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CHAPTER lIL—A Review of the various Disqualifications 01 Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects' of Climate, or Infection. CH APTER IV. —The Author's plan of Treatment, Medical and Moral, being the result of a successful practice extending over a period of 25 years. CHAPTERS V. and VI. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhcea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting eases, to which is added the Author's receipt of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and s hould be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 23d March, 1856. "The author ha's conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which described the source of those dise ases (34 Q w,„.hich produce ftline in youth or more frequently p remature 4 g e."—" Dairy Tel egr a p h , " March 27, 1856. fund At home for co nsu l tat i on, daily, from 10 till 3 and 6 to 8. ays, 10 t o 1. NO MORE MEDICINE N.. ~, HABITUAL CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), 4_,....En1L1TY, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, PULMONARY, AND LIVER vOMPLAINTS. 1 -) 11 13 A-RRY'S DELICIOIJS HEALTH ,___ RESTORING R EVALENTA ARABICA FOOD.— to appreciate the 'virtues chronic dyspe '` ll a our Practice we have been enable cr o e f Du Barry's Food. In its effect on diarrhoea, on biliciajianflitstion), nervousness, constipati•? e n, liver complaints, cough, asthm i, c! - b flitY, and incipient co nsumption, we audit the safest remedy. - Apr. lire, M.D. lane , D, ~ F.R.S., Dr. Harvey, Dr. Bright, Dr. Shor _Dr. Utmpbell. u blood Food cures effe ctually - -Acidity, asthma bilious 5, to the head, bowel complaints, bronchitis, ea irth, colds congestion, constipation, consumption, "ramps, -i'oUgh, debility, d drep s d "Pendency, diarrhoea, disten iion, dizziness, tions.37,x.rowsinese. dysentery, dyspepsia (Indigestion), erup ...it _ exhaustion fevers, epileptk fits, flatulency, gout, ha tms al constipation, headaetthe, heartburn, haemorrhoids, hys teria, Impurities, indige ion of kidneys and bladder, -awl (dyspepsia,) irritability, irrita low spirits, nausea and liver complaints, loss of memory, cies, ne uralgia, noiseshlsigTeess, na:vousness, nervous fan ar, pains between the ghoul flees, palpitation, partial paral ys i s, paints, rheumatism, scrofil V il egni, Pulmonary com p throat, spasms, tightness acrao'ssB theu'e'lleasl:.epl2rnigol penny per meal, it effectually cures the above, also children% complaints, and saves fifty times its cost in medicine. It does trot turn acid nor interfere with a liberal diet but imparts a bealthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty Ottligestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most thleehled. We extract a few out of many thousand cures:— Cure No. 54,816, from the Rev. James T. Campbell, Syder stone Rectory, near Fakenbarn, Norfolk : "In all cases of in digestion, and particularly where the liver is affected, t %fielder it the best of all remedies. —James T. Campbell." Cure No. 71, of Dyspepsia, from the Ri g ht Honourable the Lord Stuart de Decies derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Stuart de Decies."—Cure No. 49,832 : " Fifty years' indescr:bable agony Irom dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, ilatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach rood.mitin, hove been removed by Du Barry's excellent Maria Joiy, Wortham Ling, near Disc, Norfolk."--Cure No. 52,087: I leld-Marshal the Duke of Pluskow, of a gastric inflamma tion of the storsach.—Cure No. 51,614: Baron de Polentz, Prefect of Lam - minu s lf many years' horrible sufferings of the nerves and an o'ntinate constipation. Cure No. 47,121 iss Ellzabeti Talobs of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a care of extreme nervousness indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. T; Cure No 48,314 : Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateaere, near 1, ,, , Verpool : a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors f nervous irritability. —Cure No. 18,'!16: Dr, Andrew Ure, of Constipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability.—Cure No. 34,210: Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility.—Cure No. 36,212 : Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits.—Cure 42,116 ; Major Edie, of enlargement of the liver, and total prostration of strength Cure No. 3y,118 : Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, land daily vomitings.—Cure No. 26,418: Dr. Harvey, of areicnsuea and debility..—Cure No. 39.618 : D r . W ur t zer, o f Mater. p ti on. — Cure Ivo. 32,880 : Willi am H unt, Esq., Bar- M of paralysis,— Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts. timber merchant, of Fernley, Surrey, 30 years' diseased zinats, spiCunre ttig of blood, liver d erangement, partial deness.—No. 46,814: Mr. Samuel Laxton, Lei cester, of two years' diarrhoea. - - Cure. No. 52,612 : The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' ner vous irritability, bile and indigestion, —Cure No. 51,812: Miss Virginia Zeg-uers, cured of consumption, after her medi cal advieers had abandoned all hopes of re3overy.— Cure No. 180: "Twenty-five years' nervousness, con stipation, indigestion, and dainty, from which I have suffered great miserY, and which no medicine could re move or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Parry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." —No. 4,208: " Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for Which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's h ealth-restorine- Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John I`7. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." 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A N ew Obstetric Belt, invented by Mrs. BO WIN (Ladies' Nurse of 20 years' experience), for the use of ladies after their con finement, has been highly approved by the Faculty. " A t the meeting ot the Societ of , held in April, 1859, Dr. Tanner exhibited Obstetrical an obstetric belt London made by Mrs. Bowin, which was cheap, simple in construction, and easily applied. He suggested that it might be useful also after pp e r ace ntesis or ovarius dropsy."—Lancet, April, 1859. Address to Mrs. Bowin, Ladies' Nurse and Belt Maker, 3, Broke-road, Queen's-road, Dalston, N.E. A BOON TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. 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Tele scopes 34 inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen and known at 34 miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles dis tance ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece, Jupiter's moon's, Saturn's rings, and the aouble stars are distinctly , een. All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be a seen and known o ne and half mile distant. They an swer every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four to six miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Price 30s. 