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      missioners had no instructions Id collect . They had been transmiteed , however , to the "War Department , and thence to the 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 Palji : ersto : n , 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 .

      attributed the premature old age which so often overtakes members of the Government to the present late ' hours ) , and was supported by Mr . William Williams and Mi " . Bass ; but was opposed by Lord Palmer&ton 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 from premature decay , thought so great a restriction on time would 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 niake 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 t > y a 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 th . The Houses oj ? Lords did not sit . POSTPONEMEKT OP M& . IiOWE ' S KEASTJRES . ¦ In the House of Commons , a conversation aross upon a motion by Mr . Lo ~ we 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 . Spooner , and other mernbers pressing for a longer postponement , to which Mr . Lowe declined to accsde .

      METROPOLITAN POLICE BILL . On the second reading of this bill , Sir Bjenry Willoughby inquired whether the proposed alteration in the existing law would involve any additional expense , " and under what authority the sole Commissioner would act ?—Sir GtBorge Guey said there would be no additional expense , but , on the contrary a gain of ; £ 100 a-year ; and that there would be no change in the authority under which the Commissioner would act .

      SUPPLY . On the report of the Committee of Supply " being brought up , Mr . Wilson , in reply to a question from Sir Henry WrLEOTTGHBY , 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 statement or demand for money until the votes for the ensuing year Iiad been taken . The remaining business having been disposed of , the House adjourned at a quarter to three o ' clock . Thursday , February Tik . THE STEW LIFE PEERAGE .

      The attention of the House of Lords was occupied during the whole evening : by a legal debate on the new life peerage . The discussion was commenced by Lord Ly ^ dhurst , who moved that the letters patent purporting to create Sir James Parka a Bavon of the United Kingdom for life be referred to the Committee of Privileges , with directions to consider the same nnd report thereou . Having disclaimed any personal objection to Sir James Parke ( whose abilities and worth ho highly eulogised ) , Lord Lyndhurst contended that the creation was unconstitutional . No auch instance had occurred for four hundred years ; the Jifo peerages created l ) y Charles ) II . in favour of hia mistresses , and by James II . autl the first kings of the House of Hanover , not being parallel cases , since n > son ) , in Parliament was attached . Earlier iuetimco 3 could iV » rnx no precedent , as they oaourred iu times bolero the constitution was settled or flofmod . Tho

      measure ? also was impolitic , for it would divMo tho HYvuso of Peers into two pstrtn , and i ^ wna invMious to place legal niou ( who had dtmo much towards building up u . nd < 1 clouding tho oon . stitution of the country ) in n . position below tho other poors . Tho ncoosfcifcy for iuoreaning the number of law lorrln wna nob mad a clear . "Writ * of error were- of wra orcummco , nnd , on important points of cummou law , tho liuuuo had tho power of summoning tho twolvo judgon to nssiafc it when sitting as tho Hupi-omooourb . Tlio hereditary ¦ prineiplo would l » o violated by tliono creations , and

      mi olouaeut of Hiibsorvionny to tho Crown nml the ^ Tininlora would bo introdueod , very mifavouvixble to tho indojiciulcmeo of tho ppomge . —Tho motion waw mippoi'tod by Lord St . Lkomauds ( who entered into a Iotij { logul argument , supported by many instances , to provo tho unooiirtlitutioiml naturti of tho oroixtion ) l > y Loiil ( . ' ami-bki , ! . ( who haid that the chungo , ofFoctoc ' l ) . y a ehnplii not of the Crown , wnfi gvoator t . lu \ u thn 1 inndo in tin ) IIoumo of Commons by tho Reform Bill iukI m'Iio thought , it miglit lead W depriving futim Lord C'liancollorB and Loa-d Chief Juiiticos of horodi

      local dues upon shipping . Tt 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 rig hts 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 iu 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 . Liddell and Mr . Watson spoke in favour of the corporations . — Mr . Rice advised thnt ample time should be allowed for considering the-measure . —Mr . Milner G-ibson and Mr . Lindsay approved of the -measure ; and , after a few words from Mr . Lowe , leave was given to bring in the bill .

      THE METROPOLITAN POLICB . On the House resuming . Sir Georoe Gre y obtained leave to bring in & bill for the amendment of the Acts relating to the Metropolitan Police . The main featui-e of the measure is to limit the number of the commissioners to one , with two assistants . Lord Drumlanrig bi-ought up the Queen ' s answer to the Address , which was couched in the usual terms

      THE KNOUMBERED ESTATJ 2 S COURT IN IRELAND . Mr . J . D . Fitzg : eeald 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 in Ireland , increase its power , and reform its procedure . The saving by the abolition of the Encumbered Estates Court and of four Masbers in Chancery , he said , would be £ 30 , 429 per annum ; the expense of the new machinery established by the bill would be £ 16 , 76 * 0 per annum , and the life compensations £ 13 , 383 , so that the alterations would cost the

      country nothing , and ultimately , by the falling in of the life compensations , there . wo-uld be a saving of £ 14 , 000 a-year . The bill he proposed to introduce carried out the recommendations of the commissioners , abolishing the Encumbered Estates Court , investing the Court of Chancery in Ireland with its jurisdiction , reforming and simplifying the procedure of this Court , abolishing the masters , appointing two Yice-Chancellors , and constituting a courb of Appeal from each of the equity judges . It was proposed likewise very materially to reduce , and ultimately to abolish , the fees and stamps now paid on proceedings in the court .

