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London, England, 1853-06-21 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.)
This being the anniversary of her Majesty's Accession
leir lordships did not sit to-day.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY. )
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the following bills were
considered and agreed to :—Belfast and Ballymena
Railway, Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Drainage and
Reclamation, Weston-super• Mare Waterworks, Wigan
Waterworks and Police.

The following bills were read a third time and passed:
—Burford, Leachlade, and Swindon Roads ; East Lan-
cashire Railway (No. 1) (Clifton to Salford) ; Electric
Telegraph Company ; Furness Railway ; Limerick and
Foynes Railway ; Montgomeryshire Railway ; Newry
and Enniskillen Railway:
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The reports upon the following bills were considered
and agreed to, and the bills were ordered to be read a
third time :—Carlisle Canal and Port Carlisle Railway ;
East Lancashire Railway (No. 2) (Southport, &c.) ;
Forth and Clyde Junction Railway; Leamington, War-
wick and Stratford-upon-Avon Railway; Leeds Northern
Railway ; Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Rail-
way, &c. ; New Ross (Free) Bridge ; Poulnashery In-
closure ; Worcester and Hereford Railway ; South
Wales Mineral Railway.
The Spitalfields to Shoreditch Improvement Bill was
read a second time.

PETITIONS.
Several petitions were presented against Lord J. Rus-
sell's Education Bill.
Mr. E. BALL presented a petition from Chatham, in
favour of an uniform colonial postage.
Mr. LUCAS presented petitions from various places
in Ireland, against the Inspection of Nunneries Bill.
Mr. F. FRENCH presented a similar petition from a
place in the county of Roscommon.
Mr. HEADLAM presented a petition from the cor-
portion of Newcastle-upon-Tyne against the Registra-
tion of Assurances Bill.
Mr. COBBOLD presented two petitions from Nor-
folk against the malt tax.
Mr. Sergt. SHEE presented several petitions from
places in Ireland and England against the Inspection of
Nunneries Bill.
Col. SIBTHORP presented a petition from Lincoln-
shire against the Registration of Assurances Bill.
Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from the trustees
of a savings bank at Dundee in favour of the Savings
Bank Bill being referred to a select committee.
Mr. LOWE presented a petition from Roman Catho-
lics at Kidderminster against the Inspection of the Nun-
neries Bill.
Mr. LABOUCHERE presented a similar petition
from Taunton.

Mr. HEYWOOD presented a petition from Lanca-
shire in favour of the ocean penny postage.
Petitions against the Inspection of Nunneries Bill were
presented by Mr. G. H. MOORE and Mr. KEOGH. from
Athlone ; and by Sir G. GREY, from Roman Catholics in
Northumberland.

Mr. COWAN presented a petition from Edinburgh
in favour of the total cessation of labour in the Post-
office on Sundays ; also, a petition against the endow-
ment of Popery.
Mr. R. PALMER presented a petition from emi-
grants in the ship Bombay, in favour of an ocean penny
postage.
Mr. W. J. FOX presented a petition from Canada to
the same effect.

Sir R. BETHELL presented a petition from the town-
clerk and solicitors of Birmingham in favour of the Re-
gistration of Assurances Bill.
Mr. HUME presented a petition from Perth in fa-
vour of affirmations being substituted for oaths in certain
cas

es ; also a similar petition from Dundee ; also a pe-
tition from the faculty of medicine at Glasgow praying
for a reform of the law in regard to the medical pro-

cession.

Mr. M. CHAMBERS presented a petition from
Bromley in favour of the ocean penny postage ; also a
petition from artists praying that the committee on the
National Gallery be requested to inquire into the man-
agement of the department for the exhibition of modern
pictures.
HACKNEY CARRIAGES (METROPOLIS) BILL.
The Lords' amendments to this bill were agreed to,
on the motion of Mr. FITZROY.
CRIME AND OUTRAGE ACT.
Mr. I. BUTT gave notice that, on the motion for the
adjournment of the house on Friday, he would call the
attention of the house to the expiration of the Crime
and Outrage (Ireland) Act, and asked the Secretary for
Ireland whether it was the intention of the Government
to bring in any bill for the renewal of that act.
TRADE LICENCES.