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Ladies arc invited to attend. whether he had received the report of Sir Roderick Mur chison and Professor Faraday on the processes for preserv ing the external stonework of the Houses of Parliament, and whether ho had any objection to lay the same before the house, together with copies of the instructions or minutes of reference to those gentlemen, and any corres pondence, not already befure.th.e house, which had passed between the Board of Works and the respective patentees,' the referees, or Sir Charles Barry. Mr. CO WPER said ho had received the reports of Sir Roderick Murchison and Professor Faraday relative to the external stonework of the Hou,,es of Parliament. He did not, however, feel at liberty to lay the same on the table, as they were not intended for,Publicity, but merely for his information. He was quite prepared to take on himself the responsibility of acting on these reports. Ho would readily lay on the table the papers respecting the patentees and referees. of the Exchequer that it was intended to resume the debate to-night. Considering the bearing which the estimates of the year have on this question and that we have not yet had an opportunity of discussing them, I certainly did think that we should, before proceeding with this measure, have been allowed to make ourselves acquainted with the finan cial condition of the country, and to ascertain whether we are now in exactly the same position as when the Budget was brought forward. We have this year departed very widely from the ordinary routine of financial business, be cause usually some progress is made in the estimates before the Chancellor of the Exchequer makes his statement to the house. That course, no doubt, is sometimes departed from, but seldom, if ever, has there been a year in which such important business has been brought forward before any progress had been made in the estimates ; and it appears; to me that this is not a year that should be chosen for de viating from tho usual practice in such matters, because the financial measures of the Government are very important and the annual estim des are of a very peculiar character. Since the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer we have had a good many of the estimates laid on the table. and, to my great surprise --I can hardly now believe lam not under some mistake—l find a considerable difference in one class between the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the statement which appears in the esti mates. (Hear.) I was unable to give earlier notice of my motion because, until last night, I never thought this bill would be brought forward before we had made some pro gress in those estimates. With regard to the form of the motion, it is not my wish to dispute the third reading. I do not maintain that the paper duty is a good duty, nor do I in any way dispute the case which the right hon. gentle man has made against it. But it appears to me that this is not the right time for going on with it, and in making this motion I think I am acting in the spirit of the resolution which was passed two years ago. (Hear.) I feel bound to protest against its being considered that we are in any way bound by a resolution passed in a former Parliament, and especially by a loose resolution of the sort which was passed in 1858. (Hear, hear.) It is not held that we' re practi cally and absolutely bound by it, but itis said that the ques tion is, to a certain extent, prejudged by that resolution— the more so because it was adopted, after full deliberation, with the assent of the then responsible Minister, without a division. If we look, however, to the terms of that resolu tion, and to what took place in the debate upon it, I think the case for the repeal of. the paper duty in the present year is not at all strengthened'. (Hear, hear.) The President of the Board of Trade moved a resolution of two parts, the first containing the abstract proposition that the paper duty was not a good permanent source of revenue, and the second declaring that measures ought to be taken to put an end to it. The then Chancellor of the Exchequer did not deny the first part of thO resolution, that it was not desirable to maintain the paper duty as a permanent source of revenue, but he demurred to the second part, that the house ought at an early period to abolish the duty, because he said other things ought to be taken into consideration. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord the member for the city of London, assenting to the general proposition that the tax was not a good one, used strong language as to other things which ought first to be done, and said that the faith of Parliament was almost pledged to make remission first of the war duties on tea 'and sugar. (Cheers.) The present Home Secretary reminded the house that they were pledged on the first favourable opportunity to repeal the income-tax, and he said he did not like the second part of the resolution, because it interfered with the redemption of that pledge. The latter part of the resolution was struck out, and it was generally understood that, although the ab stract resolution was adopted, it was not intended to give effect to it. , It may not be a wise thing for the house to adopt an abstract resolution of that sort ; but when it is adopted with the express and distinct refusal to attach words which would give it a practical operation, I cannot find any argument that the house is pledged, much less that the re solution pledges a Parliament which is not the same as that in which the vote was taken. (Hear, hear.) I think it, therefore, a most undesirable precedent for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to refer to an abstract resolution as one which commits the house to a certain policy ; and if abstract propositions are so taken up I think serious mischief may fellow. (Cheers.) Not denying that the repeal of the paper duty is a good thing if we can afford it, I say the present is not a good time to take such a step; and if it wasnot thought a good time in 1858, when the expenditure was £63,500,000, still less can it be a good time now, when the extendituro is £70,000,100. (Cheers.) Although there may be a reason able probability of an opportunity at a future time to dispense 'with the tax, the case is very different now, with largo expenditure and greater difficulty of meeting, it. I admit that my objections aro, to the whole finan cial scheme of the Government. One of the main ob jections is, that I think we are now sacrificing a large and important portion of indirect taxation without having previously settled the principles upon which the direct taxation to be substituted ° is to be placed. (Hear, hear.) Ido not wish to be understood as saying that I ob ject to the substitution in a proper way of direct for indirect taxation. What I mean is this—that wo ought to take very good care to make direct taxation as free as possible from objection, and to put it in such a shape that when we strike away indirect taxation we may be in a position to fall back on direct taxation, with the certainty that it will not fail us from the objections which it will engender. This is the point in which the scheme of the Government fails. It is very easy and pleasant to strike away indirect taxation, but is it prudent to do so when we have only in its place,the in come-tax, which high authorities tell us is unsuitable as a permanent source of revenue, and no one can assure us that it can in any way be altered or improved ? The other objec tion which I have is, that for the purpose of change we are forestalling and using up all our resources, calling in credits and taking other temporary aids, and accumulating for next year a deficit, which, to say the least, is most undesirable. (Cheers.) I think those two objections have become stronger since the financial statement than they were at that time. I venture to call the attention of the house to the discre pancy