The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-04 00:00:00

SICILY.

A letter received here from Palermo reports
that the insurrection had again brOken out in

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-YESTERDAY.

,The CusiOiiis-and Coffin bt< Lodging Howes (Ireland) Bills
were read si first time. •

Lord CHELMSFORD moved that the House go into committee
on the Selling and Hawking Cloqds on Sunday Bill, the object
Was to put a Stop 'to Sundal^trifling after nine o'clock. 7

Earl ST. GERMANS opposed the motion. It would create
greater ivgs-than. ihoie it proposed to remedy. He proposed
as an amoindtrient that the Hot se go into committee on the
bill that day six onths.
LOrcltiynham, the Duke of Marlborough, and the Bishop
of London supported the bill, which was opposed by Viscount
Dungannon and the Earl of Ellenborough.
The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that the bill should be
allowed to go into committee, so as some fair measure might
be framed to.check the existing evils.

Earl GRANVILLE deprecated the legislation on the subject.
The House of Commons would never consent to pass such a
measure.
Earl Gut recommended that the bill be referred to a select
committee.

The Earl of DERBY opposed this course, believing that
satisfactory measure could be framed in committee.
Oa a division, the motion for going into committee was
affirmed by 54 to 25.
The House went into committee, after which the further
consideration of the clauses was postponed till Monday.
On the motion of the Duke of Newcastle, a select committee
was appointed to enquire what legislation was necessary for
the regulation or.Siln;ion Fisheries in Scotland.
The House then adjourned at a quarter to eight.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-YESTERDAY.
Mr. Horsfall presented a petition froni the vestry of Liver-
pool against the Poor-law Medical Relief Bill.
Mr. R. LoNu asked the Secretary to the Admiralty whether
it is the intention of the Government to replace immediately
the gunboats now stated to be in a rotten condition ; if so,
whether any addition to the nivia estimates will be necessary.
!And C. Pawls said that thp gunboats would be properly put
in brdei; but ziosaddlii6al change would' be made in the esti-
buttes.
In reply to Mr. E. James, ,

The said that he h.,1 issued orders for
the prosecution by criminal information of the parties alleged
to have been guilty of corrupt practices at the late Wakefield
election, including the two principal delinquent; Mr. Leath=
and Mr. Charlesworth:.: -
Mr. FITZGERALD asked the Secretary for Foreign Affairs
whether he was prepared te' give. the House any information as
to the present:position of the negotiations between this country
and the United- States-wlttrr6garcl to' the island of an Ainu,
and whether ht bad- any objection to lay the cOrresponience
with the United States Government on that subject on the
table of the house.

Lord JOHN RIMELL said that a proposition had been made
to the American Government and declined ; but he understood
that General Cass had received instructions to reply to the
deipatehef the British Government, 'and all further proceed-
-fags would depend on that reply.
Theladjeurned debate on the Reform Bill was resumed by
Mr. MACAULAY, who said he had opposed the bill of the late
Government because it was founded on the vicious principle of
uniformity of suffrage, and such was virtually the principle of
the present bill. The bill of the late Government, as.proeeed-
ing upon selection, was preferable to that of the noble lord,
which proceeded on indiscriminate admission. The bill intro-
duced by the noble-lord in 1.8.54 admitted-.persons possessing
property in the Funds and paying direct taxation—provisions
which he was surprised to find omitted from his present
nietiaure. Thht measure contained more of the elements of
permanency, and was, he feared, the bill prOClahned tyo\Mr.
Bright aethe commencement of a newagitatiOn. r ied,
..as previous speaker's had done before him, to the statements
and argiiments of Mr. Bright, and repeated that• the absence
of petitions proved the indifference of the country.` He urged
the Government, under the circumstances, to withdraw
-their
bill, and concentrate their attention on the more important
businesS of the finances of the eottntry. • •
Mr. GREGORY viewed with aiarnaa bill which would sacrifice
property and intelligence to numbers,' and the employere to
the employed. - He referred at some length, -and with great
humour,•to hii•own experience of the wOlittngof the American
system. Americans in genera Viitied the old country with
affection; anifthe mast enlightened amongst them viewed with
painful interest the progress of this measure, and asked.illm
if he wont& shut his eyes to what was -passing in their own
country trponthe system which this bill proposed to introduce.
Retold them _that both parties in England were anxious
either to regiiin'offiee Yor preserve popularity, and for that
reason . fettled, It' -necessary to gyrofess reform principles.
He then .protaieded to prote a series of anecdotes much to the
'amusement.of the Honse, illustrating the tyranny of the multi-
tude in .Antesielr. '::The intimidation of the press, and the
governing _bodiei, the dissatisfaction of all parties out of
power, the corruption of all parties in power, the evils then
prOclueedin Ameriea would be alarmingly magnified in art old
and most.Vlifleial.epeiety ; and it was from a deep col:N.l4l6n'
of the.eopsequences, which he had only lately Perceived from
experience of the United States, that he 'viewed with terror
and dismay the resifts of 'the present measure. He was not
opposed to the admissien of the working classes if that could
be donely soine,colinterpoiie of .wealth and intelligence. This
he hoped, might yet be effected in cdfnmittee. lie wished for
amorefnoderiite eitenifOri Of the franchise, and of a further
disfrairehiiement of the small borotighi; but he objected to
aide* constituencies handed over, as in America, to the
management-of6nbinations and associations, and to theson-
sequent retirement from politics of the most-eminent men of the
Stater at a time when,- of all others, England would stand in
need of her wisest, ablest, and most intelligent statesmen.

