The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-23 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 22.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL.
. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill,
Mr. BERNAL called the attention of the Secretary to
the Colonies to the fact that small-pox was raging with
great severity in the island of Jamaica, and dems.nded to
know if the Government intended to assist the colony with a
supply of labour.—(Hear.)
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON had already answered this ques-
tion. Nothing could strengthen his conviction of the distress
which prevailed in the colonies; but he felt bound to be
cautious bow he raised hopes which might be ultimately dis-
appointed...—(Elear, hear.) All he could promise, therefore,
was that his attention would be constantly devoted ,to the
subject, and if any relief could be afforded, it should be
promptly sent out.
Mr. HUME again adverted to the petition which he had
presented from New South Wales against the conduct of the
Government. That petition was adopted by the
people, and the Legislature of the colony, and he wished the
Colonial-office to turn their attention to the abuses com-
plained of, with the view of, if possible, applying a 4,peedy
remedy. He had given notice of his intention to bring the
state of the lonian Islands before the House ; but, look ing at
the state of the session, he should abstain from doing
so. He must, however, state this much—that all the
acts that they blamed Louis Napoleon for were
being committed by the governor of the lonian
Islauds. The inhabitants were being imprisoned'. and
transported without trial or charge, and he hoped before the
next session a great change would he made for the better in
the system of government.—(Rear' hear.) He pretested
against the present proceedings of the Government, and
called upon the Government to look into the illegal acts.
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON said that the two subjects
which the Hon. Gentleman had adverted to were of extreme
importance. With regard to the petition from Nev; South
Wales, it could not be lightly, or incidentally dealt
with.—( Hear, hear.) All its allegations could not be sus-
tained, but still it contained much truth, and between this
time and the next session his closest attention should be di-
rected to the prayer of the petition.—(Hear, hear.) One
portion of the petition prayed for the management of the
waste lands, which the Government had anticipated in the
case of Australia and New Zealand ; and he had no doubt
that the Government would ultimately deal in the same
liberal spirit with New South Wales.—(Hear, hear.) As to
the other question of the lonian Islands, he
thought he had a right to object to the manner in which the
subject had been brought before the House. At one time the
Hon. Member had promised to make'a motion on the oonduct
of Sir Henry Ward, but he had abstained from doing so, and
it was not fair to make attacks upon that gentleman in this
incidental manner.—(Hear.) Whenever the Hon. Gentleman
made his threatened motion, he should be prepared to meet
it, and to defend the conduct of Sir Henry Ward.
After a few words of explanation from Mr. HUME,
Sir W. MOLESWORTH said he had heard with satisfac-
tion the concessions which had been made to Australia and
New Zealand, and he hoped next session similar advantages
would be secured to all our other colonies.—(Hear, hear.)
After a few words from Lord EBRINGTON,
Lord DUDLEY STUART said he did not approve of the
proceedings which Sir Henry Ward had adopted. On one
occasion Sir Henry issued a proclamation offering a. reward
for the recovery of his enemies, whether dead or alive—an
act which was worthy of Austria but not of Englund, upon
which it had brought deep disgrace.—(Hear.)
Mr. B. COCHRANE deprecated the course which the
Noble Lord had pursued. He ought to have given notice of
his intention to make this attack on Sir Henry Ward.
After a few wordsfrom Mr. W. WILLIAMS,
Mr. BELL wished to know what was the state of the
negotiations going on between this country and France rela-
tive to the reduction of postage between the two nations.
Mr. HAMILTON was unable to give an answer to the
question as yet.
The Bill was then read a third time and passed.
METROPOLITAN BURIALS BILL.
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The House then went into Committee on this Bill.
On clause 2,

Sir %V. CLAY expressed a hope that a clause would be in-
troduced to prevent the closed burial-grounds from being
built: upon.
Mr. WALPOLE was anxious that such a desecration of
the dead should be avoided, but it would be better to reserve
this branch of the subject for discussion on the report.
The clause was then agreed to, as were also clauses 3,4, 5,
and 6.
On the 30th clause,

Sir W. CLAY moved the following amendments .--To
add the following proviso to section 2: Provided that no
burial-ground in the metropolis, where burials shall have
been discontinued by such order as aforesaid, shall be allowed
to have any dwelling houses, shops, or warehouses erected
thereon. 'I o strike out the proviso at the end of section 30,
which provides for liberty in the parish board to have part
of the new parish burial-ground unconsecrated, and to
substitute the following proviso : Provided always, that in
every case in which the party having the direction of
the funeral of a person whom it is intended to inter in such
burial-ground shall give notice to the keeper of the said
ground that the services of a minister of the said United
Church of England and Ireland will not be required thereat,
it shall be lawful to inter in any part of such burial-ground
the body relative to which such notice shall have been given
without the services of any such minister, and to have the
burial service performed as well in the said chapel as in the
said burial-ground, according to the usages of the religious
denomination to which the deceased, or the party having the
direction of the said funeral, may have belonged or belong.
He was of opinion that the odious distinction of consecrated
and unconsecrated ground should be done away with, and
that any inhabitant of a parish should be buried according
to the rites of the church to which in life he had belonged.
The time was approaching when the Church of England
would feel the necessity of conciliating its opponents; and
this was a most favourable opportunity for introducing a
feeling of good will between those different branches of what
was almost the same faith.

Sir JAMES DUKE would second the amendment of his
Hon. Friend ; he trusted that the Government would consent
to the amendment.
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Lord JOHN MANNERS was far from believing that the
course proposed by the Honourable Baronet would have a
conciliatory effect. It was not wise to single out a small por-
tion of Irish legislation to apply it to an important English
measure. The clause complained of by the Honourable
Baronet was not dictated by hostility to the Noncon-
formists, but with their entire approbation.—(Hear, hear.)
This Bill did not violate any existing prejudice, nor
did it infringe upon the existing rights—(Hear)---of the
Nonconformists. He was afraid, that if the amendment were
passed, it would deaden the beneficent intention of the whole
measure. He would call upon the Committee to upset the
proposal.
Mr. OSBORNE felt bound to support the Hon. Baronet in
his opposition to this clause.
Admiral STEWART deprecated any distinction being
made after death on account of religious faith. He should
support the amendment.
Lord D. STUART entirely concurred in the views ex-
pressed by the Hon. Member for the Tower Hamlets. He
should support the amendment.
After a few words from Mr. DuNcomiz and Mr. D'Ent-
COURT,
Mr. WALPOLE said that the present Bill did not
at all alter the existing law. It wasevidently neces-
sary, in providing a place of interment or the
members of a parish, that different parts shouldf be set
aside for those of different religious faith, and the readiest
way of accomplishing this was by consecrating part of the
ground and leaving the remainder unconsecrated.
After some further conversation, the Committee divided,
and the numbers were—

... 40
... 62
... -22

For the amendment
Against it ••• .."
Majority -•• •" •••
reed to.
The clause was then ag
Clauses 32 to 38 inclusive were then agreed to; and the
House having resumed, the CueptmAN reported progress.
GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH BILL.
The House then went into Committe upon this Bill, and
all the clauses having been agreed to, the House resumed,
and the CHAIRMAN reported progress.
The other twelve o'clock orders were disposed of, and the
House rose at Four o'clock.

The House resumed at Six o'clock.
Mr. ALCOCK presented a petition from Herefordshire
against the monopoly in guano.
DETENTION OF A COLOURED SEAMAN
CLAIMING BRITISH PROTECTION, IN A
UNITED STATES PRISON.
Mr. M. MILNES begged to ask her Majesty's Go-
vernment what steps had been taken to expedite the
course of public justice in the case of Manuel Pereira, a
coloured seaman, under British protection, detained in
the prison of Charlestown, in the United States, in
consequence of the vessel on which he was employed
having put into that port in distress, and in whose fa-
vour Mr. Mathew, her Majesty's consul at that place,
has applied for a writ of habeas corpus on appeal to the
Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina, in ses-
sion at Columbia, which court had postponed the hear-
ing of the said case till January next ?
Lord STANLEY was glad that this question had
been put, because he thought it desirable on all accounts
that public attention, both in this country and the United
States, should as far as possible be called to the hard and
oppressive working of •those local and provincial laws
which obtained in the southern states of the
Union with respect to negroes. With regard
to the present case, it was supposed that a
British brig, homeward bound, was compelled
to put in at Charlestown harbour in a sinking
state. The vessel was found to be incapable of re-
pair, and it was condemned. Amongst the men there
appeared to be a person named Manuel Pereira, a co-
loured seaman, who, strictly speaking, was a Portuguese,
and not a British subject. Re was so far a British sub-
ject, however, that ho was an articled seaman of a Bri-
tish ship. In conformity with the law of South Carolina
it appeared that for some imputed offence he was taken
out of the ship and lodged in the common gaol of the
town. It was said that this seaman applied to the Por-
tuguese consul, but that no notice was taken of the ap-
plication. Shortly afterwards the master of the vessel
left Charlestown, suffering Manuel Pereira to remain in
prison. Mr. Mathew, her Majesty's consul at Charles-
town, had distinct orders what to do in such cases, and it
became a question whether he should appeal to the
United States District Court, or to the court of South Ca-
rolina. In the end it was decided that application on the
subject should be made to the court of South Carolina.
It then appeared that the judge refused the application
for a writ of habeas corpus, reserving such decision for
the upper court. The superior court was to meet in Co-
lumbia in May, and the latest accounts received by the
Government were dated the 28th of that month, by which
it appeared that the matter was still pending in the Court
of Appeal. The present question was not a novel one,t
but it required very delicate handling. No subject led
to a greater diversity of feeling or opinion,differenceofati.ec.
t
than that which related to the mutual obligations
ing the federal and provincial governments. The most
energetic remonstrances had been addressed by the
Noble Lord the Member for Tiverton on this very sub-
ject; and he (Lord Stanley) believed that a relaxation
had taken place in the law in one of the states of the
Union. He had also every reason to believe that in time
public opinion would procure the abrogation of laws
which, although they were carried out in one of the most
intelligent countries of the world, were nevertheless a
disgrace and a scandal to civilization.—(Hear.)
Mr. M. MILNES asked whether ho was to understand
that the Supreme Court of South Carolina had not post-
poned the hearing of the case?
Lord STANLEY repeated that the Government were
not in receipt of any later dispatch than the one of the
28th of May.

THE LAND-TAX.
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