The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-22 00:00:00

THE RUSSIAN AMNESTY.

Ir. DENMAN nand to ask the First Lord et the
Timmy whether her Maieety's goversmeet bed received
soy brformatioe as to whether the amnesty offered by the
Amerce of Ramie to them engaged in the Polish insurrec-
tion was intended to suspend the excention of political
rtaken since the commencement of those prowled-
( the Russian authorities which led to the bourne-
ties ?
Lard PALMERSPON mid it was wall known that the
lbsoisa goverement hsd tamed a peerlamsden of amoeity.
Mon were same monitor between the copies Joined at St.
Tileisicerig and at Woresw. bet be led no amorses infor-
mation on the subject. Different intimidation bad been
pet upon the amnesty. Sonia persons understood it sa
bolo the commehnsive sense which bad been put noon it
by Ws hoe. sad hound friend. Others believed that it had
• mere restricted mops and intention. He could only my
Set be hoped the larger interpretation was the just on.
(Bear.) It was impossible Dot to fed that the Russian
igeorament must be seeable that its keeps ia Poland had
ndertantely committed so many acts of ferocious violence
dot there was a great arrest of mercy and includgmos dee
by the Rusin goverment so set them right In the mahlis
minima of Europe. (Loud cheers.)
THE APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY FOR WAR.