between the statement of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer and the estimates now laid on the table. My right hon. friend estimated the charges for the current year—in cluding the debt, the consolidated fund, the army, nave civil service, and revenue estimates, together with a vote of credit of £500,000 for the China expedition—al £70,100,000. The items for the debt, the consolidated fund, and the army and navy amounted to £57,400,000; the vote of credit to £500,000: the miscellaneous estimates to £7,500,000; and the estimates for the collection of therevenue to 54,700,000. To the estimates for the collection of the revenue I must re quest the right hon. gentleman's particular attention, be cause he told us they showed an apparent increase of £225,000 which would probably be to a great extent recovered by the superior yield of the Post-office to £BO,OOO. Since then the estimates for the collection of the revenue have been laid upon the table, and instead of £4,700,000 they amount to £4,932,432 (hear, hoar), showing a difference of no less than £232,342. Considering that the estimated surplus was only £464,000, this makes a most serious difference in the calcu lations upon which the budget was founded, because it at once does away with something like one-half of that surplus. I have looked at that once or twice, thinking that I must be mistaken, but on referring to the printed report of my right hon. friend's speech I find that I have not misrepre sented him in supposing that he took the amount at £4,700,000, and I am sure that I have taken that of the esti mates upon the table correctly at 4,932,432. Had we gone on with the discussion of these estimates we might have re ceived some explanation of this discrepancy, which would so far have mitigated the objection which I feel to this part of the financial scheme ; but it is unreasonable to ask us to grant remissions of taxation before we know what our reve nue is to be. (Hear, hear.) And therefore I think lam jus tified in saying that, so far as we can judge, the financial state of the country does not admit of our proceeding with this measure at present. (Hear, hear.) The miscellaneous estimates my right hon. friend took at £7,500,000, including I presume the £lOO,OOO which is usually taken for civil con tingencies. As yet but six classes of these estimates have been laid upon the table, but they amount to £6,644,328. Class 7, at the amount at which it stood last year, and the £lOO,OOO for civil contingencies making up £1,128,236, • raising the amount of the miscellaneous estimates to £7,772,564, which would be an excess over the estimate of the right hon. gentleman of £272,564. Now, lam aware that there will be a reduction in the amount of Class 7 ; but is it reasonable to suppose that you can obtain a dimi nution of no less than £270,000 upon a single class of esti mates, the total amount under which is only £988,000 ? I do not say that it may not be done, but it would have been more satisfactory that we should have had these estimates fully before the house, in order that we might see whether it was a real saving or only a postponement of votes which will come upon us in a future year. (Hear, hear.) I know that my right hon. friend is most anxious to reduce these estimates, but except in Class 1, which I suppose is in the nature of a postponement of works, and in Class 4, a reduc tion of £22,000, which has been balanced by an increase of £20,000 in Class 3, he has , been able to make no diminution. On the contrary, taking the estimates for the collection of the revenue together with the other classes, I find that there is an actual increase of no less than £85,000 in the present year. I know that lam apparently going out of the record, but it is a course which is forced upon me, because I can not state my objections to the course which we are pursuing without pointing out in some detail the difficulty which I experience in going on with,this legislation before I can as certain what is the real state in which the estimates will ultimately stand. (Hear.) I must also call attention to what has happened with regard to the Army Estimates. It is true that their amount is now pretty much that which my right hon. friend stated. He said that the charge for the army and the militia would be' about £15,300,000. I find that the estimates upon, the table amount to £14,842,000, which, taking the charge for the militia at £460,000, as last year, would give almost that amount, pig a very re- 11T EDDING STATIONERY, including every and and elegant desins yDE LA RUE and Co. A sample packet and price list ant free. No charge for carriage on orders over 20s. 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Murray, com manding a detachment of the 65th Foot, had proclaimed martial law, and that her Majesty's ship Niger had left Auckland for the scene of action with considerable rein forcements ; and whether there was reason to believe that these disturbances would not spread beyond the province ? Mr. C. FORTESCUE said the governor of the colony had gone to New Plymouth with a strong detachment of troops, and was acting vigorously in respect to the diffi culties that had arisen, but there was every reason to be lieve that tranquillity would be shortly re-established. REMOVAL OF BRIGADIER INNES. 'Mr. TORRENS asked the Secretary of State for India, what were the grounds for the removal of Brigadier Innes from his command as Brigadier at Ferozepore in May, 1857, after the perfect approbation of the Commander-in- Chief had been conveyed, in the Adjutant-General's letter of the 19th of the same month, to that officer, for the judg ment, vigour, and decision with which he had acted at the commencement of the mutiny in Bengal ? Sir C. WOOD said he did not consider the question a proper one to be put in that house ; but he would state that the Indian Government had removed the officers in ques tion, because they thought it was desirable at the time to do so. GRAVES OF BRITISII OFFICERS AND MEN IN _ -- THE CRIMEA. Lord BURGHLEY asked, the Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs, whether, in consequence of the remonstrance of her Majesty's Government, any promise or security had b en givan.by the Russian Government that the graves of the officers and men of the British army, who are interred n the Crimea, shall be protected and held sacred in future ? Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Government of Russia had been remonstrated with in respect to the matter in January, March, and April, and had promised full enquiry into the subject. They stated that they had every desire to maintain those graves in a decent manner, but there were some difficulties in dealing with the matter in conse - quence of the graves being scattered. The Government of this country had instructed the British Consul at Odessa to attend to those graves, and had granted him £lOO a-year for that purpose. LEAVE 01? ABSENCE. Leave of absence was granted to Mr. JOHN H. GURNEY, for a week, from ill health; and to Mr. HUTT, for a fort night, on the ground of domestic affliction. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, &c., IRELAND. Lord NAAS, in moving for\ leave to bring in a bill for securing the registration of births, deaths, and marriages in Ireland, drew attention to the very anomalous state of Ireland in reference to registration. That country, Turkey, Greece, Spain, and Hungary were the only countries where adequate arrangements for registration were not provided by law. He proposed to extend the registration of marriages in Ireland to persons married according to the ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church, and he proposed to make the constabulary a principal agent in carrying out the general registration. The noble lord then proceeded to discuss the details of this 1111, which were identical with the measure which the noble lord had intro duced in a previous session. Mr. CARDWELL expressed great pleasure at the noble lord having resumed his efforts to place this subject on a satisfactorY footing. He entirely concurred with the noble lord as to the great importance of a proper system of regis tration in Ireland, from the absence of which much hard ship was inflicted on persons of the poorer class in that country, who were unable to prove their title to pro - perty,of wealthy relatives who might have died abroad. He hoped the present session would not pass without a bill on that subject being passed. The matter had been care fully considered in Ireland, and there were other plans proposed which differed in some points from that of the noble lord, and it was thought advisable by some persons whose attention had been directed to the subject, that the same system which prevailed in Scotland should be introduced into Ireland, and he would ask permission of the house to lay on the table a bill on the subject, which, with the measure of the noble lord, would be submitted to the consideration of the house. He would be happy to afford all the assistance to the passing of a bill. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. PORTPATRICK AND DONAGHADEE HAR BOURS. Gezeral UPTON moved for a select committee to in quire into the truth of the allegations contained in the petition of the Ayr and Maybele Junction Rail way Company, presented in August last, and printed in the eleventh report of the Select Committee on Public Peti tions, Appendix 202, relative to the application of the grant for Portpatrick and Donaghadee Harbours. Mr. LAING entered into some explanation relative to the steps which had been previously adopted in regard to Portpatrick and Drogheda harbours, and said that he felt bound to oppose this motion. The hon, gentleman de fended the conduct of Mr. Wilson in reference to this matter. After a few words from Colonel Durrics, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said diet he considered Go vernment had not acted properly in respect to this subject. Originally in 1856 there were two lines of railway to be con structed, but in 1857 that contract was altered, and only ono line of railway was to be made. The parties interested in the Northern line felt themselves aggrieved, and he suggested that further money should be withheld until the original contract was carried out. Mr. DUNLOP thought that the whole question had been. concluded by the vote of last year. He considered also that the cou n t ry h ad not to from the m oney granted. The SPEAKER th en put the motion, which was negatived got the benefit they were entitled without a division. FACTORY 'BOY APPOINTMENTS EXAMINA TION (PORTSMOUTH). Mr. BENTINCIC moved for copies of the examination papers and answers thereto by the candidates for the ap pointment of factory boys before the Civil Service Commis sioners at Portsmouth, in January. The hon. member founded his motion on a case in which he considered much injustice had been inflicted on one of the candidates. Tho CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the motion on the twofold ground that the particular can didates referred to had not come up to the minimum stan dard applicable to all in certain common requirements, and that if agreed to, such motions would interfere with that in.. dependence which was absolutely essential to the proper discharge of their duties by the Civil Service Commis sioners. Mr. BENTINCK having replied, the house divided when the numbers were— For the motion ........................ 60 Against it ............................ 80 Majority against th e motion —3O Mr. GARNETT obtained leave to bring in a bill for re gulating the use of locomotives on turnpike and otherroads. THE EAST INDIA BUDGET. Colonel SYKES moved an address for copies of minutes of council in Madras, and other documents with reference to the imposition of the income-tax in India. Sir C. WOOD opposed the motion. After a few words from Mr. KINNAIRD the motion was withdrawn. STOCK-JOBBING BILL. Mr. BOVILL moved the second reading of this bill. The great object of the bill was to legalise every bona fide transaction, leaving, as at present, all wages and gambling speculations subject to the restrictions and penalties of the law. He thought that course was preferable to that pro posed by the Government in repealing Sir.J. Barnard's Act. Mr. COLLINS opposed the second reading of the bill, and moved that the bill bo read a second time that day six months. Mr MALINS and Mr MELLOR supported:theamendment. Mr. BOVILL replied, but did not divide, and the amend- ment was agreed to. REPEAL OF THE PAPER DUTY. The adjourned debate on the third reading of the Paper Duty Repeal Bill was resumed by Sir S. STORTHCOTE, who rose to move,—"That the present state of the finances of the country renders it un desirable to proceed further with the repeal of the Excise duty on paper." He said,—l feel I ought to explain my reason for putting this notice on the paper, instead of the usual amendment that the bill be read a third time this day six months. I have for some time been of opinion that there was no probability that this bill could be proceeded with at present. I thought there was other business which must take precedence of it; and it was, therefore, with gr'At girPrin tiAt OW 039 Ait9DICAt 9: t 49 cluwellyr markable operation has been performed upon these esti mates. After they had been laid upon the table and the number a men e 443,000 some odd hundreds—they were withdrawn upon the groned that the Governor-General of India had sent home more treope than was expected, or something of that sort. They were withdrawn and revised, and in the revised eetiintetes I observe that the number of men, instead of being 143,000, ie 145,000 the actual addition being about 1,900 men, lent notwithstanding this there has been no increttee of (be estimates. There he's been an increase in some votes, but the:, Ilea been balanced by a decrease in others, and among these latter Ore the votes for clothing, provisions, and warlike stores. Those who' have objected to votes for clothing and provisions after the number of men had been voted have often been told, and it is an argument which bas been delivered ex eatheltg, that they ought to have objected to the number of men, because after that has been passed the votes for clothing and provisions must surely folio*. That to uninitiaten persons seems an argument of great weight, and has, I know, closed the mouths of many persons who were.' dis posed to - raise objections; but it can never be used again, because in this instance, although the number of men has been increased, the vote for clothing has decreased by, £lB,OOO, and that for provisions, including forage, by £2,700. The presumption which is raised by these facts is either that the estimates were originally negligently framed and the house was asked to vote an unnecessarily large amount, or that they have now been improperly reduced, and we shall at a future period be asked for a supplemen tary, vote to supply deficiencies, as has occasionally been the case before. I have had