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London, England, 1870-05-31 00:00:00

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SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK

I.IfPPTIAL PAR lAA EN F.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS DAY.
UBE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY.
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,cl}rhe Speaker took the chair at five minutes past two
ock

THIRD READINGS.
The following bills were read a third time :—Chelsea
Rectory Bill, International Communication Bill, New.
castle and Gateshead Water Bill, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
,I,4lProvement Bill, Poole and Bournemouth Railway Bill,
-Lein Valley Railway Bill, West Hartlepool Extension
and Improvement Bill, Downpatrick Dundrum and New-
castle Railway Bill, and the Thames Navigation Bill.

On the third reading of this bill.
Ur. EUSTACE SMITH moved that the order for the third
reading be discharged, and that the bill be re-committed
in order to reduce borrowing power to the amount
°6Binally in the bill. It was a very dangerous precedent,
lie contended, that any public body having the power of
i°lllYlving and investing large sums of money should pro-
lgote a bill which at the second reading should contain
limited powers, and when it went upstairs should involve
a sum fourtimes the original amount.
Mr• STEVENSON supported the 'third reading of the bill.
'le said the alteration in the amount, increasing it from
400,000 to £400,000 had been known for upwards of a
f°ltnight, and yet no action had been taken until Satur-
nay last.

Mr. HEADLAm also supported the bill.
Mr. COWEN said that if the bill asked for additional
t
ation, the arguments of the member for Tynemouth
'light have had some force, but the promoters of the
measure did not ask for anything beyond autl:ority to
bo
l'rew money necesssay to carry out works for which
4e3r had already Parliamentary powers to execute.
the DODSON said it was a bill which it was desirable in
,le interest of the public to pass. The course proposed
the member for Tynemouth was very unusual. The
bill proposed to put an end to the dues now levied by the
eerporation of Newcastle on the shipping of the Tyne, on
terms
Which appeared to him to be very equitable.
Mr. SMITH said that after the expression of opinion
from the member for East Sussex he knew what the de-
ei4n of the House would be, and he should withdraw
his motion.
The bill was accordingly read a third time.

MILITARY RESERVE FUND.
Colonel NORTH asked the Secretary of State for War
whether the recommendations contained in Paragraphs
15 and 18 of the report from the Select Committee on
Military Reserve Funds, had been carried into effect—
Ilatnely, that the reserve fund should be wound up, and
the
balance paid into the Exchequer; and, if so,
Whether a sufficient sum had been taken in the army esti-
mates defray all payments charged on the reserve

Mr• CARDWELL replied that the recommendations had
4'4 been carried into effect, and the balance had not been
Paid into the Exchequer.

TRUSTEES OF SAVINGS BANKS.
Sir JOHN LUBBOCK asked the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer why the excess of interest paid to the trustees of
ea,vi
ngs, banks during the year 1869 over that received by
Tthe Commissioners amounted to £217,254 15s. 101, while
t excess for the year 1868 was only £17,091 11s. 2d.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that the
amount
-which was paid to the Commissioners for the
Reduction of the National Debt on account of savings'
banks in respect of terminable annuities was, in 1868,
4,780,000, and iu 1869 only £2,208,000, so that there was
difference between the two years of £522,000, and the
eallSe of that difference was the arrangeinents which
were made as to the period of paying the balances.
OPEN
k COMPETITION IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
Treasury
\VINTERBOTHAM asked the First Lord of the
:41117 whether he was able to state what steps had
- taken for " the establishment of a system of open
competition on an extended scele " in the Civil Service, in
a ceerdance with the expectation held out to the House on