with the Metropolitan pollee. He said that the motion he had
be honour to make to the house was by no mesas • new
rpretiore but was one which had met with the repeated and
careful coneideratioo of commissions em panted by the
crow n and of committees Domed by the house, at differest
limes 'aud under difficult circumrancer There had been •
remarkable unaeirnity in the coulusious to which these oom-
mildew said committer had arrived ; and that unanimity
had arisen from the prominent fact to which all had ad.
verted —namely, the difference of area over which the Cor-
poration of the City exercised its control as compared with
that of Oven other corporiton over which a minder judo-
diction existed. Mr. Rogers, who held au office in
the City, in his evidence before the committee of
1854, mentioned that when the bill for the anion
of the two forces win proposed by Lord litelboaree's
government, the City having failed, by petalo
Ent to the House d Commons and afterwards to the
crown, to throw out the measure. at length achieved their
object by appealing to every corporation in the United '
Kingdom. That showed the determination of the City, but
he thought that was a game that might be played ore too
often. He hoped the house would rot be influenced by
means of this kind now, but would exercise its own judg-
ment, sad deliberately unsidering the recommendation" of
the committees and commissions, would look only to the
question whether the change proposed would be conducive
to the public interest, the efficiency of the police, ad the main -
tensor ot peace and order in the metropolis. (Hear.) He
must do the corporation the justice tory that they had exhi-
bited amongst their many virtues great ability, energy, and
unwearied activity in resisting any attempt which had
been made to effect anv improvement that did not originate
with themselves. (" Hear, bear," and cries of " No, no.")
It had been his fortune to deal with these subjects fre-
quently. Twice be had unsucesadully reposed bills for
corporation reform, founded upon the report of the com-
mittee of 1854. and another Home Secretary had made •
similar attempt with • similar result. The only cue in
which he hod succeeded was in the removal of the Smithfield
Cattle-market, and in that only after a most determined
resistance. He understood that there wee to be no °Nee-
d= to the introduction of the Dili, sod it would not be
seammary for him to go at any length into its details,
because the bill was contained in its principle, which
was the amalgamation of the Metropolitan and City
police. It would repeal the act under which the City
polio' was coostituted, and would make provision for
piecing the City in the same position as other metropolitan
districts in regard to the payment of the men, giving to it
the same benefit as ether parishes in the shape of contribu-
tions from the consolidated food. And the change would
be effected with due consideration for all the officers and
Poo ocinatittiting the retest police force of the City, and
oleo with due regard to the convenience of that peat mer-
cantile sad trading community.
Mr. CRAWFORD said it was neither maul nor courteous
to offer opposition to the introduction of a bill, especially
whet the motion was made by a member tithe government.
It was not his intention to ask the house to sweet as
opinion at the present moment upon the motion of the
right hon. baronet ; and, that being the case, he would best
perform the duty he owed to his constituents if he ou-
tdated biaxial( with saying that, on the proper and Yet
ocession, which would be upon the motion for the
reading of the hill, he would be prepared on flask owe/
with other gentlemen, to discuss the matter with Moms
to the general principles which had been stated tio
the hose by the Mairetou7 of State. (Hear, bar.)
Ids theeght he should best perform his deity to hie mossdr
bassishy moving as a future occasion that the bill be seed
• essendthne that day six mouths. He hoped there weld
be afa sad fair discussion of the meaeure, sod for his
own part he entertained but little fear of the result.
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said the right lion. foilsman
slated that he founded this moors priacipally upon ra
peas given by ecomimicas and committee, of the hose,
nail be also stated that is 1838, when the late Sir Robert
Peel was • mambo ef thscoommittes, certain reports were
eras from whisk be adorned an oriels that it wasdarimble
leandeposabethe City and metropolitan police forces. He
Sews& mesther) might, however, motion thin remarkable
that le the fe&wi parliament the police fore. wee
in the City of as it now existed—(hor,
i
that was, be thought, the best answer be give
ethaimi reports which bad formed the groundwork of
the right hon. gentleman's argument. He should sot
sMampt on the present occasion to defend the
=1.1.0f the City, as that could be does
0 the mood reading ; but he must opens his
megrim that the right boa. gentleman should have said
last this bill oily concerned the City of Leedoe. Itte city
of Masehesear, and the adjoining borough of Salford, bed
eopente bodies of police under distinct jorialictioas, and if
the right hoc. tleman was rareedul in carrying this
moose thmeg pardoneet, he would be guilty of • flagrant
ineessiessep oars he extended it to Manchester and every
edam ,siby Is the kingdom. He would ask the
• loon. gentlassa, whether be thought he was justified
in *as attacking the prima* of local self-government!
The LORD MAYOR felt emu little difficulty in AUK to
dims the house, bemuse be thought that in all probability
the serial for introdocin the bill would be agreed to
Oilmen nay lengthened debate, and be had not intended
=di. het the remarks of the Secretary of State for the
Deorliment were so erroneous, and would be so
udelhionous if they remained unanswered, that he felt bound
to detain the house • abort time. He believed that in the
history of the house there never was • more unooustitutional
preposition brought forward than that of the right bon.
ponderosa. (Hear. hear.) Why, the home bad been ia
the habit yearly of protecting the country and the coati-
adios of the country from the evil of a standing army, by
pusiag the Mutiny &11, and yet the right bon. gentians&
pooped • measure which would give him the coated
of a body of 10,000 armed and discrplised men, an army
which, loader hie direction, would he at liberty to come
sad go as it liked, and to carry on any system of espierwrga,
andoder go other control whatever. (Hess hear.) Why,
the circurnstaaeas cooneeted with the seldom of the
metropolitan police were them. They had bees bleated
by this country beaten they had been in junta-police and
in competition with the City polio. The one was under
the control of the Secretary of State, and the other under
local self government Ile fearlessly said that these tee
bodies mold not be oriented for officiary. With regard to
the City of London police forma for physique, intelligence,
and everything that made • policeman valuable, they were
far superior to the metropolitan force ; and the co •
of the City, he was perfectly sore, were prepared to go
into any inquiry whatever on this point. They said
that the police was essentially a local force, end ought to be
under load control. They most be sees and ham and
mot exaseise their power under local seporrisias. and these
wee the 'sly terms under which the force could be safe.
They bad seen the centralising influence extending first to
one district and then to another. It had been extended to
fifteen miles round the metropolis, and then into the dock.
yards. It was said that the introduction of police into the
dockyards had been a saving to the country, but that saving
was elected at the expense at the safer the metope. '
Man districts, where outrages were continually com-
mitted on life and property. He s • not hesitate
to my, that if the outrages and prole robberies
which had recently occurred In the metropolis bad hap-
pened in the City of London, the comma= would have
diennined the head of the department, and regarded the
men who failed to arrest the perpetrators as unworthy to
wear the uniform of a ioliceman. Much had been said as
to the expense of the City polies, but be was prepared to
show that it was not only leas expend,* but fill ZOOM
efficient than the Metropolitan VOW,. He hoped the
right hon. gentleman would find that the City of
London was true to de trust—that it was true to upholding
a better and cheaper police than that of the metropolitan
districts, and that it represented the prhaciple of local self.
georemest, which, if destroyed in the City at London,
would ewe eases to exist elsewhere, and which the noble
lord at the head of the government bad spoken of in such
elapsed terms. (Hear, bear.)
Mr. NORRIS said be should oppose the bill, not on so-
ftest of his sympathies for the City of London, but from •
firm conviction, after considerable deliberatioe. of He ulti-
mate mimeos, if pond, to the borough which he repro
noted.

