simply provided that in cases of intestacy landed estates would be apportioned among the natural heirs in the same manner as was already practised with regard to personality . —^ The Solicitor-General abstained , from offering any opposition to the first reading of the measure . There were however , he observed , innumerable difficulties surrounding
the scheme , as outlined by the proposer , which he feared it would be found almost impossible to overrcome . —Lord H . Vane was not convinced of the necessity or propriety of an alteration of the law , for which there was no demand on the part of the public . — Mr . Mellor supported the motion . The bill , 'he observed , would leave the action of a testator perfectly free ; it would merely , in the case of no will , distribute the property equitably . —After a few words from Mr . Hadfielij , leave was given .
RESTRICTIONS UPON THE PRESS . Mr . Ayrton moved for leave to bring in a bill to repeal certain Acts and parts of Acts relating to newspapers , pamphlets , and other publications , and to printers , type-founders , and reading-rooms . He ^ reviewed the history of the Acts in question , their , origin and objects , contending that they were exceptional laws , suited to extraordinary times ; that the restrictions they imposed were as unnecessary as they were obnoxious ; and he proposed to sweep away these ancient statutory provisions , and to leave these publications to the general law . —The Solicitor-General observed that , as some of the enactments referred to were obsolete and never enforced , he thought it was a sound principle not to . allow them to remain upon the Statute-book . He should not , therefore , offer any opposition to the introduction of the bill . —Leave was given .
EDUCATION ( SCOTLAND ) . Lord Melgund moved by way of resolution that the vote of money for education in Great Britain should be henceforth divided into two votes , one to be taken for Scotland and the other for England . — Mr . Adderley maintained that' the proposed division would result in increased complicity and . expense in working the system of national education , without producing : any corresponding advantage . — Mr . Buchanan , Mr . Blackburn , Mr . Black , Lord Duncan , arid some other members , having spoken , the motion was negatived without a division . Mr . J . Fitgerald . obtained leave to bring in a bill to consolidate and ainend the laws relating to juries in Ireland . SCOTCH HILLS .
Mr . Black moved for leave to bring in a bill to abolish the Ministers' Money ,, or Annuity Tax , levied within the city of Edinburgh , the parish of C anongate , and the burgh of Mdntrose . —The Lord Advocate , not opposing , leave was given . Sir E . GotEJiuooKE obtained leave to introduce , a bill for the amendment of the law for the registration of county voters in Scotland , The Marriage Law Amendment Bill passed t h rough Committee , and the House adjourned at 10 minutes past 7 o ' clock .
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The Ballot Society . —The annual dinner took place at the Albion Tavern , on Wednesday . The President , Mr . Berkeley , took the chair , and was surrounded by an influential company , which included inorc than a dozen members of Parliament . The question of a permissive Ballot , said to be likely to be proposed by the Government , was alluded to , and the clmjrman remarked that lie would advise its acceptance , upon condition that the way of
ascertaining whether a constituency wanted the Ballot should he by the Bullot itself . Tho toast of " The Army and " Navy , " gave General Thompson and Admiral Napier an opportunity of explaining their views about the defences of the country ; both those gallant Officers agreed that the country was , in a most defenceless condition , both as regards tho navy and the army . Before the meeting broke up one of the speakers shrewdly remarked that many members of Parliament are " not in earnest on this
question . The Teetotallers . —A grout meeting in support of the principles of tho United Kingdom Alliance , was hold in 1-ixoter Hull <> n Wednesday night . I he chair was tnken bv Sir Walter Trevelyan , who has identified himself with the movement from tho outset , The principal speakors were Professor Newman and Mr . l ' ope , both of whom advocated tho pornnshivo clause of the Prohibitory Liquor Law , with great ubilKv . Tho meeting wan full and enthusiastic . Taxes on Jvnowlkixjk . —Tho Anti-Taxes on Knowledge Society have addressed a very timely letter to the Holioitor-Gonorul , urging him to vote for the repeal of tho obnoxious enactments in question , and he has ooiifOnted . Clkuicai .. —The Hev . Henry White , Curate of St . Juiiiun , Dover , hue been appointed by tho Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster , to the Inouniboncy of the Suvoy Church , in the Strand .
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ffo . 465 , February 19 , 1859 ] THE LEADER . 229
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 19, 1859, page 229, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2282/page/5/
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