The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-03 00:00:00

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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING„JULY 3, 1867.

No. 23,418.

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NOTI C E.

BUILDING GROUND, WIIITEFRIA RS,
CITY OF LONDON•

seven o'clock, at which hour tho sitting was suspended
until niuo o'clock.

C. F. HANCOCK, SON, & CO.,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the 'CITY
LANDS COMMITTEE will meet at Guildhall, on WED-
NESDAY, the'l9th of July next, at half-past Owl n' lock
precisely, to receive PROPOSALS for a BUILDING
LEASE for 80 years of the site of the premises known as
the Phenix Wharf, on the west side of Whitefriars Dock,
in the City of London.
A plan of the property maybe seen, and further parti-
culars obtained, upon application at the Architect's office,
Guildhall.
• FERDD. BRAND, Comptroller.
Guildhall Juno 17, 18G7.

In the evening sitting, Mr. O'REILLY called attention
to Lord Chief Justice GDckburn's charge at the Old Bailey
iu April las 4 in the cases of Col. Nelson aud Lieut. Brand,
in which ho laid doWn the law as regards the proclamation
of martial law, and also to the statement of the Home Sec-
retary in March last, that the Government at that moment
did not intend to proclaim martial law in Ireland, and
hoped their would be no necessity for it ; and moved a re-
solution affirming that the house would regard as illegal a
proclamation of martial law in any part of the United
Kingdom.
Mr. W. E. FORSTER;after expressing an opinion that
the resolution, as regarded the United Kingdom, was
slightly superfluous, went on to discuss the proclamation
of martial law in the colonies in connexion with tho Ja-
maica outbreak, and Lord Carnarvon's circular to the Colo-
nial Governors, which ho fully approved; and, comment-
ing on the charge, he drew the inference from it that
martial law was uocessary,neither to the suppression of
such disturbances nor to the after-punishment of tho
offenders.

JEWELLERS. AND SILVERSMITHS TO TILE QUEEN Arn

PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES,

And by Special Appointment to the principal Sovereigns
and Courts of Europe,
Beg respectfully to state that their only Address is
38 & 39, BRUTON-STREET,
CORNER OF BOND-STREET.

AWARDED TO C. F. HANCOCK :
Great Exhibition, 1851—Council Medal for Originality and
Taste. Paris Exhibition,lBss —Gold Medallic d'llonneur.
International Exhibition, 1862—Prizo Medal, for groat
Excellence of Design and Manufacture.

Mr. HARDY; in opposing the motion, argued that it
would be most unwise to Put on record a resolution which
might 'hamper the Crown and the Executive in grave
emergencies, which it was to be hoped and it was very
probable would, never occur, on the authority of dicta
which were contained, not in a judicial decision, but in a
charge to a grand jury, and which he pointed out were
delivered with great diffidence by the Chief Justice.
Mr. MILL, acknowledging that the charge had not the
force of a judicial decision, insisted that it confirmed all
that he and his friends had contended for—that for non-
military persons there was no such thing as martial law,
and that those who acted on the law of necessity in grave
emergencies could not get rid of their responsibility to
answer for their conduct to the ordinary tribunals by the
mere proclamation of martial law.
Mr. lIEADLAM characterised the resolution as the de-
claration of so many truisms, and after remarking that ho
remained of the opinion which he had given to the De-
fence Commissioners some years ago, when he was Judge
Advocate, that no change in the law was necessary, ho put
Mr. O'Reilly in this dilemma : —Either the proclamation of
martial law was legal or illegal; if it was legal, it could
not be made illegal by a resolution of the House of Com-
mons, to which no court of law would pay the smallest
attention ; and if it was illegal, what was the necessity for
the resolution ? After all, the distinction between martial
law and the law of necessity was merely verbal.
Mr. CARDWELL, concurring with Mr. Mill in his state-
ment of the law, advised the withdrawal of the resolution,
and it was accordingly withdrawn, after some observations
from Captain Jervis and Mr. Hughes.
On the motion of Mr. BRETT, an address was agreed
to for a copy of the proceedings of the Simla court martial.
On the motion for going into committee on the Sale of
Liquors on Sanday (Ireland) Bill, Mr. MURPHY moved
that it be referred to a select committee, and, after a short
debate, carried Lis motion on a division by 92 to 71.
The house went into committee on the Land Contracts
(Ireland) Bill, but Lord NAAS objected to go on with it,
and a motion to report progress was carried by 118 to 37 ;
and the further progress of the Mines, &e., Assessment.
Bill was delayed by a similar motion, carried by 101 to 63.
On the thin reading of the Attorneys, Ize., Certificate
Duty Bill, its rej:ction was moved by Mr. HUNT, and on
a division the bill was thrown out by 87 to 66.
Some other business was disposed of, and the house ad-
journed at 10 minutes past 1 o'clock.

