The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1865-04-01 (London, England)

,Ihruptriat  HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY,,  DISTRICT CHURCHES TITHES AND gNDOWMENTS BILL.— The Duke of MARLBOROUGH moved the first readmg of a bill enabling district churches in new parishes to exchange any endowments of which they may be possessed for tithes arising within the district of those churches belonging to another church The bill was then read a first time. ILLEGAL DETENTION OF AN ALLEGED LUNATIC.— Lord MALMESBURY moved for a return of the correspondence relating to the illegal detention of a Mr. Docknall in a lunatic asylum. His lordship stated that Mr. Docknall, a -bookseller at Chester4e-Btreet; theecnnty of Dnrham, bad been in October, 1863, confined in the lunatic asylum at Sedgefield for five days., on an order from Colonel Johnson, signed on the evidence of one ,niedical man only, whereas the law requires the testimony of two. All the attempts made by Mr. Docknall to obtain redress from the Home-office had failed,,and these-anxieties-so alTeßed him; that in October last the unfortunate man committed suicide Lord GRANVILLE was not prepared to defend the' conduct of Colonel Johnson, but under all the circumstances of the case, the Home-office could not interfere.... Lord SIWTESBURY thought if misconduct like that of Colonel Johnson's were overlooked, it was of very little use for the Government to appoint Commissioners in Lunacy or visitors of asylums to protect the patients. In this case the law had been completely evaded, and some opinion ought to be expressed on it The motion was • then agreed to. THE FELONY AND MISDEMEANOUR EVIDENCE AND PRACTICE BILL was read a third time.  HOUSE OF COMMONS.--:-FRIDAy.. CHIEF JUSTICE MONAHAN AND THE COUNTY DOWN MAGISTRATES.—SiT THOMAS BATESON asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland a question with reference to certain observations attributed to, Chief. Justice Monahan in the case of the "Queen v. O'Hare and others," at the late County Down Assizes Sir ROBERT PEEL said the Chief Justice had informed him that he did not remember what the nature of his remarks was, but that he had no intention of Making any charges against the magistrates. - The Chief Justice was a kind, frank, honest Man, and he might have been led into .an intemperate expression ....... Colonel FORDE narrated the facts of the case respecting which Chief . Justice .Monahan.had charged the County Dowirmagistrates with partiality in the administration of the law. He (Colonel ,Forde) defended the magistrates from the imputations of the Chief Justice. EASTER RECESS.—In answer to Mr. A. MILLS, as to. the adjournment for the Easter recess, Viscount PALMERSTON said : I think, if the state of public business admits of it, the best course will be to adjourn, as Of late years, on the Friday before Good Friday. (Cries of "H ear, hear," and " Wednesday, Wednesday..') THE lONIAN ISLANDS.— ITT. B. COCHRANE asked whether the pensions assigned under Schedule B of the Convention of the 29th of March, 1864, between Her Majesty and the King of the Hellenes, had been paid in accordance with that Convention; and whether Her Majesty's Government intended to take any steps for the security of the recipients of those pensions, by placing those British subjects who served Her Majesty under the late lonian Constitution on the same footing as pensioners of the British Crown ? He complained that good faith had not been kept with the petitioners by the Government. ...„.. Mr. LAYARD stated the circunistances of the case, and in reply to the inquiry, said the pensions had been paid, and he hoped they would be paid in future more° regularly Mr. KINGLAKE did not consider the answer of Mr. Layard satisfactory The CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER justified Her Majesty's Government. • DIGEST OF BLUE BOOKS.—MT. W. EWART moved for a Select Committee to inquire whether a digest of Parliamentary papers and blue-books might not be issued from time to time, and consolidated at the close of each session, for the convenience of members and for the diffusion of information among the public at large..... The motion was seconded by Mr. KINNAIRD In the discussion which followed, in which Mr. J. Yorke, Mr. Peel, Mr. A Mills, Mr. Henley, and other members took pait, a variety of views appeared, and the motion was ultimately withdrawn.  .After some discussion on the claims to pensions from the British Government on the part of late officials in the lonian Islands, the Navigation of the Thames,- Labour Ordinance for India, and Canadian Railways, the House w'ent into Committee of Supply, passed. several votes, and adjourned at half-past one o'clock. 

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