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¶ 1 Leave a comment on paragraph 1 0 490

¶ 2 Leave a comment on paragraph 2 0 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS

¶ 3 Leave a comment on paragraph 3 0 [June 18,1853

¶ 4 Leave a comment on paragraph 4 0 HOUSE OF LORDS.—Friday, June 10.

¶ 5 Leave a comment on paragraph 5 0 regiment, and to prevent intrusion on the lines. The arrangement of tents is in regular order, by companies: the men in their bell-tents, fifteen to each tent, in front; and the officers in the rear. Behind the officers’ tents are the mess-room, the hospital, the canteen, the kitchen, the stables, and the women’s huts.

¶ 6 Leave a comment on paragraph 6 0 The appearance of the encampment varies, according to the peculiar characteristics of the service ; and thus, the tents of the infantry afford a striking contrast to the stables of the cavalry and artillery, which have rather a close resemblance to a race-course or fair green. Many of the scenes connected with the encampment will form the subject of future illustrations. A fair conception, however, may be formed of the locality and its most striking features from the general view given in this week’s number by our Artist. The earth kitchens, of which we give a representation, are, to say the least of them, very primitive contrivances, and evince very little improvement in the science of Camp gastronomy. They are mere trenches dug in the ground, with mud chimneys at one end. The fires are lighted in them, and covered with turf, leaving apertures over which the kettles are placed; and after this rude fashion the thousands of brave men now concentrated on Chobham Common are supplied with food. There is certainly some variety in this aboriginal sort of cuisine as regards the form of construction—some being square, as adopted by the Sappers and Miners ; and others circular, as in the case of the Highlanders, with the chimney in the centre, and the trenches radiating to the circumference. Passing to a subject of higher consideration, the religious world will be gratified by the assurance that even in a camp the spiritual wants of the soldier have not been overlooked. Tents have been set apart for the performance of Divine worship on Sundays, not only for those who profess the Established Religion, but also for the Highland regiments, who retain the Presbyterian form of devotion. The London Christian Instruction Society have a preaching tent, with seats for the accommodation of 350 persons, in which the Rev. Mr. Scholfield, of Chelsea, will officiate. The Lord of the Manor, Lord Onslow, was pleased to grant the site for the mere nominal sum of a shilling, in acknowledgement of his right. It is said that the freeholders and copyholders demand very high terms for similar concessions. The refreshment-booths around the line of encampment are numerous. The thunder-storm, which commenced about one o’clock, was terrific ; and for several hours, with brief intervals of sunshine, the rain descended in torrents. This, of course, had the effect of dispersing the spectators, who were much more numerous than some of our contemporaries would seem to estimate. The immense space over which the crowds of equipages and spectators were necessarily spread at the different points of attraction—the line of encampment being at least six or seven miles in circumference—had the effect of apparently diminishing the number. But on the roads and in the surrounding villages the display was not unworthy the grand day at either Epsom or Ascot. A little after four o’clock the weather brightened up and became sufficiently fair to enable the men to proceed with cooking their dinners. The Camp at this period wore an entirely different aspect from that which it presented at the moment of occupation. The gay uniform of the officers had disappeared with the spectators and their equipages, the clang of arms and the sounds of martial music had ceased. The smoke rose in circling eddies from the various camp fires.

¶ 7 Leave a comment on paragraph 7 0 On the first night of the encampment most of the troops had to lie on bundles of straw, spread on the damp floor of their tents. For three weeks previously they had been instructed in the mode of making paillasses ; but, from some unexplained circumstance, they were deprived of the enjoyment of this luxury.

¶ 8 Leave a comment on paragraph 8 0 A good deal of disappointment was experienced with regard to the quality of the water found in the newly-dug wells. It was turbid in the extreme, and wholly unfit for other than washing purposes.