the curiosity to look at the supplementary estimate of £1,050,000 which was voted last year, and I find that of that sum £290,000 was voted for clothing, and £350,000 for provisions. Ido not wish to! question the accuracy of these estimates. The circum stances which I have mentioned may be susceptible of a complete and satisfaotory explanation, but we ought to have our minds set at rest upon these matters before we proceed . with the finan c i a l sc h eme. (Hear, hear.). If we abolish the paper duty, and the Govern ment is afterwards obliged to ask for more money, there will be no means of raising it except by adding a penny to the income-tax, or something of that' sort, and therefore we ought to have an •opportunity of going into these estimates, and sifting them very carefully, before we agree to the abolition of that tax. These are not the onlei, votes upon which I would remark. In the item of warlike stores the revised estimates show a reduction of not less than £BO,OOO, which is a very curious feature, and lets us into something more. The original estimate for warlike stores was £743,000, of which £250,000 was to be deducted for sums chargeable to the Indian Government. In the revised estimates the Itidian Government is charged, not with £20,000, but with £300,000, and the amount to be voted for miscellaneous stores is reduced from £734,000 to £713,000. Does this mean that India requires at one time one sum and another at another, or that the whole system of the ac counts between the Indian Government and the Home Go vernment is one incomprehensible labyrinth and mess, and that you may really make use of it as a matter of account to state things very much as you please ? That is a matter on which I want information. We ought to have an account current between this Government and the Indian Govern ment. I don't say anything is wrong, but all this is matter of inquiry. Of course, we shall have that inquiry sooneror later; it cannot be prevented, but we should have it with much more profit to ourselves if we had not decided all our financial arrangements before we set about it. (Hear, hear.) I might go into other details, but, in truth, I think I have stated quite enough to prove the case I was anxious to sub mit to the house, that it is really necessary, before we pro ceed any further in the way of reducing taxation and throw ing away fer ever these duties on paper, that we should go into our estimates and ascertain how the country really stands. (Hear, hear.) I have not touched on other matters which are very important, indeed, and which I have in vain endeavoured to extract from Government some infor mation. There is the vote for fortifications for instance, which stands in the estimates of £649,000. Do you, or do you not, mean to make any further proposal on that subject ? I formerly asked that question, to which no reply was given. I repeated the inquiry, and the answer of the noble lord was that a commission had reported on the subject; filth report was under consideration, and when the Government had made up their minds what to do he would inform the house. But there the matter rests. I don't blame the Government for letting the matter rest there; but in the meantime they must not be surprised if rumour was busy spreading reports that they were going to have a large loan on the subject. If the sum of £10,000,000 was to be borrowed the interest of it would pretty nearly absorb the amount of the paper duties. Perhaps you mean to deal with it in another way. Perhaps the loan is to be raised in Exche quer bonds, which are to be paid off from year to year; but if you are to spread the repayment of £10,000,000, or £5,000,000, or £6,000,000, over so many years, you will have a million a year or more to provide for that purpose, which might be got perhaps from the paper duty better than in any other way. (Hear, hear.) Then, again, this fortifica tion vote is - in a very anomalous state; there is this pecu liarity about it, that no details whatever are given. In former years these details were always supplied, but here we have only the bare sum put down of £649,000. Under these circumstances, I think I am not making an unreason able proposal when I ask the house to affirm my proposition. (Hear, hear.) I wish inquiry; I call for no expression of opinion as to the policy or impolicy of repealing the paper duties, if the finances of the country were in a position to admit of their repeal. I don't wish to raise the question on the merits. All I say is, that you are not now in a position to part with this important tax. (Hear, hear.) I really do feel that this question of the estimates and the expenditure deserves much more consideration from the house than it has yet received, because the whole case of the Chaneellor of the Exchequer seems to rest on the hope that in future years there will be a considerable reduction of our expenditure. It hangs very much on this, that he looks forward to a time when we shall not have to spend so large an amount on our military and naval establishments. I, too, hope with the right hon. gentleman that this may be so ; but I do not see in these estimates anything that leads me to believe that this anticipation is at all likely to be realised at an early period. A great many gentlemen, therefore, who were dis posed to accept the Chaneellor of the Exchequer's propo sals with confidence and joy, trusting to the reduction of expenditure, are very likely to change their opinions on this subject, and come more nearly to the views we on this side of the house have adopted, because, however anxious to concur in the reduction of expenditure, we have not seen our way to such reductions. (Hear, hear.) When the budget was brought forward we were told that, in consequence of the measure proposed with regard to our commercial rela tions with France, and especially arising out of the new treaty, wo should find ourselves in such relations with our neighbours over the water that it would soon be unneces sary to maintain these great warlike establishments, and that on the other hard the prosperity of the country would increase so much, owing to the growth of our trade with France, that the elasticity of our resources would soon reco ver, notwithstanding the reductions which had been made. I ventured to doubt that-proposition at the time. But I must say that looking at what has since taken place, look ing at the sort of feeling which has been engendered, the sort of distrust, I will not say that has sprung up, but in creased from time to time as to the position and conduct of the Emperor of France—looking, at the same time, to the dissatisfaction entertain d by many of our merchants and manufacturers at the arrangements which have been made —(hear)—the extension of trade and the prosperity which were promised us are not altogether so sure as we were led to expect. (Hear.) Having thus stated the object I have in view, I would just say one word as to the example and pre cedent set by Sir R. Peel, so frequently referred to. When Sir Robert Peel put on the income-tax it was because our system of indirect taxation being then in a very unsa tisfactory condition, it was necessary to effect a reform in that system of indirect taxation, and he put on an income-tax to cover the experiment on indirect taxation. Now, we cannot say that our indirect taxation is in the same unsatisfactory state as in 1812 ; but, on the other hand, our direct taxation is in a state which requires the most careful and attentive consideration, the