Mr. GRIFFITH visited to uk the °obis lad whether be
thenght it arabrabie, sad respectful to the Here of Car
asses, that the rigs of throe departments of state, rawly,
rem War, the Navy, and of Foreign Affairs should be
inwertnted is the Here of Lards? (Hear.)
Lent PALMFASTON—AII I GUI My is, that it has boss

my selievoar to make the boat arrow- West for the public
esnies arbieb spyeand to me to combine as mama advan-
tages with as few objecitious es possible. lam quite aware
k meld be &urinals, if possible, that the distributing d
aleribli•lt of state hetwiwa the two haws should be differ
Peet. All Imamy Is that this hawse will sot feel awes in-
easawiieuee from the errangemante made, with rested to
the prover and full aphasiacs due to the hens on all
slattern nauseated with the public sarios.
PROCEEDINGS OF ADMIRAL

Mr. ROEBUCK said—l wish to aak the noble lord a goer
ties of which I have not given him notice. If he is not
prepared to answer it now perhaps be will take it aa • notice
for sect Thursday. I wish to ask whether the government
bare determined on any line of conduct to be panned with
weeper* to the promediege of Admiral Wilkes, and wheter
Tw ma Mate Sothis home what that readied is to be. (Hem.)
Lord PALMEBSTON—I had rather take that u a satire.
(laughter.)
WOODS. FOBJAITB, AND LAND REVENCPS.

Yr. A. SMITH. is moving fors *sleet committee to
Inquire isle the Office of Woods, Forests, sod Lead
Boyersues, sad the Ofhoe of Works sod Publio Bmildioggs,

wad the operation of the Act 14 aad 15 Vie. e. 42, by which
Show were constituted am two separate department a, said
ti aapearrel that the disieion of the two *lama instead of
hale( to efficiency and economy, bad lad to much greater

The motion was wooded by Sit J. SHIELIST.

Mr. F. PEEL said the subject had bees already
isqsired into by • committee which set in 1834, and that
committee reported itself satisfied with the manegonsat.
The wit of the woods and ferrate wee 27,0001.,
of which the legal department took 9.0001.. but two-thirds
of that ane for preparing leases, the wet of which wee re-
paid. objection to the present 'retain could only be taken
fairly on one of two grounds, either that it did Dot work
well, or that a better could be substituted. Al the has.
sweniker bad not established either of those two points. be
(Mr. Peel) hoped that the house would resist the motion.

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,
Yr. CAT raid that he had brought this subject for-
mead as a former sad bad endearoared to prove
that the expeaditrare we crown property wee hoer
fir the 'Meat of area. He was bound to admit,
Ala mcce then great improvement, had been carried out in
the manageateut of tie worn mates. The Teem' was in-
creased to the exteat of 22 per asst., but of that sum only
10 per cent. found ita way rato the exchequer. He thought
the lacerated rental might fairly be attributed to the bum-
finial "Amaze of free trade at the mine of lead
The bar was the. cleared, but the motion wee ultimately
negatived without a dividos.

SEWAGE OF TOWNS COMMITTEE (1862).
'Eke SPEAKER having called epee the rues of Yr.
yr Berner, who hod apse the paper e setts thorn tbr
esel9rbd Manes serried to tM report d tbo Meet
resesitte• et Oswego of Tetras ia BM ion 1862 be tee-
sad.

Coleco! FRENCH rid he hoped that the hon. member
tot Dovartidilre would sot bring forwent him motion on
thin eribieet, ea hie hoe. friend the member for Leitrim
(Dr. Brady), wbo was the chairman of the committee, wia
asfortunataly coefised to his bed with fever.

