The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-20 00:00:00

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Vocal Entertainment at Eight

No. 23,329.

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of a measure ougbt to be passed on this subject, but he
could not introduce it until he had taken the opinion of his
colleagues upon it. At the same time it was desirable that
Mr. Graves should have leave to bring in his bill, as a
thorough discussion of the question must facilitate 9. satis-
factory settlement.

Ultimately leave wtts giren to bring in the bill, and
it was read a first time.

Mr. KNATCEIBULL-HUGESSEN obtained leave to
bring in a bill to upend the law of turnpike trusts.

Lord J. MANNERS introduced bills to make further
provision for the enlargement of the National Gallery, and
to authorise the Commissioners of Works to acquire cer-
tain lands in the neighbourhood of the Victoria Tower.

Mr. TAYLOR moved an address to the Queen, praying
for the removal of Mr. ()hurt:ll%yard from the commi.siou of
the peace for Dover, supporting his motion by reading ex-
tracts from the reports of the Plymouth Election Committee
of 1853, and the Mail Contract Committee of 1859, which
charged Mr. Churchward with certain acts of bribery and
corruption
Major DICKSON characterised the attack on Mr. Church-
ward as wanton and cowardly (which last epithet he was
compelled to withdraw), the result of political spite, as-
sisted by the personal animosity and spite of a discharged
servant. He canvassed the reports quoted by Mr. Taylor,
maintaining that a second report of the committee of 1853
had virtually exonerated Mr. Churchward,
,and that the
report of the committee of 1859, impugning:his condUcb
was against the evidence. For eight years Mr. 'Churchward
had boon petitioning the house to be heard at the bar, and
bad been attempting to get justice in the law courts, but
he had- beou thwarted by the Government departments.
Mr. Churchward had been seriously injured in his fortune
by the vote of 1859, and he besought the house not to sacri-
fice his character for the sake of gaining a party triumph
over the Government.

Mr. BENTINCK asserted that Mr. Taylor would better
have served the cause he professed to have at heart if, in-
stead of attacking an individuaf, he had put his motion in
a general form; for it was notorious that there were many
persons in similar, and even in higher places, who had
been convicted of bribery, and he moved an amendment
extending the prayer of the address to the removal of all
magistrates who may have been reported guilty of corrupt
practices by a committee or Royal commission.

Mr. GLADSTONE, after lecturing Mr. Disraeli on the
levity of his answer earlier in the evening, wont on to
argue against the amendment, pointing out that the per-
sons it was aimed against stood in a different position from
Mr. Churchward, who had not only been convicted by a
oiNguittee,, but had been condemned by two separate votes
of the house. Ile examined the evidence critically, draw-
ing from it the conclusion that the verdict of the committee
was correct, and strongly condemned his appointment to
the magistracy under such circumstances. It was no an-
swer to say that the Lord Chancellor did not know of
these facts; when they were brought to his knowledge he
ought to have acted as he would have done had he been
forewarned. If Mr. Churchward wouldexpress his regret
for the acts which had brought on him the condemnation
of the house, he would advise the withdrawal of the mo-
tion, but at present his attitude challenged the verdict of
the house.

Sir S. NORTHCOTE said he had always had Mr.
Churchward to be a much injured man; and to prove this
he narrated the circumstances of the contract, in the con-
clusion of which, as Secretary of the Treasury, he had
had a considerable share. The verdict of the committee,
be had always maintained, was unjust and inconsistent,
for it acquitted the Treasury and the Admiralty, who
made the contract, while it found Mr. Churchward, who
received the contract, guilty, and as all Mr. Churchward's
efforts to get his claim legally decided upon had failed, he
had always felt he was entitled to claim some recognition
of his influence.

Mr. B. OSBORNE made some observations on his
personal position in the matter, and, expressing a strong
conviction that the Lord Chancellor had been imposed
upon, he suggested that Mr. Churchward should withdraw
from the bench, and this motion should be withdrawn.
Mr. BARROW objected strongly to punishing a man a
second timo as was now proposed.
Sir R. PALMER, in an elaborate review of tho evidence,
defended the finding of the Committee of 1859, and after
some remarks from Mr. Freshfield, reprobating the injus-
tice with which Mr. Churchward had been treated, the
original motion was negatived by 161 to 141.

The announcement of the numbers was received with
loud cheers by the Ministerialists, and a scene of great
excitement followed. On Mr. BENTISCK'S amendment
being put as the substantive motion,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER begged the
house to pause before assenting to so wide a proposition
without an examination into any specific cases, and
Mr. GLAD§TONE commented with great warmth of
tone and manner on Mr. Disraeli's inconsistency, compared
him to the engineer "hoist with his own petard," and
stated that he should support the. resolution. After some
observations from Mr. NEWDEGATE the amended resolu-
tion was agreed to without a division amid loud cheers
from the Opposition.

The other business was disposal of, and the house
adjourned at half-past 12 o'clock.

Polygamy in Utah.

