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    annual grant © f 1 OO 0 / . tothowttyal * Society had been Kwitfadwiwa . TJiegrant ^ aswiginalry made in 1830 ; ' *»*» ; aitlioagh it bad 4 » een continued since , it was never intended to boMpernasuient . He had , however , . induced * lie Treasury to reconsider the matter ; and he wi » sure the Government would take all the cirtdunstanoes into their favourable consideration . The House then went into committee on the Jti&ircoroWTAN Local Manacbment Uill , the = ; 6 everal clauses of which;—amounting to 248— -were agreed < to , with the escception of the I Oth , which was ; omitted .

    TRANSMISSION OF NEWSVAPBK 8 TO THE COLONIES . In the morning sitting of the House of Commons , Mr . Wilson , in answer to Mr . T ?~ Scully , denied that there had been any delay in the transmission of . newspapers , owing to the late changes in the NewspaperStamp Law . About two years ago , a circular was addressed to the whole of the colonies proposing to reduce the postage upon letters to sixpence , and to put a penny postage on newspapers , and that was

    Agreed to by almost every colony . There was no doubt tliat the Impress Stamp Law did in some cases act disadvantageously to the colonies . He had no ¦ liesitation in saying that the matter must be considered "by the Treasury , and he hoped that they would-succeed in remedying any inconvenience . If newspapers went direct to Canada one penny only was charged ; but if they went through the United States , then an extra penny had to be paid .

    THE COMMISSARIAT . Mr . Labouchere , adverting- to the large amount of the Commissariat estimates , inquired under what system of control ( since the transfer of the Commissariat to the War Department ) the money was expended , and whether any papers could be laid upon the table explanatory of the system?—The Chancellor of thb . Exchequer replied that the departments have the control of their own funds . He believed proper precautions are taken for the control of the Commissariat ^ but the transition from one control to another might at first create some imperfections .

    SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES . In reply to Mr . Macartney . , the Chancellor of the Exchequer said , if the House agreed to the supplementary estimates , it would be his duty to show whether he had sufficient ways and means to meet the votes . Without entering into details , he might 6 ay that the margin of 3 , 500 , 000 / ., which he had taken , would not cover the additional estimates , And he would state hereafter in a Committee of Ways and Means in what manner he proposed to supply the deficiency . The House then went into Committee of Supply , and was engaged in the discussion of the Civil { Service Estimates during the rest of the sitting .

    CIVIL SERVICES . In the evening , the nouse having gone into Committee , the remaining estimates for the Civil Services were agreed to . The vote for the new office for the "Secretory of State for the Foreign Department being Tcduced from 90 , 000 / 1 to 40 , 000 / .

    NAVY ESTIBIATEB . Sir Charles Wood moved seriatim the Supplementary listimate , Transport Service Estimate , and Packet Service Estimate , The chief items of additional expenditure were for a large number of gunboats , and on account of-an arrangement with the French Government , by which wo have undertaken to supply transports for the conveyance of French troops to the Crimea . No fewer than 216 , 000 mew had been transported in British vessels . —The votes wore all agreed to , though not without some discussion . The Turkish Loan Bili < was rend a third time And passed , with no other comment than loud cheers . TISTTKRIES ( nillTISH 1 BLANDS ANX > FJJANCI 2 ) niLL . On the onlor for going into committee on this bill , Bir fiEonon 1 ' eohki . l moved to refer the bill to a

    select committee . The amendment was seconded by Kfhjor BKRKSFonn ,. and supported by Sir Charles UrnrnELL , but opposed by Mr . Uouvkiue , who cxplaincd the objects of the bill to be the prevention of poaching by Knplish fishermen . upon French waters . — 'Upon a division , the amendment wiis negatived by ' 66 to 17 , nnd the hill -passed through committee .

    OXFOIil ) IIN'IVKItSITV T . K 8 TS . Alt' . Heywood movotl— "That the proposal of a new subscription of Church of lOn ^ lum ! membership for Professorships in General Luiirning , in addition to . optional religious tests lor the degree of . Bachelor in tho Lay Faculties , at Oxford , is dircutly opposed to the spirit out I policy of recent legislation , and Keats , with tho disapproval of this House . " Alter n short conversation , tho motion was negatived without division . - THIS GAllLYSLK OANONRI 1 CH UILI ,.

