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      With respect to the wine duties it was impossible to form any trustworthy judgment as to the effect of the reduction until the Wine Licenses Bill was in operation . Lord John Russell replied to questions put by different members . As it had been thought expedient that tjie Persian mission shoiild be . under the Foreign-office Sir H . Kawlinson liad resigned ; the relations between the Shah and her Majesty were of the most friendly nature . With' respect to the inquiry of Mr . Foetescub , he observed , there were reports in the Foreign -office from our Consuls of cruelties , and even tortures perpetrated by the police in Sicily . In reply to Mr . Fitzgeeald , he stated that the condition of the Christians in Turkey were such that the Emperor of Russia could not remain a silent spectator ; andafter consultation with the other Powers , they were

      , Of opinion that it might be proper to make inquiry as to the real state of the Christians in Turkey . The Grand Vizier , Redschid Pasha , had been authorised to proceed for that purpose to Boumelia , and the other Turkish provinces . Mr . Whiteside obtained leave to bring- in a Bill to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the powers of leasing and improving land in Ireland . The Universities and Colleges Estates Bill was read a second time . The Report of the Committee of Supply was brought up and agreed to . The House tlien went into Committee upon the remaining Army Estimates . The various votes underwent much discussion , and were ordered to be reported . In the House of Lords ( reassemblinar on Monday night after the Whitsuntide recess ) the Bank of Ireland Bill was read a second time ,

      and the Public Improvements Bill was read a third time and passed . The Trustees , Mortgagees , &c , Bill passed through Committee . The Report of Amendments to the Ecclesiastical Courts Jurisdiction Bill was brought up and received . The Wine Licenses Bill was brought up from the Commons , and read a third time . In the House of Commons , Mr . Cowpeb , in reply to Mr . Bowyer and Lord Hotham , intimated that inquiries were in progress which , although not completed , left some hope that it will not be necessary to recast the great bell in the clock tower . On the order of the day for going into committee on the , Reform Bill , Mr . Htttt rose , according to notice , to move an instruction to the Committee " that they have power to provide increased facilities for polling at elections in the United Kingdom . " Objection was taken Upon the point of order , fiisthy the Speaker , andjifterwards by Lord John Russell , and , after a brief conversation , it was ruled that the

      instruction could not be put , on the ground that the Committee already ' possessed the power of dealing with the question to which it referred . Mr . Griffith had also given notice of moving an . * ' instruction ,-¦ wi th regard to boroughs having a population below 7000 ; and Mr . BENTiNck of moving an " instruction' * not to proceed further -with the Bill till provision had been made for giving 1 to the counties in England that share in the representation to which they may be shown to be entitled by population and by property ; both of which were ruled by the Speaker to be out of order on the same ground , and the first of the two was accordingly abandoned . Mr . Bentinck , however , insisted that his instruction ,, was within the spirit of the rules df the House , and intimated his intention of dividing upon it . He eventually moved another " instruction , " which was admitted to be in orijer , as follows : — " That it be an instruction to f . hA- < PortiwU ^« --thaL-tne . 3 ^ har-fi _ povver to inake provision for the

      better prevention of bribery and corruption at elections / ' Lord J . Rtjssbll said , if the hon . member had any specific proposition to submit to effect the object which he professed to have in view , it would be better to go into Coinmittee , and then to propose them . Mr . Whiteside , in support of the motion , argued that legislation was more necessary on the subject of bribery than on any other point connected with parliamentary reform , and more ^ especially so at the present time , inasmuch as the tendency oftlie Bill before the House must be to add to the existing corruption . Sir G . C . Lewis repeated a former declaration on the part of the Government , that they intended to deal with the subject of bribery bya specific measure . Mr . " \ Vtti , d proposed to add . to the instruction that votes should be taken bv ballot . The Speaker ruled that this addition would be out

      of order . Mr . Botjverie said the instruction was only intended for delay ; and , even if adopted , would only make confusion worse confounded . Mr . H . Berkeley charged the Opposition with exhibiting a hypocritical devotion to purity of election , while they were banded together as a great party to throw out the Bill by indirect means . After a few words from Mr , Collins , Lord J . Manners , who , on behalf of his party , repudiated the charge of obstructive delay , Mr . Slanby , Mr . Steuakt , Mr . Griffith , and Sir M . Farqujtar , the instruction was agreed to . Lord J . Russell moved that the Speaker should leave the chair , and in doing so alluded to the rumour which existed out of doors that the Government intended to withdraw the Bill . MV . Disraeli said such a proposition as thnt of revising the constitution of

      England without at the same time revising the constitution of Ireland and Scotland , had never been made by a minister before , and now it was made without any urgent necessity for dealing with the subject at » H , and withotifc any conviction on-the part of Lord J . Russell that , even if his measure were carried , his object would be achieved . Mr . Mackinnon submitted the following amendment , viz ., 'That , in order to obtain a safe and effective reform , it would be inexpedient and unjust to proceed further with the proposed legislative measure for the representation of the people until the House has before it the results of the census authorised by the bill now under its consideration . " Sir H . Stace . y seconded the amendment . On the motion of Mr . Hunt the debate was adjourned till Thursday . A proposition on the part of the Government to fix a iseries of Scotch bills for a morning sitting on Tuesday