The amount of danger, in Mormon polygamy to
the Government, has become a question of absorbing
interest. The United States now stands face to
face with an institution it is its clear duty to suppress,
and the task is one so difficult that the nation may
well pause to inquire how this can be best accom-
plished. By the laws a married man who takes to
himself a second wife is guilty of bigamy, a criminal
act, for which a punishment is decreed. Are these
laws to be violated by the leading citizens of a ter-
ritory in the most open and flagrant manner, and
the Government to look quietly on? Is the majesty
of the law to be vindicated by the executive, or, in
view of the difficulties, is it to close its eyes]to the
outrage on morality, on the stetutes of the country
and on the decencies of society ? It is true that the
Mormons hold and teach, that it is a praiseworthy act,
to those who can afford it, and can obtain a licence
from the prophet, to take to themselves many
wives. But though they teach a pernicious error
the Government cannot for a moment recognise the
doctrine. Any community might thus be formed
to commit acts which society prohibits. Robbers
may agree with Rob Roy in nature's decree " that
they should take who have the power, and they
should keep who can." Thugs may band them-
selves into a secret society to act on the divine in-
stitution of strangling and plundering all travellers
whom they may inveigle into their hands. Fenians
may show good cause when they conspire to re-
distribute the property of Ireland, and suppress the
errors and superstitions of churches of all creeds.
Against this it may be argued, that the Mormons
attack none. Their institution is confined to them-
selves, all are free to enter their community,
and no others but those specially selected are
permittod to enjoy tho privileges of a harem.
But this is an argument that any married
man might use in New York to " seal"
to himself another wife so long as no deception was
practised on the woman. What is lawinis
asked,Boston
or. Philadelphia, is law also in Utah. It
Would it be right to employ force againsteld t
ideas
the
perpetration l
We answer certainly, when those ideas
perptration of crimes. Not only is it right, but it
is the bounden duty of the State to uphold the laws
and to punish crime. The real difficulty is, not the
right of the Government, or the duty of the Go-
vernment,at the power and expe-
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which is clear, b
diency of putting in force Utah, the laws of the
United States. Of its power there can be little
question. Indeed, we would like to know what the
people of the United States—being agreed on any
subject—could not do in North America. The
question, then, narrows itself to one of expediency.
The nation is agreed that the Mormon heresy of
polygamy shall not be permitted to exist within
its boundaries. It may be extirpated or
driven out by shot and shell, or it may be dispel-
led by the force of public opinion, and a clear
refutation of its errors. The Mormons are said to
have a well-drilled army of 20,000 rifles. The
material of that army is of a most formidable
character. Every man is animated by religious
enthusiasm, and inspired with implicit belief in the
divine mission of his prophet. Each is iunured to
hardship, skilled in the use of arms and in the
means of maintaining himself in barren wastes.
Above all, the position is so difficult of approach,
so guarded by natural and other obstacles, that it
could only be carried at a frightful sacrifice.
Persecution gives an impetus to fanaticism
and error, and the prodigious effort of the
nation might only end in establishing beyond
their borders a Mormon nation. While the
loss to the country would be enormous
in forcibly clearing the soil of the States of this

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peogi, the waste in another
almost equally great. A quiet
people are engaged most succassf
national profit, in reclaiming a wildetiMss
road to the Pacific, and in forming a garden cal-
culated to be of inestimable advantage to the miniul
populations of the neighbouring territories. is
ti Utah to be laid waste, and to return to the wilder-
ness from which Mormon energy has reclaimed it ?
_ Is this vast body of useful citizens to be driven
from their present homes by fire and sword
beyond the boundaries of the States, and all aka_
attractive powers of persecution added to those
which have succeeded so marvellously in creating
the territory of Utah ? We believe that Mor-
monism has a greater strength in resisting
physical force, than in resisting moral force.
And if this be so, it is clearly the policy of the
nation to meet argument with argument, and
make the institution of polygamy stand the test of
controversy. BRIGHAM YOUNG grounds the prac-
tice on a basis of religion and morality, and on a
pretended decree of JOSEPH SMITH, the founder of
the Eect.
In the first instance, the validity of this decree is
disputed on the best authority, which has already'
caused a schism among the MOrmons. If it can be
shown that the decree is fictitious, BRIGHAM
YOUNG will stand convicted of imposture. In the
second place, the doctrines of the bishops and elders
can be refuted, the lusts and vice that have prompted
the practice exposed, and its errors laid bare. So
long as BRIGHAM YOUNG is locked up in his
mountain retreat, he can bring a heavy pres-
sure to bear on the few Gentile strangers
that find a resting
_place in Deseret. Open
the roads, throw in missionaries—more particularly
women, who are the natural enemies of the prac-
tice—drag out the institution into the strong glare
of public criticism, and its rottenness will soon be
exposed. When the head of the Church is unable
to exercise a pressure on its members, BRIGHAM
YOUNG and his fallacies will wax faint, and the firm
ground on which he now stands will become a
treacherous quagmire. Erect a free press and a free
platform in the City of the Saints, and the Mormon
elders will at once have to face two insurmount7
able obstacles. First, the dislike implanted by
nature in woman to a degrading institution, which
robs her alike of her natural and social rights ; next,
the clear decree of nature. Male and female
infants are born in nearly equal numbers, the slight
excess of males allowing for the greater waste of
manhood. This law is so distinctly marked
that it cannot be got over. Even in countries where
polygamy is permitted, it is rare to meet a man who
has more than one wife. lie who lif.s many robs big
fellow-man. Would BRIGHAM YOUNG maintain his
sensual doctrines on a free platform by the side of a
New England missionary? We have little doubt,
judging from the murder of Dr. ROBINSDN, editor of
the Union Vedette, that the saints dread such an
attack more than they dread the arm of Uncle Star
raised in anger. They know that persecution is
strength, and that free discussion is annihilation.
The danger in the employment of, force lies in the
outrage the practice offers to the women of the
United States. American women-speak of the
scandal which has thus been brought upon the na-
tion, with flashing eye and an expression of intense
disgust. They, who form societies for the extension
of Woman's Rights, who claim an equal if not the
foremost place in administering the affairs of the
world, would with artillery, sabre, and bayonet,
crush out of existence the degrading and monstrous
.
system which turns women into the poorest of slaves,
is opposed to the indisputable rights of the sex, to
the divine precepts of our SAvmo un, and to the laws
of every Christian country.—Anglo- American Times.

