The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-30 00:00:00

DIVORCE ACT.

Lord LYNDHURST ca'led the attention of the
noble and learned lord on the woolsack to the answer be
gate to his goeition a few days ay. He begged now
to ask whether it was the intenti,n of Goveratn,nt to

f x ten d the Divorce Act to Ireland?
The LORD CHANCELLOR said it way not the in-
tention of the Government to the act to that
part of the kirgdcm.
SECOND* READINGS.
On the motion of LordREDESDALI: the followiti2 018
were read a second time: —Berg and Ralclifie `Pater;

Chester Gas ; Haeling,deti and Rawtenstall Water
Madras Irrigation and Canal ; Malvern Improvement,
&c. ; Nottingham Gas ; Scinicoates and Kingston-
upon-Hull Gas, StaEhrdshire Potteries Gas, and St As
Fen on awl Longton
BARREL ORGAN SUPPRESSION BILL.

The Marquis a WESTMEATH moved the aceoud
reading of this bill. The nu!sance which this bill et ught
to deal with was one that most of their lordships must
av,. become acquainted. From morning till night the
quietude of private dwellings was broken' by
the continual grinding of barrel organs, or
the horrid and discordant strains from a German
brass band. With respect to the latter, he got a little "
relief, for the performers tired and left the plase, but
unfortunately, the organ never tired. (Laughter.) The '
Police Act contained clauses ter the removal of nuis-
ances, but the policemen seemed di,posed to frustrate
its action by the manner in which they acted to-
wards these men, who were imported into this
country by droves by scheming and designing persons,
to play those horrible barrel organs. lie knew
several instances where the moi,t serious consequences
had very nearly ensued owing to the refusal of
one of these organ men refusing to go away
after he was desired so to do. The noble marquis said
be trusted their lordships would read the bill a second

time, and then any amendments tbat might be necessary

might be made in committee.
The Earl of WILTON moved the second reading of
the bill this day sx w,eks.
Lord LYNDHURST said his noble friend had
asked whether he weal support the second read-
ing of this bill, and he had told him he would
do so on one condition, namely, that he to .re'y
remodelled it in committee. By the bill, as it at pre-
sent stands, any persen playing a tune' upon a bate
within ten miles of the metropolis, might be,

