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The Week.
Eai-1 Granville replied that several of the bills were continuance bills , and would not require any deliberation ; and , with regard to the rest , he could not then say which of them would be abandoned . On the order for considering the Commons' reasons for disagreeing ¦ to their Lordships' amendments on the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill , the Lord Chancellor moved that the House should accept the reasons of the Commons for their disagreement , and consent to allow certain of their Lordships' amendments to be struck ont .
Lord Cranworth opposed the motion , urging the arguments which had been advanced so often before against saddling the country with the' salary of a chief judge before it was known that the services of such a functionary were necessary . The noble and learned lord concluded by moving that the clause inserted by the Commons be again struck out . After some discussion , their lordships then divided on the question the House do insist upon its amendmentsso far as the same related to the office
, , duties , and powers of tho chief judge , which was negatived by 80 to 46 . The Lord Chancellor next put the question that their lordships insist upon their amendments relating to the official and creditors' assignees . Lord Chelmsford said he should not trouble the House by dividing upon the point , as he thought the mercantile community were entitled to . have their wishes consulted in the matter . The question was then putand their lordshi'
amend-, ps ments were not insisted upon . The other bills on the paper were forwarded a stage . ——On Monday , the Appropriation of Seats Bill passed through Committee . Lord Stratheden proposed that the measure be referred to a Select Committee , but this amendment was opposed by Lord Derby ; who , however , took the opportunity of recommending the Government never to attempt another Reform Bill without being perfectly assured that they could carry
it through both Houses . Lord Granville agreed wito the noble Earl that no Government should , without reasonable hope of being able to pass such a measure , pledge themselves to the introduction of a Reform Bill . Lord Stratheden then withdrew his amendment , and the various clauses of the bill were , as shaped by the House of Commons , agreed to . The Municipal Act Amendment Bill was opposed by several Conservative Peers , but , on a division , the second reading was carried by a majority of 17 . A large
number of bills were advanced a stage , including the Irremovable Poor Bill , which was read a third time , and passed . On Tuesday , the Corporations Act Amendment Bill passed through Committee , Lord Wensleydale having , without success , endeavoured to secure the rejection of the clauses relating to the granting of licenses , and according to Mayors the right of precedence at meetings of the local magistrates . A number of other bills were advanced a stage . At the morning sitting of the HOUSE OF COMMONS on Thursday ,
the 25 th ult ., General Peel made a statement relative to the excess in the military expenditure of the year ending- the 31 st March , to which Mr . Gladstone and Mr . Baring replied . The House ultimately went into committee of supply , but only for a short time . In the evening Mr . Layard brought under the notice of Sir Charles AVood the claims of the Nawab of the Carnatic , and represented to him their urgent character , the right lion , gentleman promised to inquire fully into the case . The House having gone into committee
on the East India Loan , Sir Charles Wood stated that , in applying for a discretionary power to raise money for railroads in India , he would pledge himself that every sixpence should be expended in that object ; and he said that it was to the interest of all parties that these works should be completed as speedily as possible . He then made his statement in reference to the finances of India . Mr .
Laing estimated that there would be a deficit in the current year of only a quarter of a million , but he ( Sir C Wood ) thought that this was too favourable a view , and he anticipated that there would be a deficit of about a million . Power was given to raise a further £ 5 , 000 , 000 by way of loan , should it be required . On Friday , the House went into committee of supply at its morning sitting . There was some discussion on the vote of a million to defray the extraordinary expenses of the war in China . Mr .
Gladstone explained that no part of this vote would be employed to meet the claims of British merchants in China . A vote of £ 60 , 692 was taken to complete AVestminster bridge . On the proposal that a sum of £ 250 , 000 should be voted towards defraying the expenses of building iron ships by contract and plating- wooden ships , Lord Clarence Paget made a somewhat lengthy speech , in which he asked that the Government should be authorized to begin the construction of a number of these vessels during the
recess . The total cost of the work contemplated would he said , amount to £ 2 , 455 , 251 , all of which , save the £ 250 , 000 now voted , would have to be provided in future years . After some discussion , tho further consideration of the vote was postponed till the evening sitting , when it was agreed to . In the evening Mr . Harvey Lewis interrogated the Home Secretary respecting the case of Thomas Carter , who was sentenced by two magistrates at Ryde to three weeks' imprisonment for sleeping in the open air . Sir G . C Lewis , in reply , stated that he had written to the
magistrates several days ago , calling upon them to draw up a report on the case , but he had received no answer , and had accordingly addressed them another letter . Mr . Buxton called attention to the increase of the African slave trade , and urged upon the Government the importance of appointing a consul at Mozambique , and of adopting other suitable measures , with a view to check that hideous traffic , and to encourage legitimate trade . After a long discussionLord Palmerston lained the views of
, exp the Government , both with regard to the French Coolie Treaty and the Slave Trade , in relation to Spain and Portugal . He said that it was impossible that the House could too often or too strongly express its disapproval of the continuance of this abominable traffic . The employment of force had operated as a check to a certain extent , but the trade could never be entirely extinguished except by the progress of opinion among the nations of the world .