¶ 9 Leave a comment on paragraph 9 0 Lord Palmerston considered it a very good joke when asked by Mr. Drummond, the facetious member for Surrey, to send down twenty police constables to the Camp to preserve peace among an army of 10,000 men. On second consideration, however, the noble Home Secretary appeared to have treated the subject with more gravity; accordingly 100 men of the A division, under the command of Captain Lebalmondiere, inspecting superintendent of the metropolitan force, were sent down on this duty ; a portion of them are stationed in Chertsey, and others in the villages of Chobham and Windlesham. Some occupy tents on the outskirts of the encampment, quarters by no means to their taste; and we certainly are not disposed to blame them for  referring the comforts of a warm bed at the West End to the damp, though blooming, heather. The police, aided by a single sapper and miner, evinced almost as much alacrity and precision in pitching their tent as did the regular troops of the line. There was also a mounted patrol on duty, composed of men of the K and N divisions. The only incident which seemed to attract their official attention during the day was a collision which took place in the evening, between two vehicles, on the Bagshot road, across the Common, when the Norfolk Giant (Mr. Hales) was thrown heavily from a spring cart, and the shaft broken; but, fortunately, he escaped with very slight injury. At sunset, Lord Seaton, attended by a single aide-de-camp, visited the quarters of the various regiments.

¶ 10 Leave a comment on paragraph 10 0 On Wednesday morning the men were paraded at half-past six o’clock, and regular drills took place at various intervals during the afternoon. An increased supply of straw was afforded by the Commissariat for the construction of paillasses, at which detachments of the men of each regiment were employed during the day. An agreeable surprise was created in the morning, by the unexpected arrival of Prince Albert, from Windsor, to inspect the Camp, accompanied by the Generals in command and a brilliant staff. The signal was given for the men to turn out in full review order, which was performed in an incredibly short space of time—much under half an hour. His Royal Highness, who was not in uniform, seemed highly gratified with the scene, and frequently expressed his approval of the evolutions of the troops. His Royal Highness afterwards dismounted, and inspected the cooking arrangements, in which he seemed to evince the utmost interest, as well as in the state of the tents, and every other object in which the comfort of the men was concerned. The tattoo sounded at half-past nine o’clock, at which hour the troops retired to rest. No lights whatever are allowed in the tents of the soldiery; but the officers are permitted this privilege until half-past ten o’clock.

¶ 11 Leave a comment on paragraph 11 0 The concourse of visitors on Wednesday was considerably diminished by the Hampton Races, the managers of which complain that the at- tractions of the Camp had an injurious effect on the meeting.

¶ 12 Leave a comment on paragraph 12 0 On Thursday, thirty waggon loads of ammunition arrived at the Camp from Woolwich.

¶ 13 Leave a comment on paragraph 13 0 Next week we shall resume our Illustration of this great Encampment, and its incidents, in a Supplementary Number.

¶ 14 Leave a comment on paragraph 14 0 NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

¶ 15 Leave a comment on paragraph 15 0 Portsmouth, Tuesday.—The Victoria and Albert Royal yacht (Captain Crispin) hauled out of the fitting basin this evening, thoroughly refitted, and ready lor her Majesty’s service.

¶ 16 Leave a comment on paragraph 16 0 Her Majesty’s Screw Steam-ship Algiers, 90 guns, is intended to be launched from Devonport Dockyard in the latter end of July. Her engines and boilers will be fitted at Woolwich,

¶ 17 Leave a comment on paragraph 17 0 Military Savings Banks.—The annual statement shows that the deposits during the year ending the 31st March, 1852, was £54,193 5s. 6 1/4d., making—with the interest allowed during the year, to the amount of £9,939 13s. 10 1/4d.—the balance due to military depositors, £137,355 7s. 8 1/2d., after the sum of £42,966 1s. 3 1/2d. withdrawn during the year. The number of depositors on the 31st of March, 1852, was 11,144; and the total amount of the fund for military savings banks, up to the date of the account, was £157,826 6s. 0 1/2d.

¶ 18 Leave a comment on paragraph 18 0 Dover Defences.—A numerous party of the Royal Artillery have been employed in moving six guns, their carriages and platforms, from the Ordnance-yard to Guilford battery. The guns are of 8-inch calibre, of new construction, carry 68-pound shot, require 10 pounds of powder for a charge, and range about 3000 yards. These formidable pieces of ordnance will be mounted on new carriages of wood, on traversing platforms, and this battery will then be one of the most efficient in Dover.

¶ 19 Leave a comment on paragraph 19 0 Devastating Fire in Canada.—A fire has occurred on the Ottawa river, in Canada, which had swept over a surface of sixteen miles. The following particulars are given:- Upon the island of Almuettas, two churches and about thirty buildings have been consumed; upon Calumet Island the saw-mills and about thirty farm buildings; in Pembroke, the establishment of Mr. C. O. Kelly, and other buildings; in the township of Westmeath, Beech’s grist, saw-mills, and about twenty farm buildings. In the township of Ross, an entire settlement, known as the Garden of Eden, has been destroyed, besides Gould’s wharfs, and all the stores and farm buildings on the south side of the river at Portage du Fort; in Bromley, about ten buildings were destroyed. About two hundred families, principally those of agriculturists, have been left houseless.