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proveinents by reason of the coufiued character of
the road in front of the barracks.

Mr. WESTERTON havipg also given expression to

Sir J. PAIiINGTON said he most readily admitted
that the views and statements of so influential a depu-
tation as he had then the honour of receiving were
entitled to the most respectful consideration. lie
must say they had been most fortunate in their se-
lection of their leading advocate, Mr. Lowe, who
had put the case before him in the clearest possible
way. With reference to the argument against the
barracks, based upon the inconvenience of the inha-
bitants, they must allow him to say, and he thought
they would not dispute the accuracy of it, that
the residents came to the barracks and the bar-
racks had not come to the residents. Those who
had built or bought their houses in that neigh-
bourhood had done so from the beginning with their
eyes open to the fact that there were cavalry bar-
racks in Knightsbridge. It was true the barracks
was not a good one. Its especial deficiency was the
want of a yard, the present yard being altogether
inadequate for the accommodation which cavalry
barracks generally had ; but, having lately inspected
the barracks, he did not at all agree with the argu-
ment that it was not one capable of improvement.
It was by no means an unhealthy barrack, and
whateVer might be its alleged defects, he assured
them it was the favourite barracks of the household
brigade. (Laughter.) With regard to the dis-
figurement of the building, ho was by no means
prepared to contend that it was ornamental.
(A laugh). It was unsightly no doubt, but he
thought Mr. Lowe had overstated its incapability
of improvement. The point which of all others was
the point of extreme importance with the Govern-
ment in all arrangements to be carried out by them
was the question of expense. Ile could not take
away the household brigade without giving them
adequate provision elsewhere ; and as regarded Mr.
Lowe's opinion that the sale of land would recoup
them for the expenditure consequent upon the erec-
tion of a new building, he very much doubted the
possibility of attaining such a result. He could not
at all agree with those who thought that the police
rendered the presence of cavalry unnecessary. They
had had in the course of the last 12 months several
broad hints that it might be convenient to have a
cavalry barracks, and upon a very recent occasion
it was a very satisfactory thing for the Government
to feel that there was a possibility of placing not
only an actual regiment., but a considerably larger
force for a considerable time, in a park so accessible
and so close to London. On these grounds, and
looking at recent events, which none of them could
ignore, he would ask whether it was not important
that wherever a barrack should be placed it
should be very handy—he meant close at hand.
The suggestion of Mr. Lowe with regard to
Chelsea, and which was perfectly true, he con-
fessed struck him very much, and he admitted
that it was one worthy of serious consideration.
llowever, his impression with regard to the success
of the Greenwich experiment was one of great
doubt, and he said so with a view of saying that
they must be a little cautious before they proceeded
hastily to adopt for Chelsea the plan that had been
tried at Greenwich. The present inclination of the
Government tended rather to the improvement of
K❑ightsbridge Barracks than to the removal of it,
but at the same time he was free to say that no de-
cision had been taken which, if they saw sufficient
reason or a sufficiently attractive alternative, they
were not in a position to consider. He promised
that the representations of so influential a deputa-
tion, supported by so large an amount of public
feeling of the locality, should receive due attention
and consideration.
The deputation then thankA the right hon. gen-
tleman, and withdrew.