The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-16 00:00:00

EVENING, JUNE 16, 1863.

The amendment was consequently lost, and the vote
'Mato.
THE VOLUNTEERS' BILL

Ou the motion that this bill be read a third time,
Mr. 00X presented seversl petitions praying for en
alteration is the clause which gave power to commanding
officers to dismiss volunteers without inquiry.
Sir ft. CM-rox also presented numerous petitions to the
earns effect.
Mr. HENNESSY moved that the bill be recommitted, in
order that clause 26 should be struck out and another
clause inserted, to the effect that there should be a court of
inquiry in every case of complaint. The clause which
he propoeed to strike out the volunteers through-
out the country objected to. The hon. gentleman produced
two bundles of letter, all objecting to the power of dis-
missal which this bill would vest in commanding officers.
He believed it was the duty of the house to call the
attention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to this bill,
because if this bill were passed as proposed by the govern.
meet the volunteer force would disappear altogether. One
of the War-office regulations imposed a court of iuiry,
but the government proposed to repeal it. He hoped that
some of the military and naval members of the house
would give their opinions upon this bill.
Mr. COX considered that the clause under consideration
was a most arbitrary one. A militia man could be dis-
missed without full inquiry into the charge brought against
him—of the nature of which charge he should be pre-
viously informed. Was it too much to ask that a member
of a volunteer corps should be placed in a similar position ?
He believed that if the clause were not struck out of the
bill a fatal blow would be levelled at the volunteer movement.
The hon. member proceeded to say that from a letter which
be had received from Lord Ranelagb he understood that
that noble lord was annoyed at an observation made by him
(Mr. Cox). He thought, however, he bad only made a fair
deduction from the noble lord's evidence, but the noble lord
said he never intended any such to be made. Anyone had
a right to make his own deductions from evidence, and if
the noble lord did not intend such a conclusion to be arrived
at from his words, the person arriving at it was lees to blame
than the witness who had given evidence which was subject
to each deduetioo. However, the noble lord said that he
did not intend such deduction to be made, and he (Mr.
Cox) wished to give him all the advantage of publicity to
his denial-
Mr. J. It. ORfdSBY-GORE said there was not a tittle of
the evidence of the noble lord which warranted the con-
struction which bad been put upon it, and he was en. -
prised that the hon. member should shelter himself under
the garb of a member of parliament to make a scandalous
and groundless assertion.
Sir R. CLIFTON—Sir, I move that the words just used
be taken down. (Laughter.)
The SPEAKER—I certainly should myself have risen
to say, that after the remarks of the bon. member for Fins-
bury, I think the worry which have fallen from the hon.
member are unparliamen:67, and I think that on reflection
the hon. member will regret laving used them. (Hear.)
Mr. GORE—I should be sorry to my anything disrepect-
ful to this house; but at the some time when • man is not
here to defend himself, I tb,nk there should have been
better ground for the charge made against him. lam sorry
I have offended the house. (Laughter.)
The SPEAKER—The hon. member regrets the use of the
words complained of, and I hope that will he satisfactory to
the house. (Laughter.) The question is that the bill be
recommitted.
Mr. CONINGHAM said he considered that the clause in
question win most objectionable.
Mr. S. FITZGERALD thought that, with the denial of
the noble lord in his hand, no one had ever listened to an
expression of regret so unsatisfactory, and he would almost
say SO ungenerous, as that which fell from the hon. member
for Finsbury. (Hear, hear.) In a charge similar to that
made by the hos. member—
Mr. 00X—I made no charge.
Mr. S. FITZGERALD would say, then, in the hon.
member's statements of the noble lord's views—
Mr. COX—I made no statement of the noble lord's views.
I merely said that Rome commanding officers appeared to
regr4 that they had riot the power of flogging volunteers.
Mr. S. FITZGERALD said the hon. member applied
that deduction to the noble lord's evidence. The im-
putation had been disseminated by hand bills amongst
volunteer corps, and after the noble lord had
taken measures before the magistrates of the me-
to set himself right with the public,
=titer he bad written to the hon. member for Finsbury
denying the views which the hon. member had attributed to
him, he thought it a most incomplete retraction merely to
state that he gave the noble lord the benefit of his denial.
(Hear, hear.) He had reed the evidence to which the hon.
member referred. and he believed there was no man in the
country more opposed to the views attributed to him than
Lord Rthelagh.
The Marquis of HARTINGTON could not regret that
this matter had been brought before the house for the third
time, as it had afforded the hon. member for Finsbury. an
opportunity of making some retractation of the aspersions
which he cast upon the noble lord the other night.
Mr. COX—I cast no aspersions. (Leughter.)
The Marquis of HARTINGTON could have wished that
the retraction bad been more complete and memento.
(Hear, hear.) The bon. member for Finsbury led the house
to suppose that it was only since the denial proceeded from
Lord Ranelagh that be had been aware that those were not
his real sentiments. Lord Raoelsgh had taken every op-
portunity in his power to make the refutation of the accusa-
tions against him as complete as possible, and he thought it
have been within the knowledge of the hon. member when
he spoke the other night, that Lord Ranelagh had not
only denied—but had most successfully denied—the impu-
tation. (Hear, hear.) The course taken by the boo-
member for King's County (Mr. Hennessy) was a moat ex-
traordinary one. He could have understood the hon.
member saying that he considered the bill so tad that he
would refuse to vote for the passing of it in its
present shape, bat to move that it be recommitted for
the purpose of making an alteration which had already
been twice fully discussed by the house was a proceeding
closely bordering open a trifling with the house. Not one
single new argument had been brought forward in favour o:
the amendment, and of all the cases which had been
brought before the house in its support, and they
had certainly been raked up in a most industrious
manner, not one bad been substantiated. He believed that
the alteration would be most unpopular with the volun-
teers.
After a few words from Mr. KRIGHTLIT,
The house divided :
For the third reading l3B
Against it
The bill then paws&
REGIMENTAL DEBTS, he., BILL
This bill was read a third time and pond.
THE LONDON DIOCESES BILL

