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    jtischild , as bis illustrious colleague in the reaon « f London ( Lord John Russell ) had -already it office . ( jMaghterS ) If the Attorney General are -a moment from prosecuting the British ughter ~ ) , and if Baron Rothschild were to write ely a short note , and publish it in that great rhich dictates to the world ; bat not to him ( Mr . le ) , stating what lie conscientiously believes re-Cb . ristian . it y , his honourable and learned friend appear in the Court of Queen ' s Bench and pro aron Rothschild , because every man who im-, he Christian religion attacks not only the mond the constitution , but subverts the law , for is Christianity . —Lord John Russell , warmly the rampant bigotry of Mr . Whiteside , and supie bill , which would show the superiority of real tity over Judaism . —Mr . Newdegate supported

    ndment ; and Lord Palmekston , having first anted Sir John Pakington upon the frank avowal angc of opinion , replied to the objections offered > roposed form of the oath , observing that the i not a religious , but a political , assembly , and is not entitled to inquire into the religious of its members , except so far as they may tend ice and sway their political conduct . —Upon a the amendment was negatived by 341 to 201 . uestion that the clause stand part of the bill , jpoml inquired whether the bill was to stand as awn ; because , if so , the Jews and Roman Care put upon a different footing . He asked the clause in Lord John Russell ' s bill , restraining ai holding offices which Roman Catholics can-, would be inserted in this bill ?—Lord Palreplied that her Majesty ' s Government had no of making any alteration iu the bill as it then

    Robert Cecil moved that the Chairman report bat this motion was negatived upoii a div-isrrixcit asked for a distinct answer to thequesther it was the intention of the Government Jews should be eligible to the offices of Lord > r and Prime Minister ? — Lord Palmerston iat the . bill was not a bill of disqualification , efore , as it stood , it would not prevent Jews ding those appointments . If any members 3 raise a discussion upon this point , he should

    objection to the Chairman s reporting progress first clause was agreed to . st clause , having passed , a further unsuccessful , vas made to report progress , and , after some 3 , the other clauses of the bill were agreed to . ) UNi > Dues Bill , the County Cess- ( Inisland ) d the Militia ( Ireland ) Act Amendment re respectively read a third time and passed , ils were advanced a stage ; and , some further haying been disposed of , the House adjourned * st one o ' clock .

    Tuesday , Jane IGth . EQUALIZATION OV I'OOB KATES . House of Lords , the Earl tf Malmjesbury petitions from several parishes in the metrgying for the equalization of poor rates . He hat some arrangement ought to be made by e rich parishes should contribute their quota the rates of poor parishes ; but at the same jit satisfied that some check should bo put upon parishes , so that they should not run into ext expenditure .

    ministers' money ( ireland ) hill . irl of Ellenhorough hoped that before they ¦ with the second reading of this bill , there laid upon the table an account of the present mil expenditure of tho Ecclesiastical Commis-Irelnml . There was an account up to 1849 ; 8 idle to ask tho House to come to any decision cstion unless they knew the state of tho funds ids of tho Commissioners . On principle ho did t to charge those funds with Ministers' Money ; is desirable to know whether tho funds were fuenriug the charge . —Tho Earl of Wioklow that tho Commissioners should bo hoard by afore tho second reading of tho bill .

    INDIA . [ oxteagle asked if it wna tho determination of ¦ uincut to consolidate the two courts in India , an promised?—Tho Duko of Argyll said that ie had bo ' - 'n given that those courts would bo , ed , though tho noble Lord had , on a former oliargod tho Government with a distinct broach i reibroncG to tho sulijcct . Tho project , which ded with much tliuloulty , would bo considered iglslalivo Council of India . JtUKOKMATOItY INHTITIJTIONB HILL . irl of Carnarvon moved tho second reading of According to tho present law , persona up to f bixtoon may bo received into Reformatory Ins and ho proposed to ok tend I ho ngo from

    o twenty , under oortuln restrictions . Out or jrlsoncrs commlttod in a year , 25 , 000 or 20 , 000 en fclio « goa of llJ ' teon nnd twenty . Tho bill ly supplementary , nnd propoaod to simplify tho Ion of pupils , but Introduced no now principle . JitouoiiAM supported tlio second reading , but express his approval of the whole details of tho

    measure without further consideration . —Earl GranvrLLE approved , of the objects contemplated by the measure , but isuggested the desirability of leaving the . conduct of legislation on the subject to the Secretary of State for the Home Department . —Ultimately , the Earl of Carnarvon agreed to adopt a suggestion made by Lord Brougham , that the debate should be adjourned , and the bill thus kept alive until Sir George Grey ' s bill should come up from the Commons . —The . ilebate was accordingly adjourned .

