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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 41, 7 October 1867, Page 246

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>,- ;^fce\'-H6u!ii!»jOT:^wtrn'TOin^illiißß'3;.; ~'':.The--Karljof Malmesbupy, m iiiur thije. :^Wto^^nEks.^-tlteiikrVErt^ic^{7l>^V^io^^^v^ a ljt€^V4f • t ;»;|thfft'tniß^Blsbemei:^s ; ,&.?$ expedient id e &{|pipbi4aQi-jM|bi^bni^Miijt^j^ere vjinobie jarb avoybd < ? }i.oiliadE no alternative 'rkplan^of, his own to btterVas-Ja substitute .for <,:■ that of the Goyernmentii:; Af long debate Si i ensued ! ,,,Lord;: M^lmesbjiry7 :; pppQsi.ngi ~the / resolution ion,, tlxe igrpunci. - ksi-becomihg; ol‘ the.:Ho.u&e to. interfere at, tke -j (eleventh-; hour.t On.-dividing, thereappeared L: i .For the, amendment..,-;;; -,-. :y j. ;59 ;..* .•»;’!/ Against jb-.;-jj'j :? ;i-. •j.'i.y? ' .\: •/&•..•.; *OO >? ’ by L : A'motion brought forward FjOairnsj.thafc.inbcrQiighs. e turning: three, ;memb.efs ino,perßonj;Bho.ul!d .’y.ote for more thaa.Two, >and:in The-cityof

.Xipdon fop. more than three candidates, v-Ttie ; motion > .which > .:’WS3>opppsed .by .the j.Earl of Maimeshuryjvgaye , i;iso .to ; s.ome , discussion, and ,waa carried:... by. to; 51 ' votes.. A further proposition. from Lord vizi, that .the lodger .franchise be --. raised from £lO to£ls, has been accepted 1 by the Earl of Malmesbury on the part of the' Government., .This, it will be-seen

.; entirely ; alters the bill, and .will, lead to 1 strong debates if the bill .so amended,is tQ th o House of .Cqmmons. ;. - t, . Ijord Stretford de Redcliife has at the - request .of the Earl of Derby snd Earl Russell, withdrawn his motion on the . death of the Emperor Maximilian. ..*3ilh reply to .the. Marquis of.Clanricarde, < tlieJEarl of Derby announced that, in the , pase of the Tprnado, a new trial had been ordered by the Spanish Qourts —the trial had; howeyey, not. yet commenced, and ;from. what he could understand, neither -party seemed anxious to being . : the case to < trial: on its merits. The . Government _ would not Jose sight of the question.

- A motion which., was brought forward .by Mr Headlam iu the House,of Commons -to the effect that an humble address.be, ■ presented; to Her Majesty, stating that in ■ the opinion of the House the demand: for compensation: from the .Spanish Governezhent made ,in respect to: the destruction • ( ef. the Mermaid was just and right, and

-.that the demand should be persisted in, -has-been withdrawn at the request of Lord Stanley,-, who. cpnsidered that - wo great tpowers-should not be involved an .yr&r until every other means pf arriving .at a satisfactory.conciusiqp.hadbeen;.exhausted. In answer; .to bjr. Six* J. Pak-. ington said.the" number.of rx|les converted in the Snider. "'wise'"’2l6,223.’ There remained 0 be converted'll4,237. The daily rate of conversion was 1,100. • v * In committee of tW'w3j o l e "House; authority: has been given bp' raise £IOO,OOO pn terminable annuities- for the-fortifica-tions, £ISU,QOO of which. Sir J.- Pakington "explained would fie ‘expended ph iron ihields'. ; ; '

