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Article SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR FEBRUARY. ← Page 2 of 6 →
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Summary Of News For February.
noble and learned members of either House an opportunity of reviewing the political events of the last six months , occupied the first night . On the 4 th the answer to the address was brought up in the Commons , and on the following day in the Lords . On the 5 th Lord Cardigan brought under the notice of the Lords the attacks made upon his conduct in the Crimea by a staff officer ^ alleging that they had no foundation in fact .
On the 6 th the question of the renewal of the Bank Charter occupied the House of Commons , and Mr . Lowe introduced a new measure for the repeal of Passing Tolls . ' , '; " ¦ ' On the 9 th Sir George Grrey introduced and explained provisions of a new bill to modify the present system of secondary punishments . On the 10 th the Lord Chancellor introduced a series of measures for the transfer of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction in matters testamentary and marital to the civil courts / ¦ '
On the 12 th Sir Robert Peel entertainedrlh ^ House Commons with a jovial explanation of the after-dinner speech , in which he fell foul of certain high personages on the Continent . On the same evening Lord Palmerston ( having previously denied the fact ) acknowledged that there was a secret treaty between France and Austria , guaranteeing to the latter the possession of her Italian territories . Mr ; ! N " apier the same evening brought under the consideration of the House the necessity of establishing a department of public justice .
On the 13 th the Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced his budget , reduci ng the income-tax from Is . 4 d . to 7 d . in the pound sterling for three years , and arresting the decline of the duty on tea and sugar . On the 16 th Lord Campbell brought the law of libel before his brother peers , arguing for the exemption of newspaper reports from the responsibility of libel . On the same evening Mr . J . Sadlier was expelled the House of Commons for complicity in his brother ' s frauds .
On the 17 th the Marquis of Clanricarde called the attention of the Lords to the subject of our government in India . On the 18 th the question of National Education occupied the attention of the House of Commons . On the ' 19 th the extension of the franchise and the Maynooth grant were both debated in the House of Commons . On the former question G-overnment defeated Mr . Locke King's motion by a majority of thirteen , and on the latter question Mr . Spooner was put hors de combat by a majority of eight against his motion .
On the 20 th Mr . Disraeli moved an amendment on the budget , m which he was supported by Mr . Gladstone ; the debate occupied the whole of that evening , and was renewed on the 23 rd , when Government carried the day by a majority of eighty . On the 24 th the Earl of Derb y moved in the House of Lords a resolution condemnatory of the conduct of the British authorities at Canton , when a most animated debate ensued , which was postponed until the 26 th , when it was renewed by the Earl of Carnarvon in an able speech .
FOUEIGN . With reference to foreign events , the most worthy of mention during the month have been the execution oT Verger , on the 2 nd ; the arrangement for the withdrawal of the armies of occupation from Greece ; the amnesty published in Lombardy , by the Emperor , of Austria ; the proposal of the King of Naples to send his political prisoners to the Argentine Republic , as emigrants ; the attempted assassination of the Archbishop of Matera ; the opening of the French Legislature , by the Emperor , on the 16 th , and the investiture of the Sardinian officers with the Order of the Bath , by the British Minister at Turin .
LEGAL . On the 4 th , in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , was tried , with a verdict for the defendant , the case of Harrison v . Marquis of Bath , which was a plan to extort money froin hi » lordship for the concealment of his gallantries .
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Summary Of News For February.
noble and learned members of either House an opportunity of reviewing the political events of the last six months , occupied the first night . On the 4 th the answer to the address was brought up in the Commons , and on the following day in the Lords . On the 5 th Lord Cardigan brought under the notice of the Lords the attacks made upon his conduct in the Crimea by a staff officer ^ alleging that they had no foundation in fact .
On the 6 th the question of the renewal of the Bank Charter occupied the House of Commons , and Mr . Lowe introduced a new measure for the repeal of Passing Tolls . ' , '; " ¦ ' On the 9 th Sir George Grrey introduced and explained provisions of a new bill to modify the present system of secondary punishments . On the 10 th the Lord Chancellor introduced a series of measures for the transfer of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction in matters testamentary and marital to the civil courts / ¦ '
On the 12 th Sir Robert Peel entertainedrlh ^ House Commons with a jovial explanation of the after-dinner speech , in which he fell foul of certain high personages on the Continent . On the same evening Lord Palmerston ( having previously denied the fact ) acknowledged that there was a secret treaty between France and Austria , guaranteeing to the latter the possession of her Italian territories . Mr ; ! N " apier the same evening brought under the consideration of the House the necessity of establishing a department of public justice .
On the 13 th the Chancellor of the Exchequer introduced his budget , reduci ng the income-tax from Is . 4 d . to 7 d . in the pound sterling for three years , and arresting the decline of the duty on tea and sugar . On the 16 th Lord Campbell brought the law of libel before his brother peers , arguing for the exemption of newspaper reports from the responsibility of libel . On the same evening Mr . J . Sadlier was expelled the House of Commons for complicity in his brother ' s frauds .
On the 17 th the Marquis of Clanricarde called the attention of the Lords to the subject of our government in India . On the 18 th the question of National Education occupied the attention of the House of Commons . On the ' 19 th the extension of the franchise and the Maynooth grant were both debated in the House of Commons . On the former question G-overnment defeated Mr . Locke King's motion by a majority of thirteen , and on the latter question Mr . Spooner was put hors de combat by a majority of eight against his motion .
On the 20 th Mr . Disraeli moved an amendment on the budget , m which he was supported by Mr . Gladstone ; the debate occupied the whole of that evening , and was renewed on the 23 rd , when Government carried the day by a majority of eighty . On the 24 th the Earl of Derb y moved in the House of Lords a resolution condemnatory of the conduct of the British authorities at Canton , when a most animated debate ensued , which was postponed until the 26 th , when it was renewed by the Earl of Carnarvon in an able speech .
FOUEIGN . With reference to foreign events , the most worthy of mention during the month have been the execution oT Verger , on the 2 nd ; the arrangement for the withdrawal of the armies of occupation from Greece ; the amnesty published in Lombardy , by the Emperor , of Austria ; the proposal of the King of Naples to send his political prisoners to the Argentine Republic , as emigrants ; the attempted assassination of the Archbishop of Matera ; the opening of the French Legislature , by the Emperor , on the 16 th , and the investiture of the Sardinian officers with the Order of the Bath , by the British Minister at Turin .
LEGAL . On the 4 th , in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , was tried , with a verdict for the defendant , the case of Harrison v . Marquis of Bath , which was a plan to extort money froin hi » lordship for the concealment of his gallantries .