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      The Measuresalready Tn-Frer» With That, ...

      Lord J . Russei * , in reply to Mr . Kinglake , said the French Government had proposed three different modes of reconciling the article of the treaty of Vienna concerning Switzerland -with the treaty of Turin ; a conference was one of those modes , and her Majesty ' s Ghofernrneftt had no hesitation in accepting it as . the best mode . ; but it did not appear that any definite answer had been given b y the other powers of Europe . ' With' respect to the statement made by Mr . ICingxake , he observed that what had occurred at the conference at Villafranca could have passed only between the two Sovereigns , no other person being present , and , though the Government had received various accounts , more or less official , as to the general subject of the conference , they had not received any account that the proposal alluded to was made . The House then went into a committee of supply , when the vote of 443 896 £ ., for repayment to the Government of India of advances on

      account of former expeditions to China , was agreed to , after a long discussion , which ranged over a great variety of topics relative to the policy of the present and past wars with China , and to the financial incidents of this particular vote . —In the House of Lords , on Monday night , Lord Clanricarde moved that an humble andress be presented to her Majesty , for a copy of a letter addressed by the Foreign-office to the latp Duke of Wellington , in 1815 , concerning the military frontier of Savoy , referred to in Lord J . Russell ' s despatch to Lord Cowley of April 24 . He prefaced his motion by expressing his high sense of the importance of the French .. alliance to this country , and of the propriety of maintaining it , although he could not allow that its maintenance was to be preserved by allowing the international law of Europe the

      to be violated . He concluded by impressing upon the Government propriety of England speaking candidly and fairly to France upon the necessity of allaying , by assurances of peace to England , as well as Germany ^ the restlessness of the public mind in Europe , a restlessness which placed this country in a position of suspended hostilities . Lord "VVodbhotjse , in assenting to the motion , addressed himself to the main point of Lord Ci ^^ tCABE-E ' s speech , whether this country should or should not go into the congress , and in doing so , considered the > circumstances attending it . The only question to be taken into consideration was as to the feeling of Switzerland , and that had been clearly expressed by Switzerland demanding of the great powers that a conference , should be heidi Lord jSormaNby was in favour of the conference , as Switzerland had demanded it . Lord StbatfObd i > e Eedcmfpe would

      confine himself ; to the very narrow point of this _ exterisive question— - viz ., whether this country should attend the congress or not . If he were convinced that any guarantees for the independence of Switzerland would be-secured by a conference , he should most cordially approve it . Lord BiibuGHASi expressed his approval of going to tfo Conference , as the manly conduct of the Swiss had attracted to them the sympathies of Europe . The motion was then agreed to , and their lordships adjourned at ten minutes to eight o ' clock .- ^ In the House of Commons , on the report of the committee" of supply of the vote of £ 443 , 896 for arrears due to the Indian Gpvernmehontaccount of the last Chinese war , JSttr . Roebuck took : occasion to condemn the war with China ias utterly indefensible as regarded either the interests or the honour of England . The CHANCEiiLOB of the Exciiequek admitted that this was a question which could hardly be too much discussed , and that , in dealing with Eastern nations * we should adopt the principles of truth and fair dealing . The report was then agreed to . On the order for going into a committee of ways and means , Mr . Newdegate moved a resolution to the effect that , during the

      remainder of the session , opposed notices and orders should not be proceeded with upon which debate should arise after one ' o' clock in the morning , —Si | vGr ^ BE ^ said-4 ; he . subJ £ ct—was no doubt of . . considerable , importance , and , looking at the late hours to which the sittings of the House were protracted , he was not surprised at the motion , for the sake , not only of members , but of the officers of the House . After a short debate , the motion was withdrawn , and the House went into committee , when the Chancellor of the Exchequer made his statement of the manner in which the Govei'nment proposed to meet the expenditure voted in supply on account of the China war . In February , he observed , the provision made for the war was £ 800 , 000 , to be charged upon the finances of the year 1855-60 , and double this 550

      amount upon those of the year 1860-61 , making together £ 2 ,, 000 , which was the whole provision the Government proposed to make on account of the expedition to China before they knew that we should have to conduct warlike operations . The vote was increased by other items . The whole of the charges for the expedition to China up to the present period , so far as the Government had cognizance of them , amounted to £ 5 , 400 , 000 , to which must be added £ 450 , 000 due on acopunt of , the former war . The whole of the £ 850 , 000 charged upon the finances of 1859-60 had been paid out of the produce of the taxes , the . revenue of the year having been so productive . But , although the condition of the revenue up to the close of June was eminently satisfactory , and even exceeded the expectations of the _ Government , h . e did not recommend any interference with the estimate of the revenue he had made in February . He then proceeded to state the mode in which the Government proposed to provide for the reoent

      vote of £ 3 , 800 , 000 . Taking the £ 500 , 000 inoluded in the provision m February , together with the surplus of revenue , then estimated at £ . , 000 , but which was reduced by errors and miscalculations to £ 264 , 000 , and £ 700 , 000 the produce of the paper duty available for the financial year , if it should please the House of Commons that the duty should be levied ) , these three items would amount to £ 1 , 464 , 000 . Deducting this " sum from" £ 3 , 800 , 000 , 7 ~ t } x 0 . ^~ v &^ i ^' 0 &^ X ^~^~~ VJ !^ AeA' ^ ' ^ ' £ 2 , 336 , 000 , whioh the Government asked the Committee to be authorized to raise partly by taxation and partly by other means . They proposed to obtain the sum of £ 2 , 000 , 000 by an additional duty upon ardent spirits of is . lid . per gallon on the various descriptions charged under the Kxoiso and Customs . The effect would be to raiaa the duty on British spirits to 10 a . per gallon , oq colonial spirits to 10 a . 2 d ., and on foreign spirits to 10 s . 5 d . He explained at some length the reasons whioh had weighed with tho Government in making this addition to the epirit duties ( which would be permanent ) , and wjiy they considered it praotioable and timely , and likely to produce therowlti they anticipated . Havrw aware , h « «» id , that there tr « r «

      special circumstances which occasioned epme uncertainty in the calculation of the produce of the duty , and it would be necessary to accompany the augmentation with some modification of the duty on wine ; and he had therefore assumed an addition of only £ 1 , 050 , 000 to the revenue of the financial year . This would reduce the sum of £ 2 , 336 , 000 . to £ 1 , 286 , 000 ; and that sum-it was proposed to provide for out of the balances in the Exchequer , which would Admit of the withdrawal o £ even £ 2 , 000 , 000 . It would be his duty to ask the Committee for an immediate vote , in order to secure the change of the duty on the commodity ; and he added that it was not the intention of the Government to make . any further demand upon the taxation of the country on account of fortifications , the subject of which would be brought before the House on a future day . After a brief discussion and a few exp lanations , the resolutions moved by the Chancellor or the Exchequer were agreed to , as well as other resolutions respecting Excise licences , malt credit , hop credit , chicory , contract notes , & c . The House then , in committee , resumed the consideration of the clauses of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency BUI . A lar ^ e portion of the discussion was engrossed by the 152 nd clause , abolishing the distinction between traders and non-traders , it being objected that , considering the acts which by the Bill would authorize an adjudication of bankruptcy and its consequences , the clause would operate with oppressive severity upon non-traders without more safeguards than were provided by the Bill ; and Mr . Henley moved an amendment , the effect of which was to limit the Bill to traders . Before the discussion of the clause terminated , the Chairman was ordered to report progress . Upon the report , in a cpnversation as to the principle of comprehending non-traders in the Bill , the Attorney-General said he was not bound to the principle . The House then went into committee upon the Refreshment-houses and Wine-houses Bill , and the Chairman was soon ordered to report progress ^ The Prisons ( Scotland ) Bill passed the committee ; other Bills were also forwarded , and the remaining business having been disposed of , tho House adjourned at 3 o ' clock , —In the House of Lords Tuesday night Lord Brougham : called the attention of the House to the fact that , persons of colour , free citizens of the United States , had been refused it first-class passage on board one of the Cunard steamers . Lord Gran-VILL 13 was not astonished that the attention of the House had been called to the case , but it was one in which the Government , of course , could not interfere . Lord Brougham said , in a similar case which took place some years ago an action had been brought ag ainst the captain of the vessel ; but , although damages could have been recovered , the case was compromised . The Annuity Tax Abolition ( Edinburgh and Mbntrose ) Bill was read a second time . The Titles" to Land ( Scotland ) Act ( 1858 ) Amendment Bill , after a short but animated discussion , in which Lords Derby , Gratsville , Cranworth , Broug-- Hijf , and the Lor & Chancellor participated was read _ a second time . - ^ In the House of Commons . Lord Fermoy moved a resolution , " That the rejection by the House of Lords of theT 3 ill for the repeal of the Paper Duties is ; ail encroachment on-the rights and privileges _ the House of Commons ; and it is therefore incumbent upontllis House to adopt a practical measure for the vindication of its rights and privileges . " In the House of Commons en Wednesday , after tho Highways ( South Wales ) Bill had been considered in committee , the Coroners ( iKTo . 3 ) Bill was read a second time andcommitted pro forma . The County Rates and Expenditure Bill arid the Agricultural Servants B ill were withdrawn . Tho Lords' amendment of the Duchy of Cornwall ( Limitation of Actions ) Bill was agreed to . The House went into committee on Sir J . Shelley ' s Metropolis Local Management Act Arnnnrimpnt ( No . 2 ) Bill , the clauses of which tmderwent -Amend- ' ' jnent . ' . . ¦ . " .. ¦ '¦' ' , . : ' ¦ "¦ ' ..

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 21, 1860, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21071860/page/14/