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Summary Of News For December
On the 4 th , in the House of Lords , there was a regular Church squabble between the Bishop of Oxford and the Earl of Shaftesbury , in reference to the noble earl ' s Beligious Worship Bill interfering with the present parochial system . In the House of Commons , Mr . Monckton Milnes called attention to the condition of certain British subjects now prisoners at Salerno , in the kingdom of Naples . There was also a long currency debate upon the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for leave to bring in the Bill of Indemnity .
On the 7 th , the time of the House of Lords was in part taken up with a personal explanation , in reference to Mr . Vernon Smith ' s capacity as a statesman . The administration of India , too , was ably reviewed . In the Commons ' , Lord Palmerston explained the circumstances connected with the imprisonment of the Englishmen by the King of Naples . This was followed by another currency debate on the second reading of the Indemnity Bill .
On the 8 th , a message from her Majesty was read hi each House of the Legislature , asking their co-operation in granting a pension of £ 1 , 000 per annum to Sir H . Havelock . Some disappointment was expressed that the pension was not larger , and extended to his son . In the Lords ' , the Earl of Shaftesbury explained the provisions of his Religious Worship Bill ; and in the Commons ' , the question of limited liability in joint-stock banking . was fully discussed , and the Indemnity Bill went through committee .
On the 9 th both Houses sat for a short time . The Lords received the Indemnity Bill , and gave it its first reading , on its being brought up from the Commons , by whom it w ^ is that day read a third time and passed . On the 10 th , the Indemnity Bill was read a second time by the Lords . In the Commons ' , Lord John Bussell introduced a new measure for the emancipation of the Jews , and Sir H . Havelook ' s Pension Bill was read a second time .
On the 11 th , the renewal of the slave-trade under the disguise of free emigration was warmly condemned by the Lords . Their lordships also read the Indemnity Bill a third time , and passed it . In the Commons ' , on the motion for the reappointment of the Currency Committee of last session , the whole question of the Bank Charter Act was ably reviewed , On the 12 th , the royal assent was given by commission to the Bank Issue Indemnity Bill , and both Houses adjourned until the 4 th of February .
FOREIGN . In the foreign intelligence of the month , the most important events have been the birth of the Prince of the Asturias , heir to the throne of Spain , and the triumph of progress both in Belgium and in Piedmont , notwithstanding the strong opposition of those who advise a retrograde policy . The question of the Danubian Principalities still remains unsettled . The French parliament , as well as our own , has met to register the decrees of the Emperor , and Count Morny , as President of one of the Chambers , made an opening speech , betraying a strong Russian bias .
The King of Naples has not as yet brought the English engineers captured on board the Sardinian steamer to trial , nor is there the least sign of his coming to better terms with this country or France . In Portugal , the young king is every day adding to his popularity by his magnanimous conduct , and extensive preparations are on foot for the celebration of his marriage . In Russia , improvement is the order of the day , and in the latest accounts from St . Petersburg , we learn of the Czar ' s intention to abolish serfdom . On the : 25 th , the President ' s message was published in the London morning papers : it cannot , on the whole , be considered a satisfactory state paper .
THE WAR . There can now bo no doubt that the mutiny in India is fast subsiding . Since we last adverted to the subject , we have had laid before us the details of the siege of Delhi , which incontrovertibly establish the military character of the British people . VOL . III . 7 ( 1
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Summary Of News For December
On the 4 th , in the House of Lords , there was a regular Church squabble between the Bishop of Oxford and the Earl of Shaftesbury , in reference to the noble earl ' s Beligious Worship Bill interfering with the present parochial system . In the House of Commons , Mr . Monckton Milnes called attention to the condition of certain British subjects now prisoners at Salerno , in the kingdom of Naples . There was also a long currency debate upon the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for leave to bring in the Bill of Indemnity .
On the 7 th , the time of the House of Lords was in part taken up with a personal explanation , in reference to Mr . Vernon Smith ' s capacity as a statesman . The administration of India , too , was ably reviewed . In the Commons ' , Lord Palmerston explained the circumstances connected with the imprisonment of the Englishmen by the King of Naples . This was followed by another currency debate on the second reading of the Indemnity Bill .
On the 8 th , a message from her Majesty was read hi each House of the Legislature , asking their co-operation in granting a pension of £ 1 , 000 per annum to Sir H . Havelock . Some disappointment was expressed that the pension was not larger , and extended to his son . In the Lords ' , the Earl of Shaftesbury explained the provisions of his Religious Worship Bill ; and in the Commons ' , the question of limited liability in joint-stock banking . was fully discussed , and the Indemnity Bill went through committee .
On the 9 th both Houses sat for a short time . The Lords received the Indemnity Bill , and gave it its first reading , on its being brought up from the Commons , by whom it w ^ is that day read a third time and passed . On the 10 th , the Indemnity Bill was read a second time by the Lords . In the Commons ' , Lord John Bussell introduced a new measure for the emancipation of the Jews , and Sir H . Havelook ' s Pension Bill was read a second time .
On the 11 th , the renewal of the slave-trade under the disguise of free emigration was warmly condemned by the Lords . Their lordships also read the Indemnity Bill a third time , and passed it . In the Commons ' , on the motion for the reappointment of the Currency Committee of last session , the whole question of the Bank Charter Act was ably reviewed , On the 12 th , the royal assent was given by commission to the Bank Issue Indemnity Bill , and both Houses adjourned until the 4 th of February .
FOREIGN . In the foreign intelligence of the month , the most important events have been the birth of the Prince of the Asturias , heir to the throne of Spain , and the triumph of progress both in Belgium and in Piedmont , notwithstanding the strong opposition of those who advise a retrograde policy . The question of the Danubian Principalities still remains unsettled . The French parliament , as well as our own , has met to register the decrees of the Emperor , and Count Morny , as President of one of the Chambers , made an opening speech , betraying a strong Russian bias .
The King of Naples has not as yet brought the English engineers captured on board the Sardinian steamer to trial , nor is there the least sign of his coming to better terms with this country or France . In Portugal , the young king is every day adding to his popularity by his magnanimous conduct , and extensive preparations are on foot for the celebration of his marriage . In Russia , improvement is the order of the day , and in the latest accounts from St . Petersburg , we learn of the Czar ' s intention to abolish serfdom . On the : 25 th , the President ' s message was published in the London morning papers : it cannot , on the whole , be considered a satisfactory state paper .
THE WAR . There can now bo no doubt that the mutiny in India is fast subsiding . Since we last adverted to the subject , we have had laid before us the details of the siege of Delhi , which incontrovertibly establish the military character of the British people . VOL . III . 7 ( 1