Her Majesty's Government had urged upon Portugal the necessity of exerting herself in the matter , and she had done all she could ; but it should be remembered that her sea-board in Africa was enormous , and that it would be impossible to watch every portion of it . It was to the interest . of Portugal herself to suppress the slave trade . Not so , however , with Spain , in whose Island of Cuba , he regretted to say , the trade still flourished in all its horrors . AA'ith regard to the proposition for a British consul at Mozambi
que , the climate was most unhealthy , and he did not think any practical good would result from such an appointment , but the subject should not escape the attention of the Government . The House met on Saturday for about two hours . On the motion that the report of supply agreed to on the previous evening be received , Mr . Cowper , in reply to Lord W . Lennox , promised that he would not spend money in enlarging the National Gallery without the sanction of Parliament . The Public Offices Site Bill passed through committee ,
and the business of tho sitting was terminated by Mr . Bernal Osborne calling attention to the injury which some of the frescoes in the Houses of Parliament had sustained . On Monday , Mr . Gregory endeavoured to elicit from Lord Palmerston the intentions of the Government with respect to the renewal of the Galway contract , but the noble A iscount said that no decision could be arrived at on the subject until the evidence taken before the Select Committee was printed . He added , however , that Galway was the most eligible point on the Irish coast for an Atlantic packet station . In reply to another question from the member for Galway , Lord Palmerston said he had no official information of the conveyance of
goods contraband of war to America by the Kangaroo , or of the opening of a federal loan on the Stock Exchange . The House then preceeded with the orders of the day , and a number of bills were advanced a stage . On Tuesday , the House sat only two hours , and the business transacted possessed little general interest . In reply to Mr . Darby Griffith , Lord Palmerston declined to produce the despatches of Mr . Dunlop , who was recalled from his di plomatic mission at Pesth , on the demand of the Austrian Government .
'The noble Lord said these despatches were of a confidential character , and could not be made public , as Her Majesty's Government wished to occupy a strictly neutral position with reference to the controversy between Francis Joseph and bis Hungarian subjects . In Committee on the Statute Law Revision Bill—a measure intended to sweep away obsolete acts—Mr . Hennessy proposed that the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill be inserted in the schedule . On a division , howeverthe proposit- found to have onlfour supporters
, . on was y against sixty-nine dissentients . On AA ednesday , Cowper stated that , in the bill which he proposed to introduce next year , the execution of the plan for the embankment of the Thames , recommended by the Royal Commission , would be entrusted to the Metropolitan Board of Works . At a subsequent period , Sir J . A . Shelley expressed a decided opinion that if the Board of AA orks were to be entrusted with the task of carrying out the embankment
scheme , they should have a voice in choosing the plan itself , and not be required to play the part simply of Master Masons . Some further discussion took place on this point , which Mr . Cowper deprecated , on the ground that the whole question would come before Parliament duaing the next session . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —During the past week the number of deaths in the metropolis was 1207 , which was a slight increase on the week preceding , but still not over the estimated average . In
the same period there were registered the births of 1 S 04 children—920 boys and 878 girls . The barometer showed a mean hei ght of 29 ' 57 l inches , and the thermometer a temperature of 61-1 degrees . Lord John Russell ' s elevation to the peerage is gazetted , and the noble Earl—as we must now style him—took his seat in the House of Lords , for the first time , last night . He was introduced by Lord Granville and Lord Strafford . ——The city of London , election is over , and the Liberal party rejoices in a solid succes , Mr .
AVood being returned by a majority of 506 . The Lord Mayor is therefore out of Parliament . Mr . Coles , the conservative candidate , has been elected for Andover . AVe regret to hear that Lord Herbert has derived no benefit f . om his visit to Spa , iu Belgium .