XL K. SiTHER weeded be should defer the exam
teak very great Madame. There was so doubt great
bregularity le the wares of the proarsdisgs before the
essunittee, to whisk he thought the atientioo of the house
aeght to have been celled very early ; and he thought if the
repot were to go forth with the esatedee of the house,
pert mischief would Geese. Nevailtelees after the appeal
whisk lied bean mile to hist, regretting am lw did the
abeam of the bal. aweber, be would poetposte his
arils to that dey week. (Hear, hear.)

Sir G. BOWYER did not thick that a bill of pains sad
penalties could be josteW by the inconvenience which oc-
curred on an eztasordnary occasion. If it could be
shown that the polies of the City wore inefficient in pro-
tecting life and property. he should vote for the seemed
reag of the bill, but if that oonld oot be proved spinet
them, be thought it moat ungracious to bring is a bill of
this kind at • time when so much loyalty had bees exhi-
bited by the citizens of London. (Hem, bear.)
Lord A. PAGET said that up to the peewit time
the City of London bad the best of the debate
as regarded the number of op esker., and he regretted that
he felt obliged to interrupt the harmony that prevailed.
Bethought there was a mistake in auppozust that his right
hoe. friend's bill wee (minded oa whet took place on the
7th of March. He should be sorry if that were the case,
for the display of the citizens of London on that women
was most magnificent end meet gratifying to the Prince
and PAWNS, and those royalties who asteeded them, as well
es
rood gratifying to beloved Queen, whose beg and
unsullied reign* contributed more thee anything
else to call foeth that demosstratioe of loyalty. (Bear,
hear.) Be was not a mioister of state, but he
had served bey Majesty for 20 of the beat years of his life,
sad be knew from observation that so ono mold feel more
deeply this she did, saddest, the sympathy Mows to her,
and the loyalty of her people. (Cheers.) The maims of I
people who had assembled on that occasion were so great, duet
it wee beyond the power of slaved any authority to deal
with Them. He would only my that was well that ended
weil. The primers was sot frightened, nobody was killed,
sad so far all was well. He should be sorry to isterferie
with the privileges of the City of London. Their hospitality
woe femme throughout the world. (lankier.) He az-
poisoned it very often, and be hoped that within he
should my oa that maim would hiterfeee with it.
(Laughter. ) But the simple question they had to deal with
was, whether it was desirable that the whole ;relies of
Leedom should be under ate bead. He thought the polies
should be under one management. and should prefer the
whole farce Wog plead under the City authorities
to leaving it se it sow our.
Mr. BOVILL emiteeded that the police had discharged
their theiesenest efficiently, and did not me why a minister
of the cam alma& desks to tabs them mar his prate&
ties. The eight boa gestionsa admitted that be maid
only resemiserid the .ease as the resod of perainuust
presse
sesamity. Bed
so mo
hb memeity had been AIMS is the
d era (Hose, em)
Xr. HIBIBERT mesidered the mmHg* as me seriously
sifeelleg ell the innaislpal inethetleas of the onaity. and
Lolled apes the hill se smethee spesieess of that me

AMALGAMATION OF TILE CITY Or LONDON AND
METROPOLITAN POLICE.
Mr G. GREY PM, poromot to notice, to more Is, km
Wiwi a • NI tor Mho amotpootio• of Qs Clty diaries

THE EiPRIESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1863.

nation which was gradually Woos away those principles of
local self-government which were so dewily cherished by
the people. (Hear, hear.) The Metropolitan police at pre-
sent-bed the power of going into the City to execute their
warmota, tad in cue of emergency they eopld act within
the City of Loodue under the authority cf the Secretary of
State oo the requisition of the Lard Meyer. (Hear, hear.)
The government, iu main to tike the metro] of the police
from the corporation of the City, were doing more than was
required by the necessity of the nee, and he regarded it
as something like the commission of a murder for the war-
page of effecting • care. (Hear.)
Mr. AYRTON felt BUM that his edatitueots were too
' intelligent not to see that this was a mere local ques-
tion affection the metropolis only. sad that what was
good enough for the rest of Leaden was good enough for
those who lived in the City. (Heir, hear.) The question
had nothing whatever to do with the interest of public
liberty. That, oo doubt, was a very grave Netter ; and if
bon. gentlemen were in earned they would bet agree to
this bill and then would join in devising the regulatimas by
which this great body of police should be controlled.
In that came they should bare soy maidaisee which be
could give them ; but that was ad the way in which they
dealt with such questions. On the miuttury, they adjured
up these phantoms of the past, and they droved themselves
in the dotage gaberdines, gold &aid, and wipers of a
municipality which had loos °eased to have any real
mistime,. He should give the hill his cordial support.
Sir H. STRACEY would be glad to know wby the house
should throw any expense upon the public funds, when the
people in the City were desirous of paying their own police.
For these reasons he should oppose the bill on the second

lab) 3intelligence.
COURT OS QUERN'S BlSOH.—krzn. 21.