THE REFORM BILL. v The passage pftheßeform Bill in the 'House of Compions is the tbeme of rpiparki jn-Londoh'journals of the 16th iTuly. ' Aft'er Beventeeu. weeks of-discussion,-..the bifinpwj goes up ; for review. to the other branch ~pf the legislature. TFe Hkiei * ‘‘ The bill **>97 - prove to. be - perfectly' safe, 7 and more, than safe, -iirits operation.; It may-improye the character ;of the'House of’Commons at th'esame time that ifc -will widen the base of the Constitution by putting on the-register a large -proportioridf the f adulli : pbpulatipn'oftUis'cduntryj- We hope and - belies o it will* produce these happy results. Independent members} are justifiedah supporting it; and,'aa they have Bupported it, in the confidence thit- it ! will : produce these Results; BuFtheye remains the factj Undeuiable and inexplicable;'.that the sponsors of tji o . bilL were-pit/dged' to . ppposebhe yery pjeasure they h^f^.h^d; . and had dedire^- unalteHble|'.bbßtriity- K ifco .1 the Bcheme they; 'haye since 'submitted to fhe.Houseof Commona.” * .■> ; ' * ’Erom’ a leading urtiiciein'*^^the, : Hews,'we , pxtraot the following irr£f ■' <-';•* : ' “The hilliri its present shape ik not’the 3 iplfividu«4 : /^tKcjr; i;, tfud' least pf ah can .Mr Disraeli claiik.its parfeiifagef it is the produpt of piii’tyHyalry andpopular agitation, ■ bf. ambition ’■knd ; fea r >' i/ °f Weanness and impatiekce,.ak : dj;leti us'hope; pf thatTrovidekceTfhkt; shape®" mak’skrids; iough-he,w-;tkeki-as. hb 'will. 1 tfTbe'^virk' 1 mekt ana the' Cbps'eyvative 1 pf: desighing what tfiey'have accpinpliihed’, aimed at sometlnng brecieely the ; reverse: . The; manner ah: which; they ha-yte-outwitted ■ ,rfhcmselves Is ;> suffikiektly'’ ob'vipks; l ; ;Tke'y ;.T^bt^t.tha.tbb o: R e fmpable; of^; 1 : prikoi-" widest 7 hp' v i ,e^ o ; ah , d ; : enr ; ? ?I* o ke; . Mr v .aGcej^ted- 1 ■ evkkk . bpiikagkks .•;.,pld';t^efseemß|a :^YblkHpk^il:fie:mini^ißr.' Vhk-ptQ^laitne®ltl^':ni^pipn;^q;c^ekk^k

nanpe^MhejrbalanneVpf.icl&sses^aud^^ho snmptiyehtueßs for ‘itp ejcercise, j now "casts aside ali disef imikation;':; ;its leader openly, traiuples- on ‘ and fast : :line ; which,;to^-spmedegree, i marks.the mjHkctipm-betweektyv'ealth.andi indigence, thef intelligekce of the skilled;arl.i-i of-the nnt of/the present hiU^wprkdt,; v we^ sure^pffdistribiutiphj^-he found to |;o" beyond the .lirpitS: of kkjfk-''9kd-.-;^neH^l; l ieifQriih;j > but i the pn. : which; it. is baskd have no s limits at all.v si V

• Tlia London Htar -(Bright organ) asks what the Lordkwill ddi' and says there are i^n^|alrekhi®’,?3^pto“iß;- i bf a .hea-yy talk futile ,protest bofore they alloiw the bilf tp become law- Hut. to this authority the 'epuntry, would not endure a-senpus : mangling of reform at the hands of| the; House of . Lords.