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The Week.
Eai-1 Granville replied that several of the bills were continuance bills , and would not require any deliberation ; and , with regard to the rest , he could not then say which of them would be abandoned . On the order for considering the Commons' reasons for disagreeing ¦ to their Lordships' amendments on the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill , the Lord Chancellor moved that the House should accept the reasons of the Commons for their disagreement , and consent to allow certain of their Lordships' amendments to be struck ont .
Lord Cranworth opposed the motion , urging the arguments which had been advanced so often before against saddling the country with the' salary of a chief judge before it was known that the services of such a functionary were necessary . The noble and learned lord concluded by moving that the clause inserted by the Commons be again struck out . After some discussion , their lordships then divided on the question the House do insist upon its amendmentsso far as the same related to the office
, , duties , and powers of tho chief judge , which was negatived by 80 to 46 . The Lord Chancellor next put the question that their lordships insist upon their amendments relating to the official and creditors' assignees . Lord Chelmsford said he should not trouble the House by dividing upon the point , as he thought the mercantile community were entitled to . have their wishes consulted in the matter . The question was then putand their lordshi'
amend-, ps ments were not insisted upon . The other bills on the paper were forwarded a stage . ——On Monday , the Appropriation of Seats Bill passed through Committee . Lord Stratheden proposed that the measure be referred to a Select Committee , but this amendment was opposed by Lord Derby ; who , however , took the opportunity of recommending the Government never to attempt another Reform Bill without being perfectly assured that they could carry
it through both Houses . Lord Granville agreed wito the noble Earl that no Government should , without reasonable hope of being able to pass such a measure , pledge themselves to the introduction of a Reform Bill . Lord Stratheden then withdrew his amendment , and the various clauses of the bill were , as shaped by the House of Commons , agreed to . The Municipal Act Amendment Bill was opposed by several Conservative Peers , but , on a division , the second reading was carried by a majority of 17 . A large
number of bills were advanced a stage , including the Irremovable Poor Bill , which was read a third time , and passed . On Tuesday , the Corporations Act Amendment Bill passed through Committee , Lord Wensleydale having , without success , endeavoured to secure the rejection of the clauses relating to the granting of licenses , and according to Mayors the right of precedence at meetings of the local magistrates . A number of other bills were advanced a stage . At the morning sitting of the HOUSE OF COMMONS on Thursday ,
the 25 th ult ., General Peel made a statement relative to the excess in the military expenditure of the year ending- the 31 st March , to which Mr . Gladstone and Mr . Baring replied . The House ultimately went into committee of supply , but only for a short time . In the evening Mr . Layard brought under the notice of Sir Charles AVood the claims of the Nawab of the Carnatic , and represented to him their urgent character , the right lion , gentleman promised to inquire fully into the case . The House having gone into committee
on the East India Loan , Sir Charles Wood stated that , in applying for a discretionary power to raise money for railroads in India , he would pledge himself that every sixpence should be expended in that object ; and he said that it was to the interest of all parties that these works should be completed as speedily as possible . He then made his statement in reference to the finances of India . Mr .
Laing estimated that there would be a deficit in the current year of only a quarter of a million , but he ( Sir C Wood ) thought that this was too favourable a view , and he anticipated that there would be a deficit of about a million . Power was given to raise a further £ 5 , 000 , 000 by way of loan , should it be required . On Friday , the House went into committee of supply at its morning sitting . There was some discussion on the vote of a million to defray the extraordinary expenses of the war in China . Mr .
Gladstone explained that no part of this vote would be employed to meet the claims of British merchants in China . A vote of £ 60 , 692 was taken to complete AVestminster bridge . On the proposal that a sum of £ 250 , 000 should be voted towards defraying the expenses of building iron ships by contract and plating- wooden ships , Lord Clarence Paget made a somewhat lengthy speech , in which he asked that the Government should be authorized to begin the construction of a number of these vessels during the
recess . The total cost of the work contemplated would he said , amount to £ 2 , 455 , 251 , all of which , save the £ 250 , 000 now voted , would have to be provided in future years . After some discussion , tho further consideration of the vote was postponed till the evening sitting , when it was agreed to . In the evening Mr . Harvey Lewis interrogated the Home Secretary respecting the case of Thomas Carter , who was sentenced by two magistrates at Ryde to three weeks' imprisonment for sleeping in the open air . Sir G . C Lewis , in reply , stated that he had written to the
magistrates several days ago , calling upon them to draw up a report on the case , but he had received no answer , and had accordingly addressed them another letter . Mr . Buxton called attention to the increase of the African slave trade , and urged upon the Government the importance of appointing a consul at Mozambique , and of adopting other suitable measures , with a view to check that hideous traffic , and to encourage legitimate trade . After a long discussionLord Palmerston lained the views of
, exp the Government , both with regard to the French Coolie Treaty and the Slave Trade , in relation to Spain and Portugal . He said that it was impossible that the House could too often or too strongly express its disapproval of the continuance of this abominable traffic . The employment of force had operated as a check to a certain extent , but the trade could never be entirely extinguished except by the progress of opinion among the nations of the world .