Sittings at Niel-P;ltu at onildhall.-I(Befere XL Justice
Wighlama and a Omar= Ja27.)
11.4011118 P. atIDOIR.
This was an adieu for smanit. The defendant pleaded
not guilty.
Mr. finddlistaa, Q.C., and Mr. Lloyd were counsel for
the plaintiff ; Mr. Hairy James for the defeudiuit.
It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff that be was
a solicitor's sleek, and the defendant weir • groom and post-
master, in Biehopegateotreet. On the 17th November last
he went to the defendant and complained that on the day
before, when he purchased some postage stamps, the der
fendent had given him 2d. too little in change. The de-
fendant maid he would not return the plaintiff any money,
and became very enraged. The plaintiff complaiaed that he
had received wrong change, when the defendant seised him by
the arm and back of the neck, ran him out of the shop, gave
him • push, and threw him out upon the pavemciat. He
fell with his knees upon the kerbstone, and, rolling over,
fell upon his arm, which was broken. lie was taken home
and attended by &medical men for the space of two months,
for which be had paid six guineas. He had been prevented
from attending to hie business for three months, during
which time he had lost bit salary of V. per west. He now
suffered from acute pains in the arm.
The defence was that the plaintiff came into the defen-
dant's shop saying that ha had received 2d. too little in
change a day or two before. The defendant showed him •
notice which he had in bit shop to the effect that no oont-
plaints as to change would be entertained after the person
complaining had left the shop. The plaintiff thereupon
abused the defendant, calling him • thief and swindler;
upon which the latter sent for • policeman, but the mu
being unable to find one, the defendant put the plaintiff out
himself, but with no more violence than was necessary.
The jury, after retiring for about belt an hour, returned
into court with a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 251.,
being of opinion that the plaintiff did commit • disturb-
ance m the defendant's shop, but that the latter had used
more than necessary violence in ejecting hint therefrom.

roadie'.
Mr. Serjeent pxocprr said he understood that this bill
wee proposed for the purpose of plain the police of one
town under one management, and be did set suppose that
his constituents would have any fear that this bill would
be a precedent for future legislation in reprd to the manage-
ment of their police. He believed that he should be able
to support the bill on the sewed reading.
Sir H. BRUCE thought that this was a wet inopportune
period for bringing forward such a measure, and that it
would have the effect, if it were passed into law, of creating
a most noplesiant feeling between the corporation and the
royal &may.
Sir J. SHELLEY said that if he had any faith in the
sincerity of the opposition of the Corporation of the City to
this bill he should oppose it, but the City Corporation did
not, on a former occuioo, endeavour to obtain municipal
government forth. whole of the metropolis. The truth was
this was a struggle for patronage, and nothing more. He
believed that his constituents had been Waled. (Oh, oh.)
Well, he would be happy to meet them, and to argue
the question with them, and he believed that when the
matter came to be inquired into, they would les that the
corporation had never shown the slightest desire to give to
any part of the metropolis the rights and privileges which
they possessed.
Si, G. GREY, in reply, said that as to the time and cir-
=mimed of introducing the bill, no one could be more
sensible than he wee of the great loyalty exhibited by the
corporation on a recent ocassica. and it had been his daty
to state the gratification experienced by her Majesty. But
he did Mime why those feelinge should interfere with the
progress of this measure, which wee pot proposed in come-
pesos of the late =fortunate but in cond.
queues of the reports presented°°ekiniathercionse in former
years. No doubt the arraneements merle up= the late oc-
casion being ineufficiest had called public attention
and that of the government to those reports, and
the government would have shrunk fins doing their duty
if they had not proposed this measure, with the view of
lamenting any such occurrences in future. It was mid
there were great crowds of people in the (Sty to me the pro-
=rim But the corporation- knew, or might have knows,
that there would be large crowds there ; and, indeed, it was
distinctly understood that the sanction of her Majesty to the
precarious had bees obtained on the expert condition that
effectual mines would be taken to Forget °opinion arising
during its propels through the City. The ameranoss be
had received were cot performed. The arrangements oat of
the City weee admirable, and he felt omitted that if Sir R.
Mayne bed had the management of the arrangements in the
City the whole al the streets would have bees as well kept
a, they were throughout the west end of London. (Hear.)
The bill was thee read a first time, and ordered to be read
a semi time next Tuesday.