      The measure was opposed by Mr . "Whitesidjs Mr . Malins , and Mr . Georgjs , and was supported by Mr . Cairns and Mr . V . Soully . —Ultimatel y , leave was given to bring iu the bill . Some routine business having boon transacted , the House adjourned at an early hour .

      Tuesday , February 5 th . In the House of Lords , oh the motion of the Lord Chancellor , the Leases and Sales op Settled Estates Bill was road a «» icoud time . SETTLEMENT AND REMOVAL OF THK TOOK .-In answer to Lord Beiineks , Lord Stanley ol Alderley . said a . bill had been prepared carrying into effect tho recommendations of tho committee- of inquiry relating to tho removal of Scotch and Irish poor , but that no change in tho English law ol settlement and removal waa contemplated .

      TRIALS AT BAH . Tho Lord Chancellor , laid on the table n , bill 13 enable tho Court of Queen ' s Bench to send for trial to tho Central Criminal Court parsons charged with offoncos that could more mutably bo triad in that court than in tho court at WosfcminBtor . There wns no doubt tho Court of Quoon ' u Bon oh had tho power of removing tho proooHft from an nnnizo town whore thoro vvas likely to be a projndico against tho ucousod ; but whothor it hud tho povovof ordering the trial in tho Central Criminal Court wan doubtful . Tho obioot of tho bill was to settle tliiM difficulty . -Iu reply to Lord Derby , the Lord Ciiancph . i . ou BtaU < d that tho bill was in tho shape- of iui enactment . rho Houso thon roHo

      o ^ Mp ttTAMTY IN TUB OIUMKAN AHMV . Sir De Lacy Twans , in tho Houhis ov Commons , roterrod to a utatomcnt contained in tho Report of tho GoinnuHsiono > w who have Inquired into the Bunplion to tho Crimean anny — u nUlomaiit to tho uffoct that tho mortality wiih at tho rate of thirty-nVo per cent Wo wished to know whether any information obUinod by tlio CoramiHHionorrt would bo laid upon the tablo of that HouBo . —Lord Palmkiibt ^ n replied that thontiitiatioB to which Wir Do Limy Evan * roforrod . tho

      Corn-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 mein ~ ber for Westminster had been disposed of .

      REFORM OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL C 0 UET 3 . In answer to Mr . Robert Phxlli . wore , 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 . llr . "Wilson , in answer to Mr . V . Scully , entered into some particulars with i-eference to the passenger conimunication 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 . — Mi . 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 " an inquiry before a committee of this House , or otherwise , into the working and effect of the act" under 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 of things that the Government did not intend for the present to propose any inquiry . Still , should it appear that there was a g-eueral 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 would follow . The preliminaries , however , were not yet signed , and consequently the conditions of the armistice eould not be specified . MR . WILLIAM LET . 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 gross public income and expenditure in each quarter of tho year 1855 , stating tho cost of the revenue departments , including the Woods , Forests , and Land Itevenues of the ( Jrown , made out in the same form as the aocouut of the net income and expenditure presented to the House . —Mr . WrLSON recommended the withdrawal of the motion , which , after Rome observations by Sir Henry Wirxouarnjr and the Chancellor of the ExoiiEQUEM . was acceded to .

      COUNTY AND DOUOU 0 II POLICE . Sir Geouoe ( . 4 hey moved for leave to bring in n hill to render more eflioiont the police in comities and boroughs in England and Wales . The objects of tho bill were to make compulsory tlio hitherto permissive power under which justices of counties can appoiut n police force ; to give to the Queen in council tlio power to divide ' any county into portions for police purposes ; to yivo county constables iurisidiotioii in

      l > orouglis ; to give tlio Crown power to make rules for tho nmnagoniont of tho polioo , nhoukl occasion arise , and to appoint inspector .- ! who should report to tho Crown ns to < ho state of the police throughout tho country ; to tuko away from borough constables tho powor of voting at elections ; and to thrown portion of tho oxpouhto , not oxcoeding a forth , upon tho consolidated fund . Boroughs with rmd under ( ivo thoumind inhabitant would form part of tho cunmly in bo fm a , s tho police force is concerned .

      Sw Jou . v l ' . uu . vaTON , Mr . Cuiustui'umi Nihukx , Mr . l ) Ki : m :, 4 , Mr . Rune , Mr . lluuii , Lord Lovaini-:, Mr . ItouisuT I'ai . mkii , mid othorn , oxprosm'd a ^ oni-ml approval of tho liKMMuro , and made friendly nuygcdlions .

      MH . UROTIIKIITOX ri ANNtf . U , MOTION ' . Mr , Bhotuicuton thon made hin junnml motion in favour of tho lloano claMing itndi . 'Tmto ; 3 at midnight . ¦¦ ¦ - Tho motion wivsi Hooondcd by Mr . Ew . vnr ( who

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 9, 1856, page 123, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2127/page/3/