Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-08-15
K | G. III MOND w HIG.
REVIEW OF THE SESSION OF PARLIAMENT.

1 ''""s "ss L%orfon It1trs, July ~.
This day will close session fruitful in debates but bar
re In measures where everything has been attempted
and nothing done The has seen u- p,ss from
to peace without proof that We have pro6ted y the
lessons oil the adapted ourselves 20 the
AMI de'oands OF the other Every success in tbi,
% oeeh Hton"d for by it, corresponding reverse and cvc
y reverse been eonaoled by modicun Of success.
Inc Government has not escaped this checkered de-,n,
""eh arec's attacked h has been always supported b.,
m-'of'ees, but this uniform support h..
aio"ed ior by series OF mruiyug defeats on minor mai.
ter ana the sacrifice Of almost all ia. measures il has in
uodueed' The opPo-itiou, in ike nanuer has its tn
umPhs TO boast Of but thesc hav. been far n,ota than
couiero"iAnced not merely by adverse divisions but Ly
the utter Reorganization which mas fallen poo ,h
breaking out almost every night in uudlsui.ed dioo
ana Contention between each other The Tory mart,
never vas strong in intelligence bus used IN no
'oPe which eornponsated IL ior all other d.fcisocis
'h' aiseiphne is gone and Ahers anywhere NOR,
un"u'eo ana unSoveraabe mob than the ex Protection
" party, OF which Mr. Dsrae is the nom,
l.Ai leader, while ar. Wapole, Sr John Pakinpop and
mr. heniey are each anxious supplant him and trim nm
each other. P 1p
ihe session began by the discussion excited bv n.
"eh''!dae peerage, but with the nAdequacy which bs,
ali It's proceedings, decided nothing The
step oi making Sir James Parke Deer fur liz. 49,. ,.L
without any idea Of the important = -.
10 uraW after IL and now, after hall wear. discussion or
can hary say that Se are II solution than We vere
~ tue commencement. The Lords have taken unop br,
selves TO limit the prerogative by virtue Of vb;c
anc have soemnly declared the act of the Queer, -
creates hie peer utterly invalid add member To their
h7use without seDturing in to pronounce IL gaI
Government accepted this state OF THINGS "a ths h. =,
negotiation aud tue result was a compromise bv wb;.h
ofu Derby consented TO admit limited number of peers
of me- anu Lord Granville to limit the prerogsre 10 thai
NUMBER Upon TINS was erected scheme for new sp-
pelIate tribunal which be paid to do the udicia G
~ OF the House Of Lords for which the House of lori.
was TO retain the credit As the discussion in which mi,
notable scheme originated began the session .o -, 81
and indignant rejection by the House ofCommons usber.d
m not appropriately, its conclusion. EVERYTHING b,
oeen and the whole matter stands over to dis
uac the dehoeratons OF Parliament and exercise the in
venton OF legislators and statesmen during the conin
year perhaps not even then to be finally concluded
The principal measures introduced into the House of
Commons and actually passed into law were othat for
General Police and the Joint stock Companies Bill To
These Two Bills must be limited the legislative triumphs of
he session. Tor We seek IN vain among the list OF meas
uFes past Tor anything that can them in mpor.
I lance. The Police Bill is \ measure much needed bu,
was piooaoy only owing TO the great ability de1terity
ana personal popularity OF Sir George Grey that bil
Shich ran counter to the preudces Of almost everv
icpal corporation i'll the country passed the Hons of
Commons The success Of the Jointstock Cou,pani..
ol was complete IL was not only founded on a sound
principle, but satisfied long felt and tboroueblv
understood out of doors For this reason the hill
through both Houses unmuated, and had the rare tec
TO become law without having it, principle in any way
impaired or its details confused by compulsory
IT. Importance cannot be exaggerated 1t is step far in
ADVANCE oil any measure for facilitating the association OF
capital ever adopted in any country. IL enables any law
ul enterprise 10 be carried without expense by
touted capital with all the advantages of incoporaton
and thus removes obstacle which had been most sens
oily et III the promotion OF species of industrial o
benevolent enterprise. Yet this measure so spguarIy
successful in lis passage through Parliament drew After
tat Nemesis which, in this session least has ever
waited upon important Associated With IL 80
nearly that might almost be said to form part Of il
~as another BILL designed give to private parD.rsbin
without altering their constitution the law afe ting them
facilities tor obtaining increase capital and Tins
Peung with newly formed companies. This bill however
being OF somewhat abstruse nature little popular feel
g was raised IN s favour that il in the power of
the monied men OF the House of Commons who s.w in
mean. OF extending credit private traders and re-
tctng the loans given by bankers and bill dscounter
/ TO defeat it altogether.