    ¦; In t 1 * e' House of Commons , on Wednesday , the order for going into committee on this bill was moved by Mr . i J . 'FionmiBON , upon -which Mr . It . Piiillinoittn > moved to defer tho committco for three * "H > nth » ; tout thia having boon negntived , after sonic

    discussion , the- Mouse went into * committee , ' mnd , on the motion of Mr . Ferguson , it ? was agreed that the Chairman should report progress ; so that the bill ds in effect withdrawn , Mr . Ferguson being content with having affirmed its ; principle . The HoiiBe then want again into committee upon The Union of Coowtiocxhjs Benefices Bill , the remaining clauses of -which were agreed to after

    dis-. THE NATIONAL GALLERY . On the report of the Committee of Snpply , Mr . Otway moved to reduce the vote of 17 , 696 t "for the National Gallery by SOQL , thesabiry of a travelling agent , and 1155 L , hi * travelling and other expenses . —The motion was . opposed , by . A £ r . Wilson , and -was negatived . — -The other votes were then agreed to . Tiie CasToats Tablff Acts JLuvaDuaKT akb Consolidation Uill , and Toe Turnpike Acts Continuance ( No . 2 ) Bill , were . read a . third tune and passed . ¦ "

    MESSAGE FROM THE XJUEES . The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought up a message from the Queen , calling upon the Commons to make provision for any additional expenditure that might arise on account of the war ; : and the message was ordered to be . refexr . edto a Committee of Supply . In Hie House of Lords on Thursday , The Downing-street Public Officks Extension Billws read a second time , on the motion of Lord Granvtll » . —The Turkish Loan Bill , and The Sale of Beek Bill , were brought up from the Commons and read a first time . — -Several other bills were also forwarded a stage , after which , their lordships adjourned .

    ARMY GRIEVANCES . In the House of Commons , at the morning sitting , on the order for going into Committee of Supply , Mr . Stafford remarked upon two letters which had appeared in the Times of that morning—one from Surgeons Macleod and Rooke , and the other from Major Lowth—and hoped that the Government would direct its attention to the subjects in question . —An analysis of these letters will be found in our Naval and Military News .

    LOUD CEOSGB FACET . Mr . Dellwyn , referring to the report that Lord George Paget has received a good serviee pension of 100 / . a year , desired to know what were the special services for which the pension had been granted , — Mr . Frederick Peel , with some expressions of surprise that the question should have been asked , said that Lord George was the senior regimental colonel of cavalry engaged at Balaklava , where he acted in the

    most gallant manner , and that to have passed him over would have been invidious . —Lord Palmerston endeavoured to put a stop to any discussion by saying that , as the responsibility of the act lies with the Comma . nder-in-Ch . ief , the House was not authorised in pronouncing any judgment on the matter ; but a conversation nevertheless ensued , in the course of -which Sir Francis Bartng observed that the pension ought to be given , not for a single distinguished service , but for long good service .

    COMMISSARIAT , &C , ESTIMATES . The House having resolved itself into a Committee of Supply , the CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER moved nnd obtained a vote of credit for 3 , 000 , 000 / . In answer to Mr . Williams , he was understood to say that one million and a half of the vote of hist year remains to the credit of the Exchequer . ^ Mr . Freueriok Peel then moved the Supplementary Commissariat Estimates , and -explained tliat the estimate already made amounted to 1 , 200 , 000 / 1 , but that , in all probability , judging from the previous ratio , 3 , 700 , 000 would be required . He therefore asked the iiouse for a vote of 2 , 5 <> 8 , 33 aL —The vote was agreed to , after considerable discussion , in tho course of which Mr . Henley commented on the past deficiencies in the management of the

    war , which had rendered tho extra vote necessary . Later in tho evening , Mr . Pkel obtained a vote of 109 , 200 / . for the expense of the disembodied Militia . Mr . Monsell , in moving the Supplementary Ordnance Estimates ( the wholeof which were agreed to ) , gave an outline of the changes lately made in tho War and Ordnance Departments , the leading principles of which he summed up in the words " central control and individual responsibility . " Sonic objections ami doubts , however , were expressed by Mr . Stafford and other members , who thought that greater simplification is yet required . Colonel Dunne , moreover , took exception to the frequent introduction of civilians into military departments ; but Mr . Monsell . stated that they are not employed where military duties have to be discharged .

    A grant of . 100 / . per annum to Dr . Southwood Smith , us compensation for tho loss of his . oHlcc . at the Board of Health , was agreed . to . A voto of 15 , 000 / ., for tho erection of a building of corrugated iron , to servo as a . Museum of art and science at Kensington Gore , was opposed by Mr . 8 poonk « . —After a discussion , in tho course of which tho voto was supported by Mr . Gladstone , Mr . Dibhaku , und Mr . "W . J . Fox , and opposed by Mr .