LoNonni) dilated upon the mischief olmob rule, and
of the influence-of the multitude even if it were a multitude of
Newtons. 111 protested against taking population as the prin-
biple of representation. The multitude must learn to govern
themselves before they attempted to govern other- people.
Hs quoted a mast of- facts to show that the working classes
had not inereasedeitherjn,knowledge or in morality.
An attempt was made during this speech to count out the
House, at a. time when. there were not above 22 or 23 members
present., • The 15erjealit-at-A9lps went to the moor to -PiiVent
the recurrence pf the previous. scene. In a 'short tihie'
ample stream of members poured in, and the debate proceeded.
Mr. Denny Szvmotra 'accused the last speaker of being one
of a party who "had not the boldness and political honesty to
meet the question, endeavouring to wear it out by delay. He
protested. against- introducing' American" arguments- into the
debate, and replied to them by asserting the total dif-
fererwe of 'Englith society, and declaring that the -bill
did not openthe floodgate of democracy or propose universal
sugragS, It was a simple extension 9f -the principles of the
first reform-bill. He defended-the accuracy of the returns on
which the bill was founded, and reprobated the masked
blitteriatiiiiifilt frau that side of. the House, equally with
the open fire of the Opposition. -

Mr: KixnALL denied that the Conservatives attempted to
delay the progress of the bill.. liembers• on the Liberal side
seemed still more anxious find an oportunity of talking about
it. The chief argument in favour of .the. measure seemed to
be that if they did not accept it, a worse measure would beforq
long Pe forced upon them.
Sir J. RaNspEN ehseryed
_t4t to pass A. measure simply
"because a measure wat promised, was simply cheating the
public, and he would)) e no party to any such conduct. Ile
urged that no 'measere should be passed until a sound and

satisfactory.measure should be framed. -
Mr, itVAI,OLS said tliat- this measure involVed a departure.
Cron! the prfritciple,ok all prev,ious measures ofaeform. By its
provisions all the former electors in town and counTttuyevww.rl:
be swamEed by a new and different conStitueney.
descending to a direct democracy witliout atltii
f d purposes
act it. They Nitre ,tactically, and to aliebini
tit:, .
_.
sad
co-untcr-
lie denatindecl
assimilating the.borough and county frfeawn
years and consider
that the): shOuld. look forward Ly.
enlarged in number s
their position under a constitu
Unless the representation
but deteriorated in quaainity.
education,- both would be
rested upon PrcPeoFft,,Y a
Poverty and passion. There was neither
pl
uarintee nor Posaced.at the mercy of
of
permanency under the measure.
g
The same
cu
argument used for 4 £6 franchise would be applied,
to
a£sor £4 franchise. principlesTheeaamsei,ngleroep2a wu
be
o. n whichi ead they
• deprived small constituencies of
further disfranabiseinent. All this would foriard the views
,of ?fr- Bright, for whore especial interest the bill appeared to
be introduced.: Still, after the many pledges given
ttne
to
the
. passing of a Reform Bill, it would be nos dangerous
to
•or dally with 'the question. He felt bound-
-at palter
least be
had felt boil?* before Easter tottave supported the second
reading oli the hill; but they were now told that
posals of the bill had been: decided by the the pro-
First Minister of
tlie Crown without the consent of his colleagues. [Dissent
' from 'Lord'Jiilin. Russell.). He was bouad to
~ accept the
denial,, ,but Lord , Granville bad *ferzaill
--- -- - . F Iwo this fact in
the House of Lords, and the noble .
• . . . • -. . lord had riot been