Her Majesty's Government had urged upon Portugal the necessity of exerting herself in the matter , and she had done all she could ; but it should be remembered that her sea-board in Africa was enormous , and that it would be impossible to watch every portion of it . It was to the interest . of Portugal herself to suppress the slave trade . Not so , however , with Spain , in whose Island of Cuba , he regretted to say , the trade still flourished in all its horrors . AA'ith regard to the proposition for a British consul at Mozambi
que , the climate was most unhealthy , and he did not think any practical good would result from such an appointment , but the subject should not escape the attention of the Government . The House met on Saturday for about two hours . On the motion that the report of supply agreed to on the previous evening be received , Mr . Cowper , in reply to Lord W . Lennox , promised that he would not spend money in enlarging the National Gallery without the sanction of Parliament . The Public Offices Site Bill passed through committee ,
and the business of tho sitting was terminated by Mr . Bernal Osborne calling attention to the injury which some of the frescoes in the Houses of Parliament had sustained . On Monday , Mr . Gregory endeavoured to elicit from Lord Palmerston the intentions of the Government with respect to the renewal of the Galway contract , but the noble A iscount said that no decision could be arrived at on the subject until the evidence taken before the Select Committee was printed . He added , however , that Galway was the most eligible point on the Irish coast for an Atlantic packet station . In reply to another question from the member for Galway , Lord Palmerston said he had no official information of the conveyance of
goods contraband of war to America by the Kangaroo , or of the opening of a federal loan on the Stock Exchange . The House then preceeded with the orders of the day , and a number of bills were advanced a stage . On Tuesday , the House sat only two hours , and the business transacted possessed little general interest . In reply to Mr . Darby Griffith , Lord Palmerston declined to produce the despatches of Mr . Dunlop , who was recalled from his di plomatic mission at Pesth , on the demand of the Austrian Government .
'The noble Lord said these despatches were of a confidential character , and could not be made public , as Her Majesty's Government wished to occupy a strictly neutral position with reference to the controversy between Francis Joseph and bis Hungarian subjects . In Committee on the Statute Law Revision Bill—a measure intended to sweep away obsolete acts—Mr . Hennessy proposed that the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill be inserted in the schedule . On a division , howeverthe proposit- found to have onlfour supporters
, . on was y against sixty-nine dissentients . On AA ednesday , Cowper stated that , in the bill which he proposed to introduce next year , the execution of the plan for the embankment of the Thames , recommended by the Royal Commission , would be entrusted to the Metropolitan Board of Works . At a subsequent period , Sir J . A . Shelley expressed a decided opinion that if the Board of AA orks were to be entrusted with the task of carrying out the embankment
scheme , they should have a voice in choosing the plan itself , and not be required to play the part simply of Master Masons . Some further discussion took place on this point , which Mr . Cowper deprecated , on the ground that the whole question would come before Parliament duaing the next session . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —During the past week the number of deaths in the metropolis was 1207 , which was a slight increase on the week preceding , but still not over the estimated average . In
the same period there were registered the births of 1 S 04 children—920 boys and 878 girls . The barometer showed a mean hei ght of 29 ' 57 l inches , and the thermometer a temperature of 61-1 degrees . Lord John Russell ' s elevation to the peerage is gazetted , and the noble Earl—as we must now style him—took his seat in the House of Lords , for the first time , last night . He was introduced by Lord Granville and Lord Strafford . ——The city of London , election is over , and the Liberal party rejoices in a solid succes , Mr .
AVood being returned by a majority of 506 . The Lord Mayor is therefore out of Parliament . Mr . Coles , the conservative candidate , has been elected for Andover . AVe regret to hear that Lord Herbert has derived no benefit f . om his visit to Spa , iu Belgium .