    THE BATHING BILL . The Marquis of Westmeath moved tlu , second reading of this bill , which was introduced for the prevention of indecent conduct at bathing places on the coast of Kent . —Earl Granville remarked that powers are already possessed by the authorities in the corporate towns on the coast to make by-laws on the subject referred to , and they are the proper persons to deal with it . He also conceived that it was quit ? impossi&le to adapt the measure to country districts . —The Marquis of Westmeath did not press the measure ; and the bill was negatived without a division . The House adjourned at twenty-five miimtes past seven o ' clock .

    BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY ( iRELANX )) BILL . In the House of Commons , at a morning sitting , the House went into committee on this bill , to which Mr . Macartney , Mr . Vance , Mr . Whiteside , and Mr . Malins , made various objections , the last-named suggesting that the bill should be referred to a select committee . —Mr . Hadfield drew attention to the state of the law relating to imprisonment of debtors , which he condemned as expensive to parishes and ruinous to families . He also argued against long imprisonment for contempt of court . —Mr . Malins then moved that the Chairman report progress , in order that the

    Government might give the bill further consideration . —The Attoekey-Gesbeal for Ireland declined to refer the bill to a select committee , or to allow the Chairman to report progress , as he believed the measure Lad been amply considered already . —^ After some furth er discussion , the motion for reporting progress was withdrawn . —Several of the clauses were agreed to , while others were omitted or postponed . On clause 29 , Mr . Vance moved to strike out the appeal to the Lord Chancellor . This was ultimately agreed to . The Chairman reported progress , and the sitting was suspended . The House reassembled at six o ' clock .

    THE TRINCESS EOTAL ' S ANNUITY . The following message from the Lords was brought up by Mr . Baron Watson and Mr . Baron Cha : nnell : — " The Lords have agreed to the Bill entitled an Act to enable- ' her Majesty to settle an annuity on ber Royal Highness the Princess Royal , ' without any amendment . "

    MILITARY EDUCATION . Sir De Lacy Evans gave notice that , on the 7 th of July , he would submit certain resolutions on military education .

    THE PAPER DUTY . Mr . Dilwyn inquired whether it was the intention of Government to levy the paper duty on materials capable of being written and printed on , but made from animal fibre , or to loavc such materials exempt from duty , as parchment now is ?—The Chancellor of the . Exchequer roplied that the Solicitor to the Customs was of opinion that the article referred to , and for the manufacture of which he understood a company had been formed , fell under the designation of ' paper . THE WORKHOUSE SYSTEM IN IRELAND .

    Mr . Fagan called attention to the present state of the workhouse system in Ireland and to the laws relating to medical charities and the relief of the poor , and moved for a Select Committee to take the subject into consideration . He suggested the propriety of separating portions of the workhouses , and devoting thorn to hospital purposes . —Mr . H . Herbert stated the roaeons why , in his opinion , a Committee should not bo appointed , at that period of tho session , to enter upon so large and important an inquiry . The attention of the Government had been turned to the matter , and ho thought the time had arrived , and that tho Government wore in possession of sufficient facts , for legislating cautiously , in another session , upon this subject . —Mr . Fagan accordingly withdrew his motion .

    POOK-RATISd . Mr . Ayuton moved for u select committee to inquire into the causos of tiro inequality of tho poor-rates in tho metropolitan districts , and whether any measures nhould bo adopted to render the rates more oquul . Ho had boon induced to bring tho question before the Uonae in consequence of tho representations of a great number of persons , including several clergyman of the Church of England . Tho amount of property involved is fourteen millions , rated at about 800 , 000 / . The anoinolios of tho to rates

    present system of assessment poor- arc striking . To quote an instance : —Tho St . Kathoriuo ' s Docks axe situated in a small parish , and the London Docks form part of a largo parish , the conacqnonco of which is that the latter have to contribute to poor-rates for labourers employed In tho former . In Hgures , tho London Docks nay 10 , 0007 . a year , and tho S ( . Katharine ' s , ' y ¦ ¦ scpai-nlort frdhi itiiy apnrty ' -waU , pay only 71-U This was not an Isolated cuwo ; for whilu the Bank of F . ngland and Koyul Exchange contribute only 70 / ., tho Apothecaries '