most tender and delicate treatment ; because, if you are to improve and render it permanent, you will require time both to mature your plans and to bring them into operation. I therefore urge you, if you really wish to follow the example of Sir R. Peel, to take the converse of his course and keep your indirect taxation, so as to enable you cautiously to put your direct taxation on a sound basis. When my right hon. friend opposite imposed the succession duty he had indirect taxes to fall upon while waiting the result of his experiment. Next year we shall have to grapple seriously with the income-tax to see what can be made of it—whe ther it can be altered or made more palatable, or whether it can be replaced by any other system or collection of taxes, direct or indirect. That will be a matter of time and pa- tience ; probably it will take years to bring about, and if my own wish could prevail I should be glad to see this paper duty maintained until we have brought our direct taxes into such a state that we can repeal it, as Sir Robert Peel proposed to deal with the income-tax when the indi rect taxes had sufficiently recovered. All I ask at present is, that, looking to our present condition and our prospect for the next year, the house, without Pronouncing any opinion condemnatory of its principle, will refuse its assent to the bill for the present. (Hear, hear.) Sir S. NORTHCOTE—I don't think I was in the coun try at the time. - T certainly was neither in the he nee nor a member of the Government. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GIBSON- - Well, it's not material to the argument. A t all events, he has not correctly represented what passed. A resolution was moved to the effect that the paper duty ought not to be part of the permanent revenue of the coun t r e e end a second resolution to tb., effect thatmeasures ought to be taken to enable Parliaceent to dispense with it. The right hon. gentleman then Chancellor of the:Exchequer elecc'cd to the second reeolulion, but agreed to the first, cendemning the tax es a permanent source of ±venue, and the house rmanimettsly supported him in the view which he ook. The righthon. gen tle 171 all said then; not what the , Ron. baronet has related, but this—" Although he was not pre pared to saythat the tax should be immediaf.ely repealed, he theuglrt It ought to be taken into early consideration." Tiro ycars have elepeed since t1: - ft period. It was repeatedly stated that in the present year opportunity ought to be tat en of the falling in of . the annuities to reduce the war duties on tea. and sugar, or something of that kind. (Opposition cheers.) Why had not.that been done? (Cheers.) The hon. baronet came forward on behalf of the revenue ; but I understand those cheers as being raised favour of a proposition for substituting a reduction cf the lea and sugar duties for a repeal cf the paper duty. (Ire:r.) The third reading of t t h h i e s bill so rt i s s h o c u e l r d t a be n e l y su n h o in t t t t h e e d t t i o m t e h e m a proposition of rouse. The bill was read a second time after full discussion e and a division; it _passed through co mm itt ee w i t h no material , position ; the drawbacks to be allowed have all been settled, are'l nowethe .hen. baronet conies down with a motion of teizie hie' d, and the cheers of his friends announce to the house' nose now want the repeal of the paper duty abandoned, =eta. reduction of duties on tea and sugar substituted. (No, no.). My hon. friend is very anxious about the army estimates;: he does not understand the votes for clothing and provi sions. Well, I can't explain them to him. (A laugh.) lam not bound to explain them. If the 'War Department send in, estimates to Government which they think necessary, I am tiound to believe them. It is not for me to dispute with the: War Department as to the exact sane necessary for the - so , services. Nor is it for me to go into the question of the ex penses of collecting the revenue—a vote which, lam told, is never taken till the end of JulyLa period, of course, at which it would be idle to propose to deal with a financial measure of this kind. (Hear.) Thehon. baronet says he did not expect that this bill would be proceeded with, or he would have given longer notice of his motion ; .but I don't see how that can be. This is an adjourned debate, the third reading was moved 10 days ago, and the objection to pro ceeding with it then was one merely .of time; it was said to be too late at night to go on with it. I ask the house whether it is fair to deaVevith questions of this magnitude in the spirit of the hon. baronet's proposal. (Hear, hear.) Isno consideration due to the important interests affected by this tax? (Hear, hear!) Can you say it is nothing to keep an industry in which £10,000,000 of capital is em ployed in a perpetual state of suspense as to whether you are going to repeal the tax or not ? (Hear, hear.) Many contracts, I believe r have already been entered into on the faith that the House of Commons would not retrace its steps. After the bill had been read a second time and passed through committee there was a complete conviction throughout the country that this measure would be passed into law. But if we wait until the hon. baronet has settled the principles of direct taxation, and ha's made himself thoroughly acquainted with a variety of minute details in the estimates which he does not understand at present, we shall be acting with great injustice to VT paper trade, and *- we shall be striking at the root of that confidence which has always been reposed in the first preliminary and decided step of the House of Commons in matters affecting taxation . We have heard a great deal of anxiety about the public re venue. It is nothing but a desire to take care that we do not part with too much of our income that has actuated the hon. member for Stafford in proposing his motion. I want to know whether that desire is shared in by the right hon. member for Droitwich, who voted the other night for re pealing, or at least materially reducing the duty on fire in surance. (Hear, hear.) And where was the right hon. member for Buckinghamshire on the same occasion ? He may indeed have paired. But, if there be this excessive apprehension about creating a deficit for future years, it is remarkable that he was not in his place to protest against a motion so dangerous to the revenue of 1861. Let me recall to the recollection of the house the position in which we stand with respect to this bill. On the second reading the whole question was raised in connection with the income tax. The hon. member for Somersetshire then moved a resolution in these words :—" That, as it appears the repeal of the duty on paper will necessitate the addition of ld, in the pound to the property and income tax, it is the opinion of this house that - such repeal is, under such circumstances, at the present moment inexpedient." The hon. member for Stamford voted for that .resolution; he voted against the repeal of the paper duty because it would necessitate an addition to the income tax. (Hear, hear, from the Op position.) But the house, by a decisive majority, over ruled that proposition, and the ld. is now added to the income tax. (An Hon. Member—" For one year.") Yet, contrary to the Spirit of that resolution, you now turn round and say you won't give us the repeal of the paper duty, but that the country shall bear the increased income tax and the paper ditty into the bargain. (Hear, hear.) The