-
Articles/Ads
Article PARLIAMENTARY ANALYSIS. ← Page 22 of 23 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Parliamentary Analysis.
19 ft—Mr . Hume moved that Lieut .-Col . Fairman , the Deputy Grand Secretary to the Grand Orange Lodge of England , be called to the bar , he having refused to produce the letter-book of the lodge . Col . Fairman having been called , said that he had offered to make selections from the copies of correspondence in his possession ; but the book he did not produce even to the Committee of the Grand Lodge , and should not if they asked for it . He now refused to produce the book containing correspondence on the subject of Orange Lod and he did
ges , so on public grounds . He would not produce copies of all the letters regarding Orange Lodges , because he would not act under theinfluence of threat , be the consequences what they might . Col . Perceval moved that the short-hand writer should be instructed to read over to Col . Fairman the questions and answers put to him and made by him before the Committee and in the House . The Chancellor of
the Exchequer resisted this proposition , as tending to establish a dangerous precedent . After a long conversation , Col . Perceval said he should protest against compelling the witness to produce his private letter-book , as the exertion of a despotic power . The House divided on Colonel Perceval ' s proposition . The numbers were—ayes , 19 ; noes , 129 ; majority against it , 110 . —Col . Fairman was again examined , and again Tefused to produce the book . Mr . Wallace , quoting a precedent , moved that the Colonel betaken into the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms , with the view of next moving that the Serjeant and officers of the House
go with the witness to his residence , and their seize all books and papers , seal them , and bring them to the House , there to be examined by a Select Committee , to separate those that bore upon the question of Orange Lodges , and to forward them to the Committee thereon . Col . Fairman being further examined , said that the book was in his possession at his residence , but he would not say where there . The Colonel again withdrew , and a long and somewhat stormy discussion arose on the subject . It was , however , eventually determined that Lieut .-Col . Fairman should be called in and informed that it was the opinion of the House that lie was bound to produce the book . He again refused , and was thereupon
ordered to withdraw . 20 ft Mr . Hume brought up a report from the Committee on Orange Lodges , stating that Col . Fairman persisted in his intention of not giving up the book , and moved that he be taken into the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms . Mr . Warburton further moved that the Serjeant-at-Arms do go to the residence of Col . Fairman , and there seize and take possession of the book . The former was agreed to . Mr . Hume gave notice of a motion to enforce the production of the book . —Mr . Serjeant Jackson moved the third reading of the Clandestine
Marriages Bill . Mr . Poulter moved the omission of clause 2 . The House divided , and the numbers were—ayes , 33 ; noes , 21 . The clause was then struck out , and the Bill was read a third time . 21 s / . —The Serjeant-at-Arms informed the House that on the receipt of the Speaker ' s warrant last night , he proceeded with two messengers to the residence of Col . Fairman , but the Colonel was not at home . The messengers had since made diligent search , but had , up to the present time , been unable to apprehend 'Col . Fairman . —Malpas ' s Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed . 31 st Lord J . Russell declared his intention to acquiesce in all the amendments their Lordships had introduced , with one or two exceptions . To the election of aldermen and town-clerks for life be could not consent , although he
had no objection to having them elected for six years . The same thing he might say with respect to the Corporation justices , whom the amendments of the other House would convert into justices for life . He should recommend also that the ¦ boroughs to be divided into wards should be those that had 9 , 000 instead of 6 , 000 inhabitants . He would also reject the amendment which gave the nomination of justices to the Crown instead of the town councils . The division of boroughs into wards , and the settling of boundaries , he should entrust to the Revising Barristerssubject to the approbation of the Privy Council . He could
, not accede to the qualification for town councillors , introduced in the motion of Lord Lyndhurst , but submitted to that of the Earl of Devon . Neither could he ¦ concur in the amendment by which it was proposed that none of the governing ¦ body of the Municipal Corporations , who were not members of the Established
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Parliamentary Analysis.
19 ft—Mr . Hume moved that Lieut .-Col . Fairman , the Deputy Grand Secretary to the Grand Orange Lodge of England , be called to the bar , he having refused to produce the letter-book of the lodge . Col . Fairman having been called , said that he had offered to make selections from the copies of correspondence in his possession ; but the book he did not produce even to the Committee of the Grand Lodge , and should not if they asked for it . He now refused to produce the book containing correspondence on the subject of Orange Lod and he did
ges , so on public grounds . He would not produce copies of all the letters regarding Orange Lodges , because he would not act under theinfluence of threat , be the consequences what they might . Col . Perceval moved that the short-hand writer should be instructed to read over to Col . Fairman the questions and answers put to him and made by him before the Committee and in the House . The Chancellor of
the Exchequer resisted this proposition , as tending to establish a dangerous precedent . After a long conversation , Col . Perceval said he should protest against compelling the witness to produce his private letter-book , as the exertion of a despotic power . The House divided on Colonel Perceval ' s proposition . The numbers were—ayes , 19 ; noes , 129 ; majority against it , 110 . —Col . Fairman was again examined , and again Tefused to produce the book . Mr . Wallace , quoting a precedent , moved that the Colonel betaken into the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms , with the view of next moving that the Serjeant and officers of the House
go with the witness to his residence , and their seize all books and papers , seal them , and bring them to the House , there to be examined by a Select Committee , to separate those that bore upon the question of Orange Lodges , and to forward them to the Committee thereon . Col . Fairman being further examined , said that the book was in his possession at his residence , but he would not say where there . The Colonel again withdrew , and a long and somewhat stormy discussion arose on the subject . It was , however , eventually determined that Lieut .-Col . Fairman should be called in and informed that it was the opinion of the House that lie was bound to produce the book . He again refused , and was thereupon
ordered to withdraw . 20 ft Mr . Hume brought up a report from the Committee on Orange Lodges , stating that Col . Fairman persisted in his intention of not giving up the book , and moved that he be taken into the custody of the Serjeant-at-Arms . Mr . Warburton further moved that the Serjeant-at-Arms do go to the residence of Col . Fairman , and there seize and take possession of the book . The former was agreed to . Mr . Hume gave notice of a motion to enforce the production of the book . —Mr . Serjeant Jackson moved the third reading of the Clandestine
Marriages Bill . Mr . Poulter moved the omission of clause 2 . The House divided , and the numbers were—ayes , 33 ; noes , 21 . The clause was then struck out , and the Bill was read a third time . 21 s / . —The Serjeant-at-Arms informed the House that on the receipt of the Speaker ' s warrant last night , he proceeded with two messengers to the residence of Col . Fairman , but the Colonel was not at home . The messengers had since made diligent search , but had , up to the present time , been unable to apprehend 'Col . Fairman . —Malpas ' s Divorce Bill was read a third time and passed . 31 st Lord J . Russell declared his intention to acquiesce in all the amendments their Lordships had introduced , with one or two exceptions . To the election of aldermen and town-clerks for life be could not consent , although he
had no objection to having them elected for six years . The same thing he might say with respect to the Corporation justices , whom the amendments of the other House would convert into justices for life . He should recommend also that the ¦ boroughs to be divided into wards should be those that had 9 , 000 instead of 6 , 000 inhabitants . He would also reject the amendment which gave the nomination of justices to the Crown instead of the town councils . The division of boroughs into wards , and the settling of boundaries , he should entrust to the Revising Barristerssubject to the approbation of the Privy Council . He could
, not accede to the qualification for town councillors , introduced in the motion of Lord Lyndhurst , but submitted to that of the Earl of Devon . Neither could he ¦ concur in the amendment by which it was proposed that none of the governing ¦ body of the Municipal Corporations , who were not members of the Established