contradicted. Again the Government dealt in a different
' manlier witb=the subj,ect in the two Houses-of-Parliament. 111
• theother.House inquiries were going on as to the'Value of the
proposed constituencies. If these inquiries proved that the
Government returns were incorrect, and the bill on that
account was sent, back from the Lords, after having passed
that House. Pa kow humiliating a position would they be
Placed. In whatever way they act there would be no safety,
unless they connected the representation with property taxa-
tion and intelligence. T'pon this basis, and no other, they
might yet proceed with the present measure.
The CUANCELLOR of the Il:Lc.stEgtEn said that he was per-
plexed by the perplexities of his • right hon. friend,. who
admitted the danger of dallying with the question, -while he
himself, in his own way, was dallying, with the artfulness of
discussion. He reprobated the abuse of the privilege, which
seemed likely to characterise their reform debates, without
any opposing motion, or any opportunity afforded for
taking the opinion of the House. He called upon them to
rescue the question from the unseemly fashion in which it
was kept suspended before the public. Admitting that by
looking for every description of social poWbr that might
be admitted to the franchise, they might have made the
bill more complete. He declared that a simple measure
was more likely to be well received and successfully
carried. It was not because the present system was bad, but
because it was susceptible of improvement, that successive
governments had pledged themselves to a reform bill which
pledges it was incumbent upon the present Government to
fulfil. Many of the points raised in the debate. er objections or
omissions in the bill might well be a matter ,of diseussioa
iu committee, such as the questions of compound householders
and fancy franchises ; passing by all these, the reel principle of
the bill, which excited so much alarm, was the introduction of
the £6 franchise. He would not ,admit the charges brought
against the intentions, the intelligence, or the principles of the
working classes, and denied that a reduction from £lO to £6 was
essentially deteriorating the constituency. No doubt the great
'object was to pass a permanent measure, but that object would
not be attained by passing the smallest modicum of reform or re-
fusing to admit a sntlicient proportion of working classes. Ile
contended that the £6 franchise admitted the most intelligent of

the working classes, and dealt as satisfactorily with the quality
as with the quantity of the new electoral body. It mulch be
believed, be demonstrated that the numbers admitted under
the £6 franchise could not possibly exceed 200,000, and
would not probably exceed 150,000 He examined and refuted
in detail the arguments brought forward to show that those
numbers would• be larger, adducing returns of great import-
ance recently received by the Government from the local
authorities, whereby it appeared that the rated value and
the rent paid were very nearly identical throughout the
country, and the result of this consideration which had-
excited and bewildered the minds of the House and the
country would be for 900 parishes the addition of 2,400
voters. The total result would be that all deductions
made with a perulation of 6,000 adult males, the entire,
constituency would he about 1,100, or 1,200, or about ones
twelfth of the whole—no unreasonable proposition in his
opinion. The proportion of the labouring classes in
the boroughs would be 200,000 out of: a constituency Of
650,000. Did this justify the alarms raised that they were,
about to Americanise our institutions ? Instead of 'universal.
suffrage, they proposed to admit to the franchise not
more than one in twenty of the working classes. It visa
not conventional arrangements at the present moment which
maintained the Crown and the Constitution, but.the affection of
the people, and that affection would. still maintain both, when.
the people were admitted to the franchise as It had done
hitherto while they were without it. He concluded by calling
upon the House, if it disliked the measure, to reject it openly,
but not to adopt the unstatesmanlike and undignified course
of wearing it out by delay.
Mr. COJLLINS protested against the imputation that the
opposition was chargeable with the delay which the bill had
encountered. He proceeded to argue the general question
amidst a clamour from art impatient House, which at last grew
into a downright uproar.
The Speaker put the question, declaring that the ayes had -
it. Two or three faint noes were heard in the ffrit instance,
but they were not repeated, and the bill was read ksecond time
without opposition.
Lord J. RUSSELL, alleging the state of public business, flied.
the committee on the bill for the 4th of June.
In reply to Mr. Whiteside and Mr. O'Brien,
Mr. CARDWELL said that the second, reading
,of the Iris
Reform,. Bill would be moved before the Committee of the
English bill. ' ,
The Bank of Ireland Bill passed through committee. '
After some formal business the House adjourned, at 12.50`
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COURT FOR DIVORCE & MATRIMONIAL
CAUSES, YESTERDAY.