Among the most signal miscarriages Of the session
vas the Local Dues on Shipping Bill measure proposed
IA the Queens Speech just in principle and elaborate in
detail but framed apparently in sweeping and COM
Prehensve' spirit for the House OF Commons which did
not seem prepared either Tor the details the prncipl-
TO be applied 10 them. Ii agreed OH all hands th,
ne passing tolls granted TO different boouEhs by acts Of
ariament the charities which levied dues shipping and
the privileges granted TO ireemen which exempt them from
contributing To funds from which derive share OF bepe
IT. should be taken away, but when il was sought IN an
ply this same principle TO revenues raised from shipping
Tor the benefit OF municipal corporations the House b
ame alarmed at the attack vested interests a if all
the interests have just mentioned were not a.o vested
The attack was strong the support weak the speech Of
Il
and the measure Withdrawn by the Government in
| panic aud referred to select committee whose
report We are still awaiting The truth Is the measure
turned out TO be OF much greater magnitude than any one
concerned with it to have supposed Ii involved
principles which Government shrank from asserting and
| could not n consistency deny.
Next in Importance among measures carried NAV prob
tby be reckoned the Bill for Reforming the niycrsv Of
Cambridge bearing indeed, far strong family like
to the Oxford Bill Of three years Ego TO be complete
satisfactory. but unlike the Oxford Bill having conciated
/ in he
ing received without any decided manifestations of dissat
| stacton from any quarter.
Next comes the County Courts Amendment Act foun.
| led on the report OF Commission. which took as t
seems TO u very narrow aud inadequate view of the
subject II the County Court experiment has So cceeded
and nobody denies its succe.s-it full finn. that
should receive further extension. Yet every avenue to
that extension s sedulOusy obstructed and the gre.
question whether Courts OF hrst instance shall be To-
ca or central and whether the simplicity Of proceeding
which answers 80 well Tor contracts might answer
equally well for wrongs, has received no solution
The last important Ministerial bill which has been car
ed that for enecung the arrangements necessary for
the resignation Of the Bishops OF London and Durham
With this bil fear terminate our Catalogue
Of Ministerial success unless Sir Charles Woods excellent
measure tor placing the Coasguard under the Board OF
Admiralty. sud the acts Tor assmiating the Mercantile
Laws OF England and Scotland may be thought TO de.
serve the name Among their failures NAV be enumera-
ted the bill for reforming the Corporation OF the City Of
London THIS bill vas abandooed apparently from defer
rurr g. ,hs eppo-iton up by the City Corporatiouan
opposition worthy Of vsry little atvr ..I -
4 ClsflY OF the KIM anu degree thaf might have
| been expected. Another Ministerial failure sas the
Ecclesiastical Courts Bill destined like 30 many Of its
predcccssor 10 extinction because IL insisted on mixing
up matters which the public in with Others
| on which they Indifferent and saddng the public
Sh the payment Of OoOf a-year for the abolition
monopoly Of which they have seriously complained
similar failure was. with justice incurred by
the Lord Chancellor, who proposed the Church Discipline
Act containing the monslrous provision that four judges
sch receiving S,uOOi should be sppointed try
the Eve siH clerical deoquents Who NAV be found dur
ing that period. Another miscarriage the Bill 70 do
arsy with the Jurisdiction Of the Encumbered Estate.
| Court separate tribunal. defeated in committee by
the eEertOns Of Sir james Graham. We may also notice
the preparation 10 and passage through the House Of
Lords Of bill for agricultural statistics which found 90
little favour n the House Of Commons that it with
drawn without debate aud thus this great improvement
pa culary designed tor the benefit Of the sgcuurai.
ts, VS. has ofen before happened, defeated bv
the agcultu asts themselves The Board Of Health has
sustained defess Health Bills which thas brought
| iofwsrd The Poor law Board hss been obliged 10
abandon two measures and signal defeat sustained
not merely 10y Government but by the leaders or both
Sides IN the rejection Of Prince Albcrts scheme tor the
rova Of the National Gallery from Trsalgsrsqusro 70
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