Mr. PHINN asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
whether her Majesty's Government had considered the
resolutions for imposing increased duties on certain
trade licences, and if so, when they would be prepared
to lay the amended resolutions on the table of the house?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought
it would be for the convenience of the house if in answer
to the question of the hon. member he adverted to the
several financial measures which had been a considerable
time before the house, and stated the course which the
Government proposed to take with respect to them. As
regarded the licences, to which the question immediately
applied, it was obvious, on an examination of the scale
as originally proposed, that it would be attended by
very great inconvenience, and in particular cases, by
what might be called oppression to the parties
whom it affected, and he therefore made it his busi-
ness to consider how the scale could be revised, and
in what shape it could be put so as to remove
those objections, but he found the effect would be to
materially reduce the proceeds arising from the scale,
and in some degree to raise the question whether they
were in a condition as to be able to spare the money.
The way in which the matter now stood was this :—lt
was impossible for him, until he knew what was the de-
cision of the house on the several questions that were
now pending, and in regard to which notices had been
given by hon. members which bore on the state of the
Exchequer, to give any absolute pledge with respect to
these licences ; therefore the Government had not at
present come to any absolute conclusion on the subject ;
but be thought he might venture to say, provided no
other inroad was made in the finances which were avail-
able for the public service, that it might be in their
power to dispense altogether with making, at the present
time, any proposal with regard to licences. (Hear.)
With respect to the question of the soap duties,he proposed
to take a stage of that measure to night. As regarded
the stamp duties, three notices of motion had been given
by hon. members : one by the hon. member for Pomfret,
respecting a penny receipt stamp ; another by the
noble lord the member for Middlesex, in regard
to attorneys' certificates ; and the third by the
right hon. gentleman the member for Manchester as to
the advertisement duty. He might remind the house
that the resolutions which he had placed on the table
respecting these duties were not required by the forms of
the house, but were simply printed for the informa-
tion of hon. members. It would be extremely convenient
to the community to go forward with the resolutions
speedily respecting the penny receipt stamp, as it was
available for bankers' checks, orders, and so forth. (Hear.)
That was, however, not one of the measures with re-
spect to which they could immediately proceed to obtain
the vote of the house, as it was necessary to protect that
stamp against forgery, and that could only be done on the
strength of acts of Parliament already passed. What
he proposed to do was this—only to bring in a bill con-
taining those duties to which no objection had
been taken. He proposed to lay the resolutions
on the table to night. The resolutions with
regard to the assessed taxes had taken a longer time in
preparation, in consequence of the extremely compli-
cated nature of the acts on the subject. He now held the
resolutions in his hand, and he would be ready to lay
them on the table to-night. The right honourable
gentleman then stated that he had now a list of the arti-
cles on which an extra customs duty of five per cent, was
still chargeable, and he would move that it be laid on
the table.
The motion for laying the resolutions on the table was
agreed to.
EXCISE DUTIES ON SPIRITS BILL.
Mr. CONNOLLY wished to know whether, in the
event of the committee on the Succession Duty Bill oc-
cupying the time of the house up to 12 o'clock, it uas
the intention of the Government then to bring on the
Excise Duties on Spirits Bill?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it
was impossible for him to pledge himself on this subject;
but if the committee extended to 12 o'clock, he would
take the other measure on Thursday, in the day-time.
SAVINGS BANKS BILL.
Mr. MALINS said several parties in London con-
nected with savings banks were anxious that the bill
should not be committed to-night ; and considering that
the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made no statement
of the nature of the measure on moving the second read-
ing, it was not unreasonable to ask for a week's delay.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
the request was quite reasonable, and he should have no
objection to postpone the committee for a fortnight.
FINANCIAL CRISIS IN JAMAICA.
Sir J. PAKINGTON had given notice of his inten-
tion to ask a question of the Government on the subject
of the financial crisis in Jamaica. His question
would refer to the collision which had taken
place between the House of Assembly and
the Governors of Jamaica, which were publicly stated
to have occurred, and which, it was said, had led to an
important financial crisis. The questions he wished to
ask were—Whether dispatches had been received at the
Colonial-office relating to a recent political and financial
crisis in the island of Jamaica? and also whether her
Majesty's Government intended to propose any changes
in the constitution of Jamaica, and especially with refer-
ence to the financial powers now exercised by the House
of Assembly ?
Lord J. RUSSELL had to state, in reply
to the first question, that dispatches had been
received from the Governor of Jamaica in relation
to the financial crisis which had occurred in that island,
and they were now under the serious consideration of the
Government. With regard to the second question, it
might not be necessary to come to Parliament for addi-
tional powers, but the whole subject was under consi-
deration, and in a short time his noble friend at the head
of the Colonial Department would state in the other
house, while probably he should state in this at the
same time, the plans which Government would
be prepared to propose to meet the case. (Hear.)
LAW OF MORTIVIAIN.