(Before the Judge Ordinary, Sir Cresswell Cresswell, hfr4
Justice Willa, Mr. Justice Hill, and a:-.Special Jur!) ";

GATE V. GATE AND WOODWARD.
This was a suit by t'he petitioner for a dissolution
his- marriage on the twofold grounds of the drunkenal
and adultery of his wife with the. co-respondent,; WO"
Ward. •
Mr. Overend, Q.C., Dr. Deane; and Dr. Sob•ci'.
appeared for the petitioner; Mr. Knowles, Q.C.,
Dr. Spinks, for the wife; 'Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and gr"
Ellis for the co-respondent, Woodward.
and
ThE petitioner, is a manufacturer at Bradford, a
WaS rintrriO to his Wife in the year 1848, the
of the ' marriage' being foUr children ; but °win to
her alleged, intemperate habits a sell4rPfion took
place, the petitioner allowing his wife £6O a-Ce6r.
She afterwards went to reside at the house of a Mr 6.
at Skipton, her husband being a platelaYer'
And Woodward, the co-respondent, being a lodger in tbe
iIOWEI, and engaged on the railway. Mrs. Oath went 0
the lodgings with her sister, but after her departure fu/
intimacy suutup between Mrs. Oath and Wood
which appeared to Mrs. Wylie to be too familiar, I°,,
ehe therefore watched their proceedings, and when
the. parties were together in a room, observed I'm°
shutters to be closed, she opened them, and then I°,/(
Mrs. Oath in the positive act of committing aclulte':
with Woodward. .The-next.,morning she told 10.
atlx3vhalsb.elid. seen, and-gave:her—notice to loll:
Mts,..eath tried very Much, and prior:tilted to go siv6/:
she ,told Woodward of it the following morning, but
merely laughed at it ; and while Mrs. Gath renro;
he was frequently in her room, and she in his. On bur
final leaving he was in her room for upwards of an Poi
paeking up her things. Numereus other circumstoi
were proved to show the alleged adultery.
.
Mr. Knowles and Mr. Hawkins having addressed
tb
jury for their respective clients, denying the adultery'
Mr. Overend replied.
The learned judge then summed up.
0
The Jury returned a verdict that the adultery
proved.
iti„ of

The Court then granted a decree of dissolu-
marriage, without costa as against the co-resejoi
because they were of opinion that he stood 'l3

character of the seduced and not the seducer.

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SID AFFAIR IN Viaorrna.—A letter to the R,c t 0
Dispotch from Harrisonburgh, Virginia, statstateslbile!,
Mr. Sites was- married in that-county a few night*
to a Miss Devier, and that a pirty of young 5011„aus,
tempted to serenade the new couple Vithtil; rifigt
bells, &c. James Devier, a brother of the hria6 their
;.k ta
out and remonstrated, when the serenader* tOO-f theta,
heels ; he, however, pursued them, 'when on.
named Smallwood, shot him cif:o '
.. , phussel,
SUPPOSING IT WAS INDAY ..—lu a dissenting ' ne
hear Barnardcae4e, on unday, two farmers wet. ~
of them, on
calf in his neighbour's field, Which circumstance gti;
his way to the chapel, had noticed a ro
rise to the following conversation. Addressing ,tit
friend in a tone whic,li he intended ,for a whiske ,:rjs
which was loud enou,,h to be heimi.
around, he said :—"ls'ommy, suppiel
why," replied the
wlAt wad ye tak for your calf )" , iv wud tak toe
a 34 a
foit,aveasverillionyday,
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pond fifteen." _ " Suppa,ing
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cal.vfe are informed,
ing day. -
, of
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