The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-25 00:00:00

Sir F. Baring and Sir J. Pakington complained of the coure,
taken by the Government.
%reply to Mr. Kinglake,
terd J. Ro nner. said that the Government had supported from
the first the Swiss demand for a Conference,gend would con-
tinue to do so as long as Switzerland desired it.
Mr. Lirtome called attention to the report that Lord A. Paget
'11"8 connected with the ship-building establishment of Messrs.
Green. It would be a satisfaction to the noble lord to have the
°PPortunity of denying it.
Lord A. PAGEr said that the report was entirely untrue.
8e hod, in 1857, been a shareholder in certain vesselsengaged
in the Australian trade, belonging to Messrs. Green, but he
hail disposed of all his shares before bringing forward his:
Motion for reforming the dockyards.
The House divided on the motion for going into committee
of !Ripply, which was carried by 135 to 107.
Votes amounting on the whole to zioo,ono were taken, on
account of education, the Irish constabulary, and other items
Lord A. PAGEr then moved a supplementary vote of £2,500
for farther improving the harbour of Malta.
The vote, after a long discussion, was agreed to.
In Committee of Ways and Means, it was agreed that makers
'°f British wines for sale, and dealers in such wines in quantity
above two gallons., should be charged a license of five guineas.
'On the motion for the second reading ofi the bill for the
2Voal of Sir J. Barnard's Act,
Mt. Benne:ex, saying that the act had existed for a century
ri done no harm, and alleging the injury to public morality
1' the legalisation of Stook Exchange gambling, moved as an
aMendinent.the postponement of the motion for six months.
The Solicitor-General, Mr. J. Hankey, Mr. John Loelt, Mr.
nubbard, Mr. Matins, and Mr. Butt supported the bill on the
ground that it was a needles impediment in the way of commer-
cial transactions ; that it was a dead letter, and a gross anomaly
in Our law, as making certain transactions illegal, which under
Mother form were perfectly legal ; transactions of pure
gambling were still prohibited by the act of 1815. -
...at was opposed by Mr. E. James, Mr. Bovill, and Mr.
11anleY, Sir H. Willoughby, and Mr. Vansittart on the ground
L4,t the proposal was a disgraceful bargain between the
'Government and the Stock Exchange, and that it abolished a
).a.,easure of real use in checking gambling, otherwise the Stock
'zr change would never have demanded its repeal.
On a division, the second reading was carried by 181 to 58.,
Mr. SPOONER, who had voted for the bill, was loudly cheered
2' hits 'party as he walked up the House. When the motion
7tt'first put there was a general laugh, and but little disposi-
iOtt throughout to treat the discussion in a serious manner:
In committee on the Excise and Assessed Taxes Act,
tuThe CHANCELLOR of the EEC/TERI:ER proposed resolutions
,„".stt Persons should be allowed to take out game certiticateS at
for half the season, and.for bringing deer under the opera-
tion of the Game Laws.
After an irregular debate, the Chairman reported progress.
The Locoreotive Bill was read a second time.
Qn 'the order of the day for going into committee on the
tiers and Harbours Bill.
PAUL moved that it be referred to a select committee.
Mr. MILNER GIBION supported the motion:
After some debate, the motion was agreed to.
The remaintes business was disposed of ; and the House
'adjourned eatten'
minutes past one