CLARE V. TEI QOTICIP—PITITION OP VOHS.
Mr. Clare, the suppliant in this case, which was • claim
against the Board of Admiralty for an alleged infringement
of hie patent in the construction of the Warner, appeared
in person and moved for • rule for a new trial
on the grounds that the verdict was against the
weight of evidence, and also surprise. The nip-
pliant, who betrayed great excitement in the course
of his observations, Made a forcible persoaal attack
upon the witnesses who were celled on behalf of the crown,
which drew forth a rebus from the Lord Chief Justice.
The Lord Chief Junkie said that she jury, after a long
sod very protracted inquiry, gave it as their opinion that
there had been no infringement of the patent, and in that
opinion, after a most careful consideration of the evidence,
he entirely concurred. The affidavit did not substantiate
the surprise.
The other learned judges concurred.
Rule refused.

Dr. Swabey was afraid that he could not roast the de-
mums after the case of Heat v. Heat.
Sr C. Creswell therefore pronounced against the plea.
MICIKILIOX V. IIICROL6OIII AID RATOLIIITS.
la this ease the hasbaod bad obtained a verdict of adul-
tery, alleged to have been committed by the rerpendrfa
seven years ago, under circumsbuices of peat • ,at
ea ion at Much Woolton, near LaverpooL
Mr. Littler (Mr. C. Russell with him) moved for a new
trial, is the ground of the verdict being against the evideaos,
upon affidavits, and %au an svernieut of surprise. The
chief witness was 000tradmted by the man's own master as
to his hernia been employed in the mamma he had sworn.
Rule granted.

WISDHAII O. WINDHAM AND 011:10L1111.

On the motion of DT. Wembey,
The Wart directed this muse to be tried before a special
jury.

caartmoz T. CAETt.TIXII,

In this owe the queen's Advocate applied for a sew trial.
air C. Cromwell took time to consider.
The learned judge, is the course of the day, disposed of DO
fewer than 84 cane.

COURT OF BANKRUPTOY.—APILIL 21.
(Bake* Mr. Oonusissioaer Holroyd.)
111 L HOIACI O. L St. JOHN.

In this ease the order of di ;6 7g ',Tn. panted on the llth
April last, with the condition aimed that Mr. St. John
should tat sale all his earnings beyond 4001. • year
towards poymeat of his debts. A summons bad been take°
out against him by the assignees to show why he had not
date so.
Mr. Lowrance, for the assignees, stated that Hr. St.
John had beam required to file an account half-yearly show-
iag the amount of his earnings.; else to pay over to the
official amigos* all that be reamed beyond3ool. ia the half-
year. He bad not complied with Gram portion of this
order.
Yr. St John was examined. He said that since hie
bankruptcy ha had been living at Norwood, and d Ake.-
ford, ia Hata. He bed ant rerslad any letters from the
assignees ?amain him to render an account. His in-
come had bean—from the Adiestrest, 601. ; from the
Seam Darr Journwf, which had only reached its 33rd
number, he bed received ia the fat instate 61. • weak,
afterwards 51. • week, and at present be was reoelvitig 31.
a week. He was also writing in • serial, and he skald say
that hia earaap were about foe: musuis per article. At
the time of his bankruptcy b e bad furniture valued at 1601,
but it was mortgaged to • Mr. Pew, and ad bees bought
in for him by lir. Stiff. He had sines aid it for 70i. He
had written for Ns. Stiff for the Iron Times, for siz week;
for which be had not bees paid • farthing.
His Hamer said that ta bankrupt must render an
amount for esek of the half-years that had elapsed 1000
the cedar was grated—those account. to be supported by
affidavits ; and any moms over 2001. is each of the halt
year's must be paid to the official saves. For that pur-
pose there would ban adjournment for a fortnight.