      next was opposed by Mr . Disraeli and other members , but , on a division , was carried by 102 to 89—majority 13 . In the House of Lords , on Tuesday night , the Selling and Hawking on Sunday Bill was read si third time and passed , The Refreshment Houses and Wine Licenses Bill was read a second time . In the House of Commons Mr . Lindsay moved for a ' select committee to inquire into the organization and management of those branches of the Admiralty , War Office , India Office , and Emigration Board , by which the business of transporting , by means of shipping , troops , convicts , emigrants , materials of war , stores , and any other similar services were now performed -with a view of adopting some uniform system under one consolidated and responsible department . After a brief discussion , the motion ( omitting the

      concluding words ) was agreed to . Mr . Denman moved for leave to . bringin a Bill for the amendment of the proceedings on trials for felony and misdemeanour , by assimilating the practice in civil and criminal cases , by allowing counsel for the prisoner to comment upon the evidence after it was given . The motion was seconded by Mr . Ewart . The Attorney-General did not object to the motion , which was agreed to . Captain Jervis rose to move a resolution for abandoning the prosecutions of certain persons at Wakefield for offences against the Act 17 & 18 Victoria , cap . 102 , when the House was counted out , at twenty rninutes before eight o ' clock . — In the House of Commons , on Wednesday , Sir James Ferguson gave notice of his intention to move , on the order of the day for resuming the adjournment of the debate on the Reform Bill , that

      the Committee be postponed until the Irish and Scotch Reform Bills had been read a second time . On the order of the day for the seeond reading of the Ecclesiastical Commission &c , Bill , Mr . Selwyn objected to the Bill , and said his objections to the measure could be summed up in three wordscentralization , compensation , and confiscation . Thehon . and learned gentleman went on to show that the annual income of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners was £ ' 17 ^ 560 , the expenditure of the establishment was £ 43 , 580 , while the sum appropriated by them for church purposes vyas £ 89 , 000—hardly more than twice the amount of the expenditure of the establishment . He moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months . Mr . Alderman Copelani >

      seconded the amendment , and complained of the expense of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners . Mr . I > EEPES } asoneoftheEcclesiastical Commissioners , explained the difficulties which that bodyhad to dead with , and expressed a hope that the House would remove thosei difficulties by legislation . Mr . Henley moved the adjournment of the deWte , which vitas agreed to . - ¦ The Tramway ( Scotland ) Bill and the Police Towns Improvement ( Scotland ) Act Amendment Bill were read a second time . On the motion of Sir William Jo £ liffe a new writ was ordered to issue for the return of—a member tq _ represent the town of Belfast in Parliament , in the room of Mr . Richard JDavison , who has accepted the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds . The business on the paper having been disposed of , the House adjourned at five niinutes to six o'clock .

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      Mr . J . Ewing Ritchie , the author of " The Nightside of London , " " The London -Pulpit , " and many other popular works descriptive of London life , has , we hear , in the press a hew work , in which , if report speaks truly , he discourse * pleasantly and genially on some of the most — peciTfor- ^^ fo- ""^—p"P"k »'—topics-o £ -London _ life and character . The work is to be called " Town Talk , " and will be published during the present month by Mr . William Tinsley , of the Strand . College of Dentists of England . —The following gentlemen were admitted Members of the College of Dentists by examination , on the evenings of April 26 th and May 31 st : —William Robert Wood , Brighton ; Henry Tattershall Knowjes Kempton , Princes-street , Hanover . square ; Thomas Hankins , Mornington-crescent , Hampstead-road ; Chas . Jevons Fowler , Gloucester ; George Joseph Williams , Ladbroke-rond > Nott inghill ; Thomas Collins Vidler , Eastbourne . terrace , Hyde-park , W . ; Wm . Perkins , Prospect-place , Maida-hill ; Samuel Lee Rymer , North End , Croydon ; Felix Weiss , Great Russell-street , Bloomsbury ; William Pratt Porter , Finslmry-place South , Finsbury-square ; Anthony Hocklcy , Princes-street , Hanover-square ; and George Weaver , Upper Bakerstreet , Regent ' s park .

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      The Postmaster has decided that the Society of Arts' Prize Writing-case , for which they awarded the prize of twenty guineas-and their silver medal to Parkins and Gotto , can be sent through the post for 4 dM so that this extremely useful and durable waterproof case , fitted with writing-paper , envelopes , blotting-book , metal pencase , with reserve of pens , &c , &c , can be sent free through the post to any part of the kingdom , on sending twenty-eight stamps to Parkins and Gotto , 24 and 25 , Oxford Street , London . It forms a most appropriate present . Selling price at their stationary warehouse , 2 a . each . Their Sample Packet containing fifty kinds . Writing Paper and Envelopes can be had free by post for four stamps .

      Parkins and Gotto make no chargo for stamping writing-paper and envelopes , with crests , initials , or address , and undertake to pay the carriage to any part of England , on orders over twenty shillings . Twenty thousand envelopes , of any size or quality , at a minute ' s notice . Office stationary and household , papers . Institutions , colleges , and schools supplied . Price Hat post free . A saving of full 6 s . in the pound . Parkins and Gotto , paper and envelope makers , 24 and 2 J > , Oxford Street . [ y < fol . ] . The Mysterious power of the Magnet is most beautifully developed by Mr . F . Heriung , of 32 , Businghall Street , in his Patent Magnetic Brushes and combs , which are tub Remedy for Grey Hair , Weak or Falling Hair , Neuralgia , Nervous Headache , Rheumatism , Stiff Joints , &c . His Tenzlo Brushes for Cloth , Velvet , Ac , arc admirable ; they not only cleanse , but preserve the fubrio in a remarkable manner . The Public are cautioned against Counterfeits . [ Advertisement . ]

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      554 The Leader and Saturday Analyst . [ June 9 , 1860 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 9, 1860, page 554, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2351/page/22/