¶ 20 Leave a comment on paragraph 20 0 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

¶ 21 Leave a comment on paragraph 21 0 The Marquis of Westmeath, after remarking upon the frequent interference of the Irish Government with the sentences pronounced by the magistrates, adverted with great severity, to the part played by Mr. Keogh, the Solicitor-General for Ireland, at the last Westmeath election. The Earl of Aberdeen, having expressed his ignorance of these circumstances, was sharply taken to task by the Earl of Derby, who sa d that, after the violent and exciting language used by Mr. Keogh, he ought not to have been appointed to fill an office in the noble Earl’s Administration, more especially an office the function of which was to secure the execution of the law and respect for the law in Ireland. The Duke of Newcastle having hinted that an offer had been made to Mr. Keogh to fill the office of Solicitor-General for Ireland under the Derby Government, stated across the table the name of a noble Lord (believed to be Lord Naas), who had conveyed this offer to Mr. Keogh. The Earl of Derby hereupon denied that he had authorised any person to make such an offer to Mr. Keogh, and the same denial was also made by the Earl of Eglinton.

¶ 22 Leave a comment on paragraph 22 0 The Marquis of Clanricarde postponed his speech on the affairs of the East, on the ground of its possible inconvenience to great public interests.

¶ 23 Leave a comment on paragraph 23 0 The Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill passed through Committee. Two new clauses were inserted, one requiring omnibus proprietors to provide lamps at night time inside the vehicles, and the other suppressing advertising vans.

¶ 24 Leave a comment on paragraph 24 0 HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Friday, June 10.

¶ 25 Leave a comment on paragraph 25 0 Mr. Layard, in conformity with a wish expressed by Lord J. Russell, postponed his motion relative to Russia and Turkey.

¶ 26 Leave a comment on paragraph 26 0 On the order of the day for the second reading of the Succession-duty Bill, the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated the nature of the proposal of the Government with respect to corporate property. Corporations never died, and it was proposed, instead of a legacy duty every 25 or 30 years, to prepose a commutation in the shape of an annual tax. He proposed that ultimately, upon corporate property generally, there should be levied an annual tax of 6d. in the pound upon their net revenue, as an equivalent to the Succession-duty. For a period of seven years from last April, the tax would only be after the rate of 3d. in the pound; but after April 5, 1860, it would be 6d. in the pound. He proposed to exempt from the tax such of the revenues of municipal corporations as were derived from rates and taxes paid by the community, and to impose the tax only upon their realised property. In addition to municipal corporations, the companies of the city of London, academic corporations, and colleges and ecclesiastical corporations aggregate would all be dealt with under the rule he had described. With respect to religious corporations and religious and benevolent societies, which were supported in the main by annual donations and subscriptions, or by the proceeds of invested property, it was not proposed to subject them to the tax, except with respect to such of their property as should be derived from bequests, or as they had been in possession of anterior to the commencement of the present century. A question of considerable difficulty arose with reference to corporations sole, consisting exclusively of the clergy, incumbents of parishes, and bishops, namely, whether the provision for their support was to be regarded as corporate property, liable to the tax, or as made for the discharge of certain duties ? The Government were of opinion that the soundest view was to regard this species of property as a provision made for the discharge of duties, and that the succession thereto ought not to be taxed. Mr. Gladstone further stated (in reply to inquiries), that it was not intended to make any distinction between the corporation of the city of London and other municipal corporations; that it was not considered necessary that there should be any general registry of property with a view to the purposes of this measure ; that the revenues in the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and distributed by them for the purpose of providing for the wants of new districts, should be considered of the nature of official provisions, and not be liable to the duty; that endowments for any religious community other than the Established Church should enjoy the same benefit as corporations sole, and generally that such funds held in trust, where they were provisions bona fide for the discharge of official duties, would not be liable to the Succession-tax. He added that the Government deemed it more convenient to deal with all these matters in a separate bill.

¶ 27 Leave a comment on paragraph 27 0 The bill was then read a second time, with the understanding that the debate upon the principle of the bill should be taken on Monday.

¶ 28 Leave a comment on paragraph 28 0 The House went into Committee successively upon the Excise Duties on Spirits Bill and the Customs’ Duties on Spirits Bill.