speech of the hon. member' for Stamford was an attack on the whole principle of the the Budget. (Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) He would take the finance of the couatry out of the hands of the Government, and lay down a totally new scheme utterly at variance with that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Renewed cheers from the Opposition.) One of the leading features of my right hou. friend's Budget was that there should be in the pre sent year a remission of indirect taxes for the benefit of the trade of the country, together with a certain augmentation of direct taxation. That leading feature the hon. member for Stamford now seeks to get rid of. But, supposing he succeeded in maintaining the paper duty, what is the hon. member going to do with the law on the subject ? Is the deliberate report of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, declaring this tax no longer tenable in its present 'state— (no, no)—to go for nothing? .The commissioners, of their own free will, have reported that if the tax is to be retained as a source of revenue, it is absolutely necessary to change the mode of levying it. Are hon. gentlemen, then, prepared to legislate so that the paper duty may be applied with jus tice towards the different. interests affected ? I protest em phatically against leaving the law in a condition of uncer tainty and unfairness. If you mean to maintain this duty, say so boldly, and extend it impartially to all the compet ing branches of industry which ought equally to be subject to it. But don't by your halting course leave the trade of the country exposed to a system which for its anomalies, its vexation, and injustice is wholly without precedent in the history of your legislation. I deny altogether that the ques tion of the repeal of this duty stands on mere financial grounds. The right hon. member for Buckinghamshire himself told us emphatically that he advocated its repeal for moral, literary, and educational considerations. Its financial bearings are of insignificant importance com pared 'with its bearing :on the diffusion of knowledge among the people. No measure could be more accordant with the policy of our age than one for untaxing tho press. You vote large sums yearly for public instruc tion. You are beset with all kinds of religious difficulties in endeavouring to promote national education. I say, then, do what in - you lies to allow the people to educate them selves, by removing those fiscal burdens which tend to dete riorate the quality and to check the dissemination of your cheap literature. In your Reform debates you have com plained of the ignorance of the masses, and of their inability to exercise the franchise from their unacquaintance with poli tical affairs. I say that you can take no more logical or more direct course towards the spread of that information which you say the people needthanby repealing a tax whiehpresses so heavily on the books and periodicals which circulate among the working classes. The hon. member r Stamford as made out no case for calling upon us to retrace our steps and to upset the financial proposals of the Government. He asks us to admit that in the measures we have introduced we -have made a grave and grievous error. (Hear, hear, from the Opposition.) Yes, but we cann o t a d mit that. (A laugh.) Neither, after the divisions that have recently taken place, do I believe the House of Commons will admit it. Nothing has transpired since those measures were brought forward to induce us to adopt a total change in our policy. I en treat hon. gentlemen, then, on all sides to support this bill. For myself I take an interest in it far beyond any ordinary party question, and although I should rcgro - to see any one of the excellent financial measures of the Government in terfered with, I should doubly deplore the rejection of this particular bill, because I believe it contains within itself the germs of great moral benefit to the great mass of the com munity. (Hear, hear.) llr. E. BALL, having made extensive inquiries into this subjec4 had not met with a single individual connected with the manufacture of paper who had not declared that if the proposal of the Government werecarried out it would almost ruin all engaged in that trade. The right hon. gentleman had made a statement as to £10,000,000 sterling being em ployed in the manufacture of paper. Mr. GIBSON—What I said was, that it was very pro bable £10,000,000 of capital were engaged in the manufa turn of paper and the subsidiary trades in this country. Mr. BALL continuod.—He should beg the right; gentleman to excuse him if he contradicted him and main tained that it was not probable—(hear) —and that a person occupying the position of the right hon. gentleman ought not to be contented with simply speculating on the matter (Hear, hear.) But, although the right hon. gentleman seemed to be somewhat uninformed on the subject, there was another right hon, gentleman near him who would, h% MOWN 41 941 - 1 . 91104 MP.) Mr. M. GIBSON—UntiI the close of the lion. baronet's speech I was at a loss to understand what it was he wished the house to do; but if I have correctly apprehended his malting it is that we should not maintain the paper duty as a permanent source of taxation, but hold it in suspense until certain operations had been performed on the incone. tax, or some other portions of our direct taxes, in order to make them satisfactory to the taxpayers of the country. ~Rt; izipt tlcAt Oat ifs PA a practicg propoi. //~ G _._ _ C IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Letterkenny Railway and the Groat Western Rail way (Amendment) Bills were read a third time and passed. ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST. Viscount DUNGANNON gave notice that on an early day he should call the attention of the house to the distur bances in the parish of St. George's-in- the-East. CHURCH RATES. Petitinns against the abolition of church rates were pre sented by the Earl of Cawdor, Lord Feversham, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and several other peers. Lord BROUGHAM also presented a petition against the unconditional abolition of church rates. DUCHY OF CORNWALL BILL. The Duke of NEWCASTLE moved the second reading of this bill, which was one for defining the rights of the Duchy of Cornwall. ' The bill, after a few remarks from Lord VIVIAN and Lord ST. LEONARDS, was read a second time. BANKRUPTCY LAW OF SCOTLAND AMEND MENT BILL. The LORD CH ANCELLOR move I the seoond readingof this bill, the object of which was to prevent persons who had been resident in England having sequestrations served out in their own names in Scotland after a residence there of forty days. The effect of such a proceeding was, the creditors were put to the expense of attending an exami nation of such persons in a distant part of the country, or Allowing them to pass without opposition. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM and Lord CHELMSFORD, the bill was read a second time. PAWNBROKERS' ACT AMENDMENT BILL This bill passed through committee without amendment. ALTERATION OF THE PRAYER-BOOK. Lord EBURY rose to move the following resolution : That it is the opinion of this house that, whereas he particular forms of Divine worship, and the rights and ceremonies appointed to be used therein, being things in their own nature so indifferent and alterable, and so acknowledged, it is but reasonable that upon weighty and important considerations, according to the various exigencies of times and occasions, such changes and alterations should be made therein as to those that are placed in authority should from time to time seem either necessary or expedient. And whereas the books of canons are fit to be reviewed and made more suitable to the state of the Church. And whereas it is desirable, as far as may be, to re move all unnecessary barriers to an union of the people in the matters of public worship. And also that ati humble address be presented to her Majesty, pray ing her Majesty to be pleased to appoint a com mission to prepare such alterations and amendments in the canons and Book of Common Prayer as to them may appear desirable ; and to consider of such other matters as in their judgments may most con duce to the ends above mentioned. The noble lord in bring ing forward the subject said he was sensible of the great importance , of the subject and of his own inadequacy to deal with it, and he therefore trusted that his shortcomings would be overlooked by their lordships. The object of the commission, if , it should be appointed, was not to alter a single word in the Prayer-book, but it was simply proposed to give power to inquire into the subject. (Hear.) He was afraid he could not, owing to its extreme importance, spare their lordships the infliction of another speech, because it was two years since he had last brought the subject forward, and many of their lordships present that evening might have forg tten many of the arguments he then used. The principal object he had in view was that the services of the Church of England should be fully renewed, and then any alterations that might be suggested could be fully considered. He was desirous that such alte rations in the Book of Common Prayer should be effected as would render the text comprehensible, and enable con scientious Nonconformists to unite heartily with Church men. Some might say that any alteration for that purpose would not succeed in conciliating Dissenters, while it would be likely to alienate Churchmen. Ho was not of that opinion. Churchmen and Dissenters were now co operating in many useful works, such as the London Mission, the ragged schools, &c., and if those alterations in the liturgy which he suggested were effected there was nothing to keep them apart. Ho was fully convinced that large numbers of Dissenters would at once join the Church, if a proper revision of the liturgy were made. He would recommend the abridgment of the Sunday morning ser vice. He could offer medical testimony to the injurious physical effects of those protracted services. It also had, according to the testimony of eminent divines in the Church, a bad effect morally. He would recommend the removal of the damnatory clause in the Apostles' Creed, the avoiding of repetitions of the Lord's Prayer, and the abridgment as far as possible of the whole service. The marriage service also required revision. As for the mar riage ceremony, it was obvious that it required alteration; and then, as to ordination, there were expressions used which were susceptible of beneficial change. It was, of course, impossible for him to do anything like justice to such a subject as the representative of thousands out of doors, but he had done the best he could to familiarise him self with the merits of the question. (Hear, hear.) The Archbishop of CANTERBURY thought that whether the particular changes of the noble lord were de sirable or not, some change was necessary. There were few probably who were of the opinion that the services of the Church were not susceptible of some amendment; but there was by no means an agreement as to what the alte rations to take place ought to be. (Hear, hear.) Whether, however, the particular changes proposed by the noble lord were desirable in themselves or not, they must admit that some change was necessary—(hear, hear)—but previous to any change coming into effect, it must have the approba tien of both Houses of Convocation and Houses of i'arlia ment. Was it worth while to expose themselves to all the bitterness which would arise from such a discussion ? This was the reason why so large a body of the clergy was opposed to revision. Lord LYTTELTON supported the motion. The Bishop of LONDON could not agree in the views expressed by the noble lord who brought forward this motion ; and he protested against the oft-expressed opinion that the Church was like a tottering fabric, which they were afraid to touch one stone of lest the whole building might tumble. On the contrary, the Church was not only venerable in its antiquity, but it had a strength and per manency about it that no such circumstances as those which the noble lord had referred to could affect or injure, and those parts of the rubric which the noble lord desired to see altered or expunged, were so clung to by masses of lay churchmen, that to comply with the noble lord's desire would prove ruinous to the Church. Earl STANHOPE oppos&I the motion. Earl GRANVILLE said her Majesty's Government were quite satisfied to leave the matte in the hands of the right reverend Bench, and hoped the noble lord would not consider it necessary to press the question to a division. The Bishop of OXFORD opposed the motion. The Bishop of CASHEL likewise disapproved of the measure. Lord EMMY replied. The question was then put, and negatived without a division. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'cleok. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The North Eastern Railway (Extension of Time, &c.) Bill was read a third time. The following- bills were considered and ordered for third reading :—Carrickfergus and Lame Railway, Dublin and Wicklow Railway, Matlock Water, and Sovereign Life Assurance Company. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented from proprietors of bleaching and dyeing works against the bill before the house in reference to that subject, setting forth that the ar guments in favour of the bill were founded on exaggerated statements; in favour of the system of national education in Treland ; in favour of and against the Wine Licenses Bill, &c. CONSULAR APPOINTMENTS. Mr. WYSE gave notice of a motion on this subject for he 28th inst. THE ACCRINGTON TRANSPORT SHIP, • Mr. Alderman SALOMONS moved an address for copies of any correspondence between different Departments of her Majesty's Government on the subject of convoying soldiers' wives and children in the Accrington transport ship to India ; and of the report of, and any correspondence with, her Majesty's Consul at Pernambuco on the mortality on board the Accrington, and the circumstances which caused the ye sel to put into that pert. THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Sir if, Agiiia r asked to chief CqrAmioimer of HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. i NEWS-P.M • - .4; Hon. (Hear, hear.) 7 • can understand \v-tte 411... Lining to repeal a particular t ax , or askihsg.-Ne i the typal S of a partiottlar tax, but I don't understand theilturselhe hon ! member Proposes—holdiug a tax over, with a sort of sentence Of death passed on it, and the great interests of the country affected by the tax constantly under the impression that it may at any moment be repealed. (Hear.) The hon. baronet has not correctly stated what passed two years ago, when a resolution was passed to which the hon. baronet was a patty. Sir S. NORTIICOTE—I was not in the house at the time. -e Z Mr. M. GIBSON—The hon. baronet was a member of (he Government, and must hate concur red in the course taken.