    Hall contribute 230 / . Again , one side of Bridge-tStreet , Biackfriars , pays 12 , 0001 ., while Lombard-street , King William-street , and Coriibill , pay together only 615 / . Some parishes rated upon 172 , 000 / . pay 6350 / ., while others rated upon 62 , 000 / . pay ll , 350 i , . and in some parishes the rates had increased upon an average 2 d . in the pound , while , in others , being poorer parishes , they had increased Is . 0 ^ -d . in the pound . —Mr . Townsekd seconded the motion . ' Mr . Bocxverie said that already some four hundred members were occupied on committees , and that a vastly greater number would be similarly engaged when the election petitions came on . It required no . select committee to ascertain the causes of the inequality of

    taxation ; but , with respect to the metropolis , it should be recollected that London is not so . much a city &s a vast province covered with houses , the parts having little connexion with each other . The honourable gentleman had shown that property is unequally rated ; but he had not shown , or attempted to show , that any change in the area of taxation would benefit the poor . The burden is a burden on property , and he did not see that the inequality of the rates would justify an attempt at the equalization of it , for the property had been purchased subject to the rates . The causes which liad operated in producing the increase of the rates are national causes , and prevail throughout England as ivell as in the metropolis . Therefore , if the inquiry were granted , it would take a far wider range than was contemplated by the hon .

    gentleman , and he thought the question was too important to be dealt with in the manner proposed . Union rating might be an advantage , and he should be glad to aid in passing a measure for the union rating of the city of London , but he did not think it would be a sufficient remedy for the grievance to which their attention had been drawn . A national rate for the support of the poor could never be maintained , as the failure of the experiment in Ireland in 1847 , and in France in 1848 , sufficiently proved . —The Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke to the same general effect ; and the motion was further opposed by Mr . Ivnight , and supported by Mr . Butleu , Mr . John Locke , Mr . Maxiks , Mr . Barrow , Mr . Schneider , and Lord Robert Grosvenor . —Mr . Ayrton having replied , the House divided , when the motion was negatived by 123 to 81 .

    STANDING ORDERS : DIVISIONS . Mr . Packe moved an alteration in tJie standing orders relating to divisions , increasing the interval between taking the voices and closing the door from two minutes to four on Wednesdays . —The motion was opposed by Mr . Fitzroy and Lord Paljierston , and negatived . The House then went into committee upon the Grajxd Juries ( Metropolitan Police District ) Bill , upon which the House was counted out at half-past two o ' clock . Wednesday , June 17 th . GUISTINIANl ' s OATH BILL . Mr . Monsell explained the objects of the bill , which was introduced to carry out the measures which have been adopted for the purpose of naturalizing the Princess Guistiniani . It was necessary that the Princess should take certain oaths before her naturalization could be

    effected ; and , as she was unable to attend m this country , it was proposed that she should take the oaths before her Majesty ' s Minister at Florence . In conclusion , lie moved that the standing order bo suspended . ; that the bill be read a first and second time and committed ; and that the committee on the bill should have leave to proceed and report forthwith . —The motion was agreed to ; and tho bill was read a first and second time , and referred to a select committee . COMMITTEE . The House then wont into committee on the Registration ov Long Leases ( Scotland ) Bill , and the Industrial Schools Bill . Tho clauses of tho former

    wore agreed to without discussion ; but a good deal of opposition was offered to tho various clauses of tho latter , and several were struck out , others added , and some modified , tho effect being to prevent the sending of children to prison for a simple act of vagrancy or begging ; to give magistrates power to set a child so charged at liberty at once without rocognizances ; to-withhold tho power sought to bo given to magistrates to demand security of 20 s . from tho parents ; to oblige magistrates to send tho vagrant child , if desired by tho parents , to sucli industrial school as may bo conducted in conformity with the parents' religious opinions ; and to require from the parents payment of all expenses -when the child is removed on any other than religiotiB grounds .

    The House having resumed , the G-rawd Junras ( Timkland ) Act ( ltf 80 ) Amendwent Uvuu-mia road a third timo , and passed . At ton minutos to six , the Houso adjourned . T ? ci {? sd ( zy , June 18 UA . aiXNISTRRS' MONKY BILL . Earl Gbanv . ii . lui moved tho seoond reading of this bill , indicating the strong necessity that oxiats for doing away with the evil which it sooke to remove . It was true Uiat at present there is no balance in tho hands of the Irish Ecclesiastical Commlsssionora , to whoso funds it was proposed to transfer tho charge j but it was linposftible to look into tho returns without seeing that various roductlon . 8 might bo made ii ) tholr expenditure , and was it not worth while to ooonpnilso U \ somo respect for the purpoao of removing thy urooUoul tfimcuUtoa arising from Lho collection \> £ Miuteiora Mon « y f

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  • Leader (1850-1860), June 20, 1857, page 579, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2198/page/3/