2

Court of Aldermen.

Yesterday a Court of Aldermen was held in their
chamber at Guildhall, and was very fully attended.
The Lord Mayor presided.

TheiSheriffs reported the state of the prisons to be
as follows Novgate, 96 prisoners; in White-
cross-street, 125 prisoners ; and in the City Prison,
Holloway, 330 prisoners.
The routine business on the agenda paper having
been disposed of,
The report of the General Purposes Committee on
the reference of the 19th February last on the Traffic
Regulation (Metropolis) Bill, now before Parlia-
ment, was presented. From the report it appeared
that the Lords' Committee had struck out the clause
which reserved to the Lord Mayor and Court of
Aldermen the right and undoubted privilege of re-
gulating the City traffic without the interference of
the City Commissioner of Police, to whom that
power was wholly delegated by the bill.
Mr. Alderman ROSE moved that the report be
referred back to the General Purposes Committee,
to take such steps therein in opposition to the mea-
sure as they might deem necessary. He denounced
the measure as most arbitrary and unjust, and as
being calculated entirely to destroy the most impor-
tant branches of trade carried on within the City
and its suburbs, which were equally affected by the
provisions of the bill.

Mr. Alderman FINNIs seconded the motion, ex-
pressing his concurrence in the view taken of the
measure by the mover.
Mr. Alderman STONE drew attention to the fact
that the Government had promised the Police Com-
mittee that the clause alluded to would form part of
the bill, and in that belief the Police Committee had
acted. Had they been aware that it was intended
to oppose the clause the committee would have at-
tended in the House of Lords to support it. This
was now too late, and, in consequence, the Lord
Mayor had addressed a letter to Mr. Secretary
Walpole, requesting the right hon. gentleman to fix
a time on Saturday last to receive the Lord Mayor
and a small deputation of the Court of Aldermen on
the subject. His lordship had received a reply from
Mr. Walepole's private secretary, to the effect that
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from the corporation in writing should receive his
best attention. He (Alderman Stone) contended
that this was not fair dealing with the corporation
by the Government. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY joined in the condemna-
tion of the bill (the obnoxious clauses of which he
read) which had been generally expressed, and stated
his surprise at the refusal of Mr. Walpole to grant
the interview sought, which the Lord Mayor had a
perfect right to demand.
_ _

Mr. Alderman J. C. LAWRENCE said that on this
point he felt convinced that there must be some mis-
take, as he felt assured that Mr. Secretary Walpole
was the last man in the world to be guilty of any,
the slightest, discourtesy. Ile heartily joined in the
opposition to this most absurd and impracticable
measure.

Mr. Alderman COPELAND remarked that if the
bill became law he should have to close his establish-
ment, for then his occupation would be gone.
After a few words in opposition to the bill from
Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. Alderman Hale, and
Alderman Sir R. \V. C.trdm, Cie resolatiJu was
carried unanimously, with the understanding that
the bill should be opposed in its future stages at the
expense of the corporation.
The court then adjourned.

EXHIBITION OF FISHERIES AT THE iIAGUE.-A
very important and extensive fishery exhibition is
now in preparation at the Hague. It will open
about the end of May, and be similar to, but much
larger than, the first fishery exhibition held at Am-
sterdam in 1861, which had a very beneficial effect,
both on the fisheries of Holland and Britain. The
forthcoming exposition will embrace all, matters
connected with sea and freshwater fisheries—as
boats, bait, sails, nets, hooks, piscicultural appa-
ratus, preparations from fish, plants of fishponds,
books on the fisheries, fishermen's clothes, &c. Prizes
will, as usual at such exhibitions, be awarded to the
successful exhibitors. Dr. H. G. Muller is acting
as secretary, and articles for exhibition must be at
the Hague by the 15th of May.
Sliggins saw a note lying on the ground, but
knew that it was counterfeit, and walked ou with-
out picking it up. He told Smithers the story,
when the latter said—" Do you know, Sliggins, you
have committed a very grave offence ?" " What
have I done ?" " You have passed a counterfeit
bill, knowing it to be such."