This bill, on the motion of Sir 0. GIUT, wen read a cooed
limo.
THE PIER AND HARBOUR ORDERS CON-
FIRMATION BILL.

The house went into committee Zu thic bell.
Lord R. GROSVENOR moved that so much of the bill u
related to the Rhyl Pier, and the provisional order referring
thereto, be struck out.
After some further dimension, the motion was agreed to
without a division. (Cheers.)
MILITIA PAY BILL.
This bill was reed a second time.
CHARITABLE USES BILL.

This bill was read a second time.
In answer to Mr. HANSARD.
Mr. O'HAOAN promised to give hie best attention to
the Irish law of charitable property.
METROPOLIS TURNPIKE ROADS ACTS
AMENDMENT

On the oonsideretineofthis bill,
Mr. H. LEWIS moved to add to claims 9, "Provided
further, that the said commissioners shall expend the tolls
to be wllected by them up to the let day of July, 1864, in
of the roads which are now maintained by Shoes mad
respecti en cease to be so maintained, in maintaining, repair-
log, lighting, watching, and watering such wads, sod ma-
naging and superintending the same up to the Ist day of
July, 1864."
Agreed to.
TROUT, ho., FISHING (BOOTLAIID)

Mr. W. EV; ART moved the woad radii:kid this bill.
Sir G. MONTGOMERY moved that it be read that day

three mootbs.
After some discussion the house divided—
For the second reeding
Against it
So the bill was lost.
INNKEEPERS' LIABILITIES (No. I) BILL.
This bill was read a third time, and pease&
MUTINY (EAST INDIA) ACT REPEAL
Mr. BARING obtained leave to bring in a bill to repeal
the act of the 20th sad 21st years of her Majesty, chap. 66,
for punishing mutiny and desertion of officers and soldiers in
the service of the Past India Company, and for regulating
in such service the parneot o: regimental debts and the
die.ributioo of the effects of officers and soldiers dying in
the service.
The house rose at a quarter past 2 till 12 (this day).

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