Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-12 00:00:00

^.h, as to the mode of obtaining the required

object, without the interference of 'a public company

was quitelin?, to consent that inquiry should be entered
en by the Chancellor of the Exche-

into, upon the view ta'

Mr. Bouverie said that it was now too late to hesitate

however bad the bargain might have b6en. The government
had mada the contract, the House had passed a bill, the

company had gone on expending money, and if it had not
been for a mere technicality, the question could not again

have come before the House:
Mr. Wilson condemned the statement of Mr. Disraeli
that the late government exhausted every means before

entering into the contract

The adjournment of the consideration of the Lords'

amendment was"then put, and rejected by 179 to 130
The amendment was then agreed to.

In answer to Mr. Baines,

•
- Sir G. C. Lewis said-the right of printing the scriptures
and the prayer book was granted by the royal prerogative.
-The subject.was under consideration,, but he observed that

no•competition Tas likely to increase the accuracy or the
.cheapness. .The present circulation of the bible and prayer
`book had reichel their utary3t pint. a

In answer to Sir Staff ird Northcote

Mr: Lacy said that the late Government had made appli-
cation to that of France to induce them to withdraw the
monopoly which they had granted to " the Submarine Tele-
graph Conipay. 'Ellis the French refused to. do. The
present Government then decided on refusing permission to
the Com?any to lay its wires close to the shore. Against
this the CompanY pleaded its charter made, which claimed
the right of doing so until the expiration of the charter in
1862. The opinion of the law officers of the Crown was
taken, and, in consequence, the protestation had been
removed, b it the Company was, at the same time, informed
that the Government held strong views against the mono-
poly, and at the expiration of their charter, measures would

be taken to protect the public interest.
Mr. Batter aikei the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether

it was the antention of her Majesty's government to intro-
duce any measure, this session, by which the mode of
assessment of the Income-tax by local unpaid commissioners
will be altered ; and, if so, in what manner it will be pro-

posed to make such collections and assessments ?
The'CrtucAllr of the Exchequer replied in the negative.
Mr. Disraeli inquired whether the' Government had

received `'any further information .on the. subject- of the
armistice, atrl if they could state whether the armistide was
a mere military invention, or whether it involved any

prospect of negociations for peace. • -
Lord John. Russell said that nothing Ippeared. in the
face of the armistice to induce the belief that it .applied
merely to military purposes. The armistice was however
'for five weeks, and he trusted that during that interval the
belligerent Powers would be ready to propose terms by which
:hostilities could be put an .end to. He however repeated
that there was nothing on the face of the armistice' further
than a mere suspension of hostilities. -
In answer to a further question from Mr. Disraeli,
Lord John Russell replied, that no further information
had been received, beyond a telegram from our Commissioner
at Paris.

The report of the Committee of Supply. was brought up

and agreed to.
On the motion for going into Committee of Supply,
Sir J. Pakington demanded further explanation of the
announcement made by the government, of their intention

to extend the bounty offered to seamen in joining the fleet,
:to seamen who had already joined, in no other instance had
bounties been made retrospective, and the precedent would
act as a serious check upon future bounties, and would be
very costly in the present instance.
Lord C. paget 'hoped, that the dismsion of the subject
would be postponed till the vote for the extension of the
bounty was brought forward.

In reply to a question from Colonel Dickson,
General Peel Stated, that the entire military force in the
country on the Ist June, was 109,600 men, including the
embodied militia, but not the marines ashore, pensioners,
and constabulary.
Mr. W. Williams made some strictures against the

practice of fl )g.ging in the navy, on sentence of a single man.
If done at all, it should he by sentence of court-martial.
Sir C. Napier defended the system of bounty, which ought
to be of sufficient amount, to indnce able men to enter the
service With regard to flogging in the navy, he did not
believe that it could be done away with, but it should be
inflicted by court-martial, and not at the arbitrary will of

the captain.
After some remarks from Mr. Lindsay, the House went
into Committee of Supply on the Navy Estimates.
The remainder of the evening was occupied by the con-
sideration of the Estimates.
The other orders of the Day were then disposed of, and
the House t.ajourned at 1.35,

BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JULY B.—The Right
Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade
.and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affiirs, a copy of a despatch from her
Majesty's Charge d'Affairs, in New Granada, enclosing copy
of a decree of the government of that Republic, authorising
the executive plwers to enter into contract for the construc-
tion of an inter-oceanic Canal across the Isthmus of Palipmvi
Gazette.