• , &;r .TS[E„ SpLDIEB-’S PAT. .. .., 'Pseeb is great-joy in Aldersliott, and ail over the world, no doubt, - as Sir John Pakington’s memorandum circulates from atatiop tq.atatiph, concerning the accumulated twopenees which will" be poured into the lap; of .the: soldiers of the Queen. It will give; many, a man a chance of wiping off arrears and starting- fair; it will prove the basis of a little bank account to others,; to some—how many; we dare not anticipate—it will be so much money to spend in the Alehouse, the'canteen, and cognate resorts. The conduct of.the soldier, and the way in which,heiuses his money, will be fair tests of the condition of the soldier’s mind*' Now, he is by far the best paid soldier in the.world. Eed, beyond comparison, with rations such as no foreign army dreams of; with a system of rewards carried to the greatest extent possible ; well lodged and well clad; a provision secured for old age, if he remains in the service; with a status in public estimation greater than it ever. was before ; with prospects such as never existed of pi'omotion in and from" the non-commissioned classes ; and with a certainty of employment if he leaves with a good character. The British soldier, with his canteens, institutions, lectures, recreation grounds, gardens, medical supervision and care, is beyond doubt, one of the most looked after, if not tlie best off, of the human family.—Army and Ifayy Gazette.

POST-OFFICE ALTERATIONS. Tke British Postmaster-General has issued the following notice, ' “ At the request of the Government of Victoria, the transmission" in the. mails se,nt via Panama, of newspapers, books, and packets of patterns or samples of mer chandise, addressed to the Colony of Victoria, will be discontinued, and, in future, only such letters and packets will be sent to Victoria by as are fully prepaid at the Tetter, rate of postage, viz., sixpence, per half- ounce, and are specially addressed to be so forwarded. No altertion will be made; as regards the transmission of newspapers, books of patterns in the mails via Suez.”

: •••Mrs. YELVERTON’S CASE. In the House of Lords, on the 27th of June, Miss Long worth, alias thehon. Mrs Yelyertoh,. appeared in forma, pauperis as appellant in this long-disputed case, and pleaded her, own. cause. . The case came before, their hardships on a curious point The question whether a marriage hadrtaken place between the parties having been determined by their lordships in the previous appeal adversely to Miss Long worth, or, as she still claims to be, Mrs Yelyerton. she applied "to , the pourt of Session in Scotland to;refer;the matter to the ; oa(h of the respondent, the Hon. MajorY elverton, eldest son of Viscount Avohmore, whom : she claims as her-husband. Court of Session haying refused her application, the lady lodged the present appeal; The law lqrds present werk Lord'Chancellor, Lord Cranwqrth, Lord West bury, and LordColonsay The appellant,.yvko was dressed in ,a light grey silk, with a light black lace shawl, and ..bonnet of ; similar; material, took her place at'the baiy and in the'absence of her counsel:cqnducted‘h.er casewithgreat effect: ..' Mrs- Yelvertbnr cqnclkdkd~her 'case on July .9 with .a very able speech, in which she ?said' : thate.this.mnfort.uhate case had brought tolight the anomalous state,of .the m arriage law. of eth ree ki n gdom s-a purelykcivil contraot In Scotland, the marriage law. in Ireland: was; a tyrannical, fanatical religious::one. ; She, concluded:.in these me. the.relief I seek, this is but the renewal of strife:; but my:heart.and. soul are.yowed tojlive or perish in. the truth, and until ;it is hrecognised i the light of. heaven ; cannot shiue for me or the lap of earth, cradle me in its sweetnees. « ‘ Yet will - I.not argue gainAfc r Ty es* ven*s ; decree, nor bate; one jot of heart kr. liope, but-stillLbear up and steer have ma'demy last :ap : . peal to your lordships;;.: 'but nay prayer will ever;:be' ‘t/ r Mdica , Mje, I)eus y et .discerne de -gente ujfonj.jsdncf dfqh Aqmine'.miariiQ et dolosg erue .Th..*; - Howiphaimeilo.r.lntimated: that their lordships • would .take time .to consider their [judgmenE'ij. ki ' ■* C‘->\ .■ ■-■• ;• ':= ■ ;-,-• - have since given jujdgmekt qn;. the aboyeicase.: ;The point ;toni : 4t|iyks ‘alleg;eH:;by ; the Appellant, jhad-: Btaied;;m . the presence ; ; qf- a* person; Binpk^eadj'T^ Miss Lpn^;worth should- be put, hpon