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    Iepmial Parliamentmonday, Februaryath. C...

    local dues up on shipping . It was proposed to deal with this taxation in the following manner : —The passing tolls , which rest upon no ground of justice or policy , it was intended to abolish , making provision for the discharge of debt incurred upon the security of the tolls . It was proposed likewise to give powers to do away with a portion of the town dues , transferring the remainder to the Government , respecting the rights of creditors , but apportioning the debt between the dues retained and the municipal funds . The charity dues it was intended to deal with-in an analogous manner , abolishing some and administering the rest through the instrumentality of the Government . Other dues would be dealt with specially , compensations being given in certain cases of abolition . The result would be an ultimate relief of shipping from a burden of about £ 200 , 000 , and at the same time the getting rid of the obnoxious principle of allowing one portion of the community to tax another . Mr . Headlam and Mr . Housfall ( speaking respectively for Newcastle and Liverpool ) protested against the principle of confiscating the revenues of corporations without compensation , and Mr . L idd e ll and Mr . Watson spoke in favour of the corporations . — Mi " . Rice advised tlint ample time should be allowed for considering the-measure . —Mr . Milner G-ibson and Mr . Lindsay approved of the -measure ; and , after words irom lviruowisleave to

    , niissioners had no instructions Id collect . They had been transmiteed , however , to the "War Department , and thence tothe Medical Department of the army for their guidance ; but it did not appear to the Government that it would be advisable to have the information laid before the public . The statistics thus collected "will receive due attention in the proper quarters . THE AMERICAN QUESTION . Lord Paljierstoin , in answer to Mr . Cobden , mentioned that there probably would be no objection to the publication of a part of the correspondence which had taken place with the United States Government on the Central American and the enlistment questions . COMMISSIONS BY PURCHASE . Sir De Lacy Evans announced that , on that day fortnight , he would propose a motion for the abolition of the system of purchase in the army . —Major Reid said he would postpone his motion with reference to the same subject until the motion of the mernTber for Westminster had been disposed of , REFORM OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS . In answer to Mi-. Robert Philli . \ r ore , Lord Palmerston stated that the Government intended ^ to bring in a measure for the reform of the Ecclesiastical Courts . PASSENGER- COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENGLAND AND IRELAND . TIT ™ Wrrcnv Jn rnnmol- +. n TMV . V SriTTT . T . V . en +, ered

    attributed the premature old age which so often overtakes members of the Government tothe present late ' hours ) , and was supported by Mr . William Williams and Mi " . Bass ; but was opposed by Lord Palmerston , who , while fully admitting the benevolent intentions of the mover and seconder of the proposal , and while acknowledging the temptation to Ministers offered by exemption frona premature decay , thought so threat a restriction on time Tvould no-t be consistent with the diity of the Government to tile Crown or to the public . The House divided , and the motion was negatived by 111 against 50 . CHURCH RATES . Mr . Packe moved for leave to bring in a " Bill to abolish church rates for other than the purposes therein mentioned ; to make provision for the maintenance of the fabric and necessary fittings of parish churches in certain cases ; and to enable certain persons to redeem , their liability to church rates , and otherwise to amend the law respecting the making , assessing , collecting , and liability to church rates in England and Wales . " Mr . Packe proposed that all Dissenters should be relieved from the payment of rates for the expenses of Divine service ; that the occupiers of rateable property shotild be entitled to deduct the rate 3 imposed upon them from their landlords ; and that the owners of rateable property should have the power of redeeming the rates "by a

    a tew . , was given "bring in the bill . THE METROPOLITAN POLICB . On the House resuming . Sir George Grey obtained leave to bring in & bill for the amendment of the Acts relating to the Metropolitan Police . The main featm-e of the measure is to limit the number of the commissioners to one , with two assistants . Lord Drumlaxrig brought up the Queen ' s answer to the Address , which was couched in the usual terms . THE KNCUMBERED ESTATES' COURT IN IRELAND . Mr . J . D- Fitzgerald moved for leave to bring in a bill to abolish the Encumbered Estates Court in Ireland , to enlarge the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery i n Ireland , increase its power , and reform Uo nvnr > oiliii" ( i Thi > snvillor lv ( 7 t . ViA svTmiif . inn nf + hf *

    into some particulars with i'eference to the passenger communication between England and Ireland . The Government was now ready to accept tenders for the carrying of the mail in conformity with a plan arranged with the Dublin Chamber of Commerce . — Mir . Scully then said he would move fora copy of the Treasury minutes on this subject . THE BANK OF ENGLAND . The Chancellor of the Exchequer , in answer to . questions'from Mi \ Glyn , stated that it was nob the intention of the Government for the present to take any steps for putting an end to the exclusive privileges of the Bank of England . With respect to " inquiry before a committee of this House , or otherwise , into the working and effect of the act" under

    moderate payment . —After a few remarks from . Sir William Clay and Mr . Edward Ball , leave was given to bring in the bill . Wednesday , February 6 t 7 i . The Housji oi ? Lokds did not sit . POSTPONEMEKT OP M & . lOWE ' S MEASURES . ¦ In the House of Coupons , a conversation aross upon a motion by Mr . Lowe to put off the second reading of the Partnership Amendment Bill and the Joint-stock Companies Bill , which stood for that day , until Friday ; Mr . Archibald Hastie , Mr . Henley , Mr . Spooneb , and other mernbers pressing for a longer postponement , to which Mr . Lowe declined to accsde . METROPOLITAN POLICE BIIX .

    Encumbered Estates Court and of four Masters in Chancery , he said , would he £ 30 , 429 per annum ; the expense of the new machinery established by the bill would be £ 16 , 760 per annum , and the life compensations ; 613 > , so that the alterations would cost the country nothing , and ultimately , by the falling in of the life compensations , there . would be a saving of £ 14 :, G 00 a-year . The bill he proposed to introduce carried out the recommendations of the commissioners , abolishing the Encumbered Estates Court , investing the Court of Chaneery in Ireland with its jurisdiction , reforming and simplifying the procedure of this Court , abolishing the masters , appointing two "Vice-Chancellors , and constituting a courb of Appeal from each of the equity judges . It was proposed likewise vfiw Tnn . ffivifillv to reduce , and ult . ima . ffilv -ho falmlinh :

    which the Bank carried ' on operations , the Government considered that a state of war , under which large remittances of bullion required to be made abroad , caused such an exceptional state oi things that th Government did not intend for the present to propose any inquiry . Still , should it appear that the-re was a general . feeling" in the House in favour of inquiry , the Government would interpose no objection . THE NEGOTIATIONS . Lord Palmerston ( replying to Colonel Dunne ) said that , as soon as the preliminaries of peace were discussed and signed at Paris , an armistice wo \ il « d follow . The preliminaries , however , were not yet signed , and consequently the conditions of the armistice could , not be specified . HR . WILLIAM LEY .

    On the second reading of this bill , bir ± 13 ENRY Willoushby inquired whether the proposed alteration in the existing law- would involve any additional expense ; and under what authority the sole Conamisf sioner would act ?—Sir George Guey said there { would be no additional expense , but , on the contrary , j a gain of £ 100 a-year ; and that there would be no ! change in the authority Trader which the Commis-! sioner would act . SUPPLY . On the report of the Committee of Supply "being brought up , Mr . Wilson , in reply to a question from Sir Henry Willoughby , said that tile financial position of the country was such as to render unnecessary on the part of the Chancellor of th « Exchequer any financial st atement or demand for money until the

    the fees and stamps now paid on proceedings in the court . The measure was opposed by Mr . Whiteside , Mr . Malins , and Mr . Georgjs , and was supported by Mr . Cairns and Mr . V . Scully . —Ultimately , leave was given to bring in the bill . Some routine business having boen transacted , the House adjourned at an early hour . Tuesday , February 5 th . In the House op Lords , on the motion of the Lord Chancellor , the Leases and Sales op Settled Estates Bill wars road a . second time . SETTLEMENT AND REMOVAL OF HUE POOR .-In answer to Lord Beiineiu ! , Lord Stanley of Alderlby , said a . bill had been prepared carrying into

    On the motion of Lord Palmerston , seconded by Mr . Disraeli , the thanks of the House were tendered to Mr . William Ley , on his retirement from the office of Clerk-Assistant , for the ability and courtesy with which he had discharged his duties during a period of fortytwo years . PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE . Mr . William Williams moved for an account of the gro 3 S public income and expenditure in each quarter of tho year 1855 , stating the cost of the revenue departments , including the Woods , Forests , and Land llevenues of the Crown , made out in the same form as the aocount of the net iuconie and expenditure presented to the House . —Mr . YVrr , S 0 N recommended the withdrawal of the motion , which , after Borne observations by Sir Henry Wuxoughby" and the C '

    uancelvotes for the ensuing year Iiad been talcen . The remaining business having been disposed of , the House adjourned at a quarter to three o ' clock . Thursday , February Ttk . THE NEW LIFE PEERAGE . The attention of tho House of Lords was occupied during tlie whole evening : by a legal debate on the new life peerage . The discussion was commenced by Lord Lyssdhurst , who mo'ved that the letters patent purporting to create Sir James Parka a Baron of the United Kingdom for life be referred to the Committee j of Privileges , with directious to consider the same i nnd report thereou . Having disclaimed any personal ! objection to Sir Jnmes Parke ( whose abilities and j worth ho highly eulogised ) , Lord Lyndhurst con-; tended that the crealiou was unconstitutional . No had occurred tor tour hundred

    effect tlio recommendations of tho committee- of ininiiry relating to tho romoval of Scotch and Irish pooi 1 , but that no change- in tho English law of settlement and removal was contemplated . TRIALS AT BAR . Tho Lord Chancellor , laid on tho tablo a bill tj enable tho Court of Quoon's Bench to send for trial to tho Central Criminal Court parsons ohar-god with offences that could more mutably bo triod in that court than in tho court at WosfcinhiBtor . There was no doubt tho Court of Quoon ' u Bon oh had tho power of removing tho prooonfi from an usflisso town whox'o thoro was likely to be a prejudice against tho accused ; but whothor it hud tho power of ordering the trial in tho Central Criminal Court was doubtful . Tho objoot of tho Mil waa to HOttlo thin difficulty . —In reply to Lord Derby , the Loud Ciianuru . ou staled that tho bill was in tho shapo of an enactment . Tho House thon rono . MORTALITY IN THIS OIUMUAN AHMV . Sir De Lacy TCvans , in tho Houbis ov Cummonh , roforrod to a utatamcnt aontaiuod in tho Itojiort of tho Commifisionoi'ri who huvo inquired into the supplioH to tho Crimean army — u Htalomont to tho utfoct that tho mortality wan at tho rate of thirty-livo per cent . Ho wished to know whether any information obtained by tho ComniiHMiouorri would be laid upon the tablo of that Houho . —Lord Palmiciusimn replied that tho utatistioB to which Wir De Limy Evann roforrod , tho

    Cornlor , of the Exchequer , was acceded to . COUNTY AND BOROUGH POLICE . Sir Georoe Guey moved for leave to bring in a . bill to render more eflioiont the polioe in counties and , boroughs in England and Wales . The objects of tho bill were to make compulsory tho hitherto permissive power under which justicos of counties onu appoiut u police fovco ; to give to the Quoon in council the power to divide- ' any county into portions for police purposes ; to yivo county constables jurisuliotion in boroughs ; to give tho Crown power to make rules for tho inanagoniont of tho polico , rthoukl occasion arise , and to appoint iiiHpe-ctord who should report to tho Crown as to the state of the polico throughout tho country ; to tuko away from borough constables tho powor of voting at elections ; and to thrown portion of the oxpoiino , not oxcooding a forth , \\\ iox \ tho oonHoliilatocl fund . Boroughs with and under five thoxiflimd inhabitant would form part of the oauuly in so fm a . s tho police force is concerned . Sir John 1 ' aiunuton , Mr . Ciiiustoi'iimi Nibbict , Mr . 1 ) ki : ui :, 4 , Mr . lluuc , Mr . lluuii , Lonl Lovaink , Mr . HoUiiiiT I ' ai . mkii , uudothorn , oxprosni ' il a j . ; oihm'h 1 approval of the moa-Muro , and nmdo friendly nuygi'd-Lions . Jin . niioTnr' . RTON ' rt anmij . m . motion . Mr , Brotuicuton thon mndu hi * iinnuul motion in favour of tho Houno clawing itn ( lL-bato , 9 at midnight . - Tho motion wuh nooonded by Mr . Ew . vur ( who

    « ueh instance years ; tho life peerng & 3 created l > y Charles II . in fnvour of hia mistresses , and by James II . and tho first kings of tlio House of Hanover , not being parallel cases , since n ) seat in Parliament was aittachod . Earlier iustauco 3 could iV » rin n >) precedent , as they oocurrod iu times before the constitution \ vi \ s aettlod or dotlued . The measure also was impolitic , for it would divide tho Hvmso of Peers into two psirtn , and H wns invidious to place legal mou ( who had dono much towards buildinrr Up and doionding tho eon . stitution of tho country ) in a posit ion below tlio oilier poors . The nooosftity for inoreaning the number of law Jo rein was nob made clear . "Writs of error wcto of rnra oecurrimeo , and , on important po ' uits of common lav , tho llouao had tlio power of sunirtioning tho twolvb jud ^ on tu > flssiisb it when sitting as tho Hiipi-omo oourb . The lioreclitm-y prineiplo would l » o violated by tliono creatioiiH , and aw clomeut of nubflervionny to tho Crown n \ u \ tho ^ Tininlofa would bo introilnood , very unfavouvixble to the independence of tlio peerage . —Tho motion wan Hiippoi'tod by Lonl St . LhOMAims ( who ontoi'cd into a lonj { logal nrguuient , mn > i > ortod by many iustances , lo provo tho unooiirtlitutii > i » al natura of tho oroixtion ) , liy Lmdt C ' ami'BKI . i . ( who haid that tho change , oflbctocl liy : v rsiinplo ael , of the Crown , wafi gvoator t , lu \ u that iiiado in tlio House of Commons by tho Reform Bill , imd who thought , it might lead to depriving future Lord C'hancollors and Loaxl Cliief Judtioos of uorodi-

    W™™™- 9. 1866.1 T H E Leader. Kb

    w ™™™ - 9 . 1866 . 1 T H E LEADER . KB

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 9, 1856, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_09021856/page/3/