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by some person, deemed a disorderly per I:,
and consequent'y be dragged befere a marl, trate and
fined 408. or a month's imprisonment. He did not
think a bill containing such a provision ought to be
sanctioned by their lcrdshipe. (Hear, bear.) They
might read it a second time—(" No, uo ")—but they
must entirely alter it and new model it in committee. lie
had a very musical friend who lived in one a those hol
called chambers in Old-square, Tois gen-
tleman worked hard night and morning at the study of
Lis profession, and he could conceive his looking out of
the w.ndoefearly some May morning, seeing the sun
shinirg upon the cbininey-pets— for it never shone any-
where else—and being tempted to take a walk into the
country. He might put his flee in his pocket, and walk
off psebaps to Hamps-ead-heath, perhaps to Homey-
lane, or perhaes to Richmond-hill, and having sat down
begin to blow upon his flute—which he did most beau-
tifully. People would be attracted round him in consi-
derable numbers, but after he had played for a quarter
of an hour or 20 minuses, a man in a blue coat, having a
letter A and a number marked 'on the collar, would
come up, and, presenting a piece of parchment or
paper, say, " Read this ! " " What does it mean ? "
" Oh ! the magistrate is sitting at the King's Arms,
and requires your attendance." "My attendance I
For what?" " Why, sir, you are an idle and disorderly
person—(a laugh)—you are idle yourself, and make other
people idle by attracting them by your beautiful playing
on the flats !" "What does this mean?" "It's under
Wratraeatla's Bill." " Wentritin's ; why, that
must be an Irish act (Renewed laughter.) "No 1
Lord Westmeath's Bill. You must come before the
magistrate. He is sitting to hear the case, and will com-
mit you as ati idle
_and disorderly pirson, and sentence
you to one month's imprisonment with hard labour."
(More laughter.) This was a curious bill. He did not
knoW whether his noble friend, Who was one of the most
straightforward persons he knew, objected to the per-
formance of bands in the parks on Sundays. (Lord
Westmeatn made an observa,ion which did not reach the
gallery.) His noble friend said he did not interfere with
that; her Majesty's bands were excepted from the bill.
Teat was true ; but while the Queer's bands played in
Kensington-gardens, what happened in Victoria and
Regent's-parks By a side ;vied his noble friend wou'd
put an end to wliat he considered a most excellent and
lsu :able establishment—the performance of bands in the
parks on Sundays. (Hear, hear.) Further, there were
many companies in the city of L )radon which had private
bands as et mee4e.e--processione with them, but this bill
would put an end to ell such peoceedings. On the 9th
Nov.s a great ceremony was performed, ail the city com-
panies went in procession with the Lord Mayor, accom-
panied by bands of music. Under this bill all persons
who played in those bands would be liable to be impri-
soned for a month, with bard labour. What sense was
therein that ? At present there were in Lai many
German hands of great merit which played in the strtets
surrounded by crowds of people, who were attracted by
the beauty of their music. Did his noble friend mesa
to say that if all the inhabitants of a street wished that
one of these banJe should play in it they should not
have the music which they desired ? Was he not
right in saying that his noble friend, in trying to
abolish one nuisance, was creating a much mere abo-
u•inahle one of another kind ? A noble friend of his (the
Earl of Wil-on) had alluded to Punch. He recollected that
b'€n this subject of street nuisanc is was discussed in
the other House of Parliament .Punch was by universal
acclamation excepted ; but his Pan-pipes would bring
aim within his noble friend's bill, and he would be at
once sentenced to a month's imprisonment, with hard
labour. (Laughter.) There were some mews- behind
his house, and he had noticed that about the dinner hour
of the inhabitants the street music was regularly detained
in the neighbourhood of the small tenements therein.
He lied no doubt that the players were paid, and if they
were it could only be because their performances were
agreeable to the humble proprietors of hemes in that
district. He recollected very many years ago, when
young, having a neighbour who was learning to scrape
the violin. He was at first disposed to complain of
his neighbour's innocent pastime as an annoyance, but
on a little ri fiection he said to himself. "Is it wise
in me to object ? Let me ace whether I cannot stand
it without distraction. If I can, what an admirable
discipline it will be to me in pursuing my mathemati-
cal studies. (Laughter.) Af er a time he ceased to
hear this "nuisance" as it was called—it made no
impression on him. (Hear.) Again, he knew a story
of a woman who took a house near to' a blacksmith's
forge. On the day of, taking poeseesinit she heard the
blacksmith's hammer for the first time. and thought it
a nuisance. She went to the landlord and sought to
get rid of her engagement. "Ob, no, Ma'am,"_ said
the man, "I can't let you off; try it for a week.; A
week elapsed, and by that time she ceased to hear the
noise—it made no impression on her; and for 10 years_
afterwards she lived in the same house, without .
ack
suffer-
ing any inconvenience from the clan,:
of the bHlear
smith's hammer or the sound of his bellows. (" ,
it was im-
hear,"'and laughter.) He repeatsed,that
in
its
po,sible for their loriships to pas this
bill
pre-
sent shape. G,
with stentorian
German bands to
t h EIE amdu sGi cRoAf Nt
hVo sfeLsrea mpwreiftaervi ree:r.:4l et whe
eut e the public earb 0
lunge and barfly composed det
and taste. Yet the former would be suppressed: by this
(baille,awr, hers.)
Lord latter would remain a priv.leged nuisance.
Lord DUNGANNON supported he amendment.
Lrd CAMPBELL—I object to any organ-ic change
glEbtTenH
pruetp,lietdh
(Laughter.)
13 motion for
the ATsie nmedc o!hdaerrciequauld:i sns otgfi o Wnw
aEhsaBvTi ri
negatived,
carried unanimously.
EXCHEQUER BILLS (20,911,5001.) BILL.
This bill was real a second time.
THE OATHS BILL.

The report on this bill was brought up and agreed to,
and the bill Was ordered to be read a third time to-
morrow (this day).

THE CAGLIARI.
The Earl of AIRLIE rose to put a question to the
Seent9ry of State for Foreign Affairs respecting the
opinion s f-,iven by the law eiflicers of the Crown in the
case of the Cigliari, and also to inquire whether any an-
swer had yet been returned by her Majesty's Goverotnent
to a rad.ic‘? addressed by the Marquis d'Azeglio to the
Earl e f Mahue-el-my, dated 22d March, 1858, and in-
chiding a communication from Count Cavour to Caont
Gripelio, dated 18th March, 1858. The noble lord said
he did :nit find a complete agie,gient between the papers
which hail b3CII laid bef ire the house with regard °eb.
o lifis.cation and condemnation of the Cagliari. There
appeare‘d to him to be one discrepancy with regard to a
matter of fact, and one with respect to an ex)p.reefirseittopnecotf
opinion used hy the noble earl (Malmeshurny
Explanation
on
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to that fact, and he wished for sornF4lExwPasia
the fact that
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illegal,
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which
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place,ffic
f and al-o the expression of opinion
Government.ounds for taking strong
He would
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not speak of this as questionallea ° itaglaro
f policy but one of law