¶ 29 Leave a comment on paragraph 29 0 On the motion of Mr. K. Seymer, the writ for Canterbury was farther suspended until the Sth of July.

¶ 30 Leave a comment on paragraph 30 0 HOUSE OF LORDS.—Monday.

¶ 31 Leave a comment on paragraph 31 0 The Earl of Ellenborough made a motion for correspondence an excuse for entering into a searching, severe, and unfriendly criticism of the bill for the future Government of India. He declared himself in favour of legislation during the present session. Earl Granville, in replying to the noble Lord, dwelt upon the palliatory circumstances in the rule of the East India directors, and hinted that the Governor- General of India had written home to warn the Government of the danger of postponing legislation until another year. Lord Monteagle protested against the practice of referring to a public document which was not upon the table of the House. The Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Earl of Albemarle also took part in the discussion. The motion was agreed to.

¶ 32 Leave a comment on paragraph 32 0 HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Monday.

¶ 33 Leave a comment on paragraph 33 0 Lord Stanley gave notice that on the second reading of the India Bill, on Thursday, the 23rd inst., he should move the following resolution, by way of amendment:—

¶ 34 Leave a comment on paragraph 34 0 That in the opinion of this House further information is necessary to enable Parliament to legislate with advantage for the permanent government of India, and that at this late period of the session it is inexpedient to proceed with a measure which, while it disturbs existing arrangements, cannot be considered as a final settlement (Cheers).

¶ 35 Leave a comment on paragraph 35 0 Lord J. Russell, in reply to an inquiry by Mr. Layard, said, the announcement which had appeared in the Moniteur, that the British fleet had received instructions to proceed towards the Dardanelles, was correct.

¶ 36 Leave a comment on paragraph 36 0 Lord J. Russell made an appeal to Mr. T. Duncombe to postpone his motion to-morrow on the subject of the occupation of Rome, and certain portions of the territory of Italy, by French and Austrian troops. In the present state of affairs in the East, there would be great public inconvenience in such a discussion. Mr. T. Duncombe acknowledged that, under present circumstances he had no alternative but to accede to the request and to postpone his motion (Hear, hear).

¶ 37 Leave a comment on paragraph 37 0 SUCCESSION DUTY BILL.

¶ 38 Leave a comment on paragraph 38 0 On the order for going into committee upon the Succession-duty Bill, Sir J. Pakington moved to defer its committal for six months. He argued that the measure aimed a blow at the aristocratic institutions of the country, and at the property which supported them; and that Parliament had no right to pass an ex post facto law to tax property already under settlement. The income of rateable property was £80,000,000 ; and the direct burdens thereupon amounted to between £14,000,000 and £15,000,000, but which might be more correctly taken at £17,500,000 a year; while the burdens upon personal property were under £4,000,000. He specified various instances in which real property was unequally burdened. In considering the machinery devised for collecting the duty, he insisted upon its inquisitorial character, and upon the tyrannical penal clauses of the bill, hoping and believing, he said, that, if Parliament should be so subservient as to pass the bill, the country would, by every lawful and legitimate means resist it.

¶ 39 Leave a comment on paragraph 39 0 A long debate ensued, in which the opposition to the bill was conducted with considerable warmth. Mr. Freshfield thought it obnoxious and mischievous; Mr. Mullings, one of the most dangerous measures ever introduced; Sir J. Walsh spoke of it as a boon to conciliate the extreme Democratic party; Mr. W. E. Duncombe, as necessitating the ultimate confiscation of landed property ; and Sir E. Dering, as more inquisitorial in its character, more complicated in its provisions, and more unjust to one class, than any bill that had ever been placed upon the table of the House. Sir J. Trollope opposed the bill in a speech of somewhat remarkable character, inasmuch as he protested against the exemption of corporations sole, with especial reference to the bishops and higher clergy. He spoke with great warmth of the vote given by the right. rev. prelates, in the House of Lords, in favour of the Government Bill, and

¶ 40 Leave a comment on paragraph 40 0 He thought that one of the most indelicate votes that could be given on their part (Hear,hear); and when the House knew that many of these right

¶ 41 Leave a comment on paragraph 41 0 rev. prelates were receiving more than three and four times as much as the Fcclesiastical Commissioners and Parliament had contemplated (Cheers from all sides of the House), he, for one, wished to ask if the country were prepared that they should be untouched, or that they should sit in judgment upon a Legislative measure from the operation of which they were altogether exempt (Hear, hear). He must say that his feeling of the stability of that principle under which they allowed right rev. and most rev. prelates to vote away the property of others, while they themselves escaped unscathed, was very much shaken (Loud cheers).