    Bright « nd Mr . I * ockb , a division iras'taken , and the vote agreed to by 85 to 33 , < -

    TREATY OF PEACE . On the order for going into a Committee of Ways and Means , Major Reed moved a resolution , " Tliat this House , participating in the national anxiety that no pacific arrangement'should be concluded with . Russia which does not appear best calculated to secure an honourable , just , and lasting peace , wishes to impress upon , her Majesty ' s Government how great a -satisfaction it would be to the House and the country to receive an assurance that no treaty or condition of peace would be finally settled without ha ving Parliament previously eaUed together . "—Lord PALMEJtSTON opposed the motion , on the ground that

    if the Souse has confidence in the present advisers of the Crown , it ought not to adopt a course which would seem to imply doubt . He added , however , that , in case of any circumstances arising in the coarse of the autumn to justify the calling together of Parliament , he should be only too glad , to hare the assistance of hon . members . — Major Reed having expressed his intention of . dividing , Mr . Dis&abli pressed him not to do so , as in that case he ( Mr . Disraeli ) should find himself in the disagreeable position of supporting her Majesty ' s ministers on a question of confidence . —Upon this , the motion was withdrawn .

    WATS AND MEANS . The House then went into a Committee of Ways and Means , when the Chancellor op the Exchequer said : — "In the estimate which he had submitted in the previous April , lie set down the public revenue for the yeaT ending in April next at # 6 , 339 , 000 ? ., and up to the present time that estimate had held good , with the exception of 200 , 000 / . expected from stamps on bankers ' cheques , but which had been since abandoned , leaving the amount 86 , 139 , 000 / . The expenditure , including the loan to Sardinia and the repayment of the advances on Exchequer-bills , had amounted to 81 , 899 , 000 / . which , deducted from the receipts , left a margin of 4 , 240 , 000 ? .

    The estimate for civil service had been 6 , 500 , 000 ? . ; the actual vote lately agreed to was 6 , 506 , 00021 , agreeing almost exactly with the estimate . But with respect to the military estimates , the case was different . The original estimates for the three heads , army , commissariat , and militia , were 16 , 221 000 ? ., since which a supplemental commissariat estimate had been taken of 2 , 668 , 000 / ., making the total for the three heads 18 , 789 , 000 / . There was reason to -hope that here the original estimate would exceed rather than fall short of the actual expenditure . The original estimate for the navy and transport service was 16 , 633 , 000 / . ; the supplemental estimate , 2 , 725 , 000 ? . ; making together , 19 , 379 , 000 ? . ; while the actual expenditure for four

    months had been 7 , 649 , 000 ? . This multiplied by three would give nearly 23 , 000 , 0002 ., a sum exceeding considerably -the original estimate ; but it -was hoped that the expenditure of the four months was not to be taken as a criterion for the year . The original and supplemental estimates for the Ordnance were 8 , 644 , 000 ? . The expenditure for four months had been 2 , 812 , 000 ? ., which multiplied by three would give 8 , 438 , 000 ? . The total results were these : —Original estimates , 43 , 677 , 000 ? . ; supplemental , 6 , 135 , 000 / . ; total , 49 , 812 , 000 ? . The total expenditure for -military purposes during the last four months had been 16 , 512 , 000 ? ., which multiplied by three would

    give 49 , 537 , 000 ? ., -thus carrying the total close up to the estimate , if the expenditure should amount to ithe -sum which the House tad voted for the estimates he-would still have am unappropriated margin of 2 , 000 , 000 ? ., though this apparent margin , practically , was nearly absorbed . The receipts of the revenue during the first four months of the financial year , had been , on the whole , satisfactory . The amount of Exchequer-bills outstanding on the 31 st of July was 17 , 099 , 400 ? ., and that of Exchequer-bonds outstanding was 6 , 000 , 000 ? . As there was no other alternative than tliat of raising the Additional Ways and Means at this period of tho session , he trusted it would meet the approbation of the Committee . "

    He accordingly moved a aeriea of jpesolutions , authorising the Lords of . the Treasury to issue Exchequer-bills to the extent of 7 , 000 , 000 / ., and , in case Exchequer-bills bo not issued for that full sum , authorising the issue of JExchcqner-lMMids , honriug' interest not exceeding four por cent ,, to euch au amount as would make up the whole sum of 7 , 000 , 000 / ., such Exchequer-bonds to be paid on ? at par within six years of their date . <• After some observations from Mr . Gladstone , Mr . Disrakli , and Mr . Glyn ( nouo of whom , however , made any opposition ) , the resolutions wore agreed to .

    NEW PRCTKCTlLfiS . . Mr Mojsskll , in answer to Mr , -Uobbuok , said S ' s ^ r-xsrs ss z ^^ sssr ^ ' S ^^ the consideration of Government , but that tlxo xn-Jc ^ or-Genial of Artillery , ^ . era Cutor finding that tho eholls frequently foiled , did not think it

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 4, 1855, page 735, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2101/page/3/