¶ 42 Leave a comment on paragraph 42 0 Mr. Headlam defended the bill; as did also Mr. R. Phillimore, who said that it did not become Sir J. Pakington to accuse the present Government, as he had done, of pandering to Radical passions, after the Radical and revolutionary speech he had uttered. Mr. W. Williams supported the bill, which repaired a gross injustice. He reproached Sir J. Pakington with having sustained this tax while confined to personal property, yet, when applied to real property, talking of rebelling against the authority of Parliament. Mr. Pellatt defended the bill as the keystone of the Budget, of which his constituents approved, though he did not think corporations sole should be altogether exempted from the Succession-duty.

¶ 43 Leave a comment on paragraph 43 0  Lord J. Russell said that, in entering upon the long-called-for revision of taxation, which could not be accomplished suddenly, it was natural to endeavour to correct an anomaly in. respect to the Legacy-duty, acknowledged by Mr. Pitt, and indirectly admitted by Mr. Disraeli in his financial statement, who avowed that a duty upon successions was under his consideration. Sir J. Pakington had inveighed against the principle and the injustice of this tax; but he had not been struck with this objection when the tax applied only to personal property ; and even now, although he wished to get rid of the bill, he did not propose to repeal the Legacy-duty. He (Lord John) thought the House and the country would generally agree, that if there was to be a Legacy-duty and Succession-duty, it should apply to all kinds of property.

¶ 44 Leave a comment on paragraph 44 0 The amendment was negatived by 268 to 185, and the House went into committee pro forma, to sit again on Thursday. 

¶ 45 Leave a comment on paragraph 45 0 HOUSE OF LORDS.—Tuesday.

¶ 46 Leave a comment on paragraph 46 0 The Royal assent was given by commission to the following bills:-

¶ 47 Leave a comment on paragraph 47 0 The Burghs (Scotland), the Sheriff and Commissary Courts (Berwickshire), the County Election Polls (Scotland), the Sales of Bullion, the Aggravated Assaults Bills, and to several private bills.

¶ 48 Leave a comment on paragraph 48 0 The Earl of Eglinton, on the part of Lord Naas, distinctly denied that he had ever offered the post of Solicitor-General to Mr. Keogh.

¶ 49 Leave a comment on paragraph 49 0 The Great Extramural Cemetery Association Bill was read a second time by a majority of one—the numbers being, for the bill, 37; against it, 36.

¶ 50 Leave a comment on paragraph 50 0 Lord Beaumont moved for correspondence between this country and the United States on the subject of the law of the State of South Carolina with regard to coloured seamen arriving at that port. The Earl of Clarendon admitted the serious nature of the grievances complained of, which it had been found impossible to remove by remonstrances with the Government of the United States, owing to a proviso in our commercial treaty. He was in hopes, that by remonstrance with the State itself, and trusting to the operation of time, the evil might be checked. The motion was then agreed to.

¶ 51 Leave a comment on paragraph 51 0 HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tuesday.

¶ 52 Leave a comment on paragraph 52 0 Mr. E. Ball gave notice, that he would on that day month move that the House should resolve itself into a committee of the whole House for the purpose of considering the duties on malt, with the view of making such alterations that the farmer may be exempted from duty on such quantities of malt as he may require for his own use made from barley grown on his own farm.

¶ 53 Leave a comment on paragraph 53 0 Sir J. Tyrell moved the issue of a new writ for Harwich. Sir J. V. Shelley, as an amendment, moved the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the state of the representation of the borough in question. Lord J. Russell recommended that the writ should issue, leaving it open to Sir John Shelley to bring in a bill to disfranchise the borough, or to move for a committee of inquiry—to either of which courses he would give his support. The new writ Was ordered by 247 to 145.

¶ 54 Leave a comment on paragraph 54 0 THE BALLOT.

¶ 55 Leave a comment on paragraph 55 0 Mr. H. Berkeley brought forward his annual motion for- leave to  bring in a bill to protect electors, by causing votes at Parliamentary elections to be taken by ballot. He declared that intimidation prevailed, at the last general election, upon a scale unusually extensive. Bribery was bad enough, but where there was one case of bribery, there were 5000 of intimidation. Against this species of influence there was no remedy whatever but the ballot; no law could protect the tenant at will, the tradesman, or the debtor; a practice so universal, a habit so inveterate, could be extinguished by secret voting alone. He cited, with playful criticisms, the denunciations uttered by members of the present Government against corruption and intimidation, and he challenged any one to show what democratic quality resided in a measure which was only the restoration of an usurped right. Secresy of voting secured the exercise of a constitutional privilege, and he called upon the House to restore to the people a chartered right, to which they were as much entitled as to the enjoyment of the sun’s rays.

¶ 56 Leave a comment on paragraph 56 0 Sir J. Shelley seconded the motion; which was also supported by Mr. J. Phillimore, Mr. Brady, Mr. Cobden, Sir R. Peel, and Mr. Bright; and opposed by Mr. E. Ball, Mr. S. Herbert, Lord A. Lennox, the Lord Advocate, and Lord J. Russell. It was contended by the opponents of the motion, that the ballot would not prevent intimidation, and that it would, probably, aggravate bribery. Lord J. Russell declared that a voter exercised a public trust, for which he was responsible to public opinion. With respect to the example of the United States, the policy of secret voting was matter of dispute. The Governor of New York having declared that bribery and corruption were making great advances in that State. Mr. Cobden reminded Mr. S. Herbert that nine years ago when he (Mr. Cobden) and his associates in the Corn- law agitation, brought on that question for discussion in the House of Commons, he was put forward by the Peel Government to represent its views, all of which he had the mortification, but manliness, two years afterwards, to renounce. He had no doubt the right hon. gentleman would make a similar confession of error in a year or two on this question. He entreated the Ministry to yield the ballot a fair practical trial, either by adopting it at the next contested election at Liverpool, or, at least, giving to constituencies the option of resorting to it or laying it aside, as a majority of them might think fit.

¶ 57 Leave a comment on paragraph 57 0 The House divided—first, upon the question of adjourning the debate, which was negatived by 329 to 65; and then upon the main question, which was also negatived by 232 to 172 ; so that the motion was lost.

¶ 58 Leave a comment on paragraph 58 0 HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Wednesday.

¶ 59 Leave a comment on paragraph 59 0 The Sale and Purchase of Land Bill was read a second time, and, on the motion of Mr. Drummond, was referred to the Select Committee on the Registration of Assurances Bill.

¶ 60 Leave a comment on paragraph 60 0 The House then went into committee on the Leasing Powers (Ireland) Bill.

¶ 61 Leave a comment on paragraph 61 0 The Combination of Workmen Bill was read a third time and passed.

¶ 62 Leave a comment on paragraph 62 0 The House then went into Committee upon the Soap-duties, when a resolution, to the effect that the Excise-duties upon soap should cease, was agreed to and reported, and leave was given to bring in a bill.

¶ 63 Leave a comment on paragraph 63 0 Mr. French obtained leave to bring in a bill to establish seamen’s savings-banks.

¶ 64 Leave a comment on paragraph 64 0 HOUSE OF LORDS.—Thursday.

¶ 65 Leave a comment on paragraph 65 0 In answer to Lord Panmure, the Duke of Newcastle said that the alterations made in the last ordinance sent out to the Cape of Good Hope might be comprised under three heads. In the first place, the franchise given by the ordinance of the present Government was £25; whereas in the former ordinance the franchise was £50: secondly, the qualification of members of the Council had been raised from £1000 to £2000 ; and lastly, the Houses of. Legislature of the colony had the power given them of making certain alterations modifications in their own Constitution, subject to the approval of her Majesty, even to the extent of dividing the legislative body into two the one for

¶ 66 Leave a comment on paragraph 66 0 the east and the other for the west.

¶ 67 Leave a comment on paragraph 67 0 On the motion of Lord Stanley of Alderley, Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill was read a third time, and passed.

¶ 68 Leave a comment on paragraph 68 0 Lord Brougham presented several petitions from certain of the clergy of the Established Church of Scotland, praying that oaths ^might be abolished, and affirmations taken in courts of justice. The noble Lord called the attention of the House to the subject ^{of oaths} generally; and said, although he did not think an entire abortion ^{of o}aths should take place, yet that some alteration was necessary. 

¶ 69 Leave a comment on paragraph 69 0 Lord Campbell also presented several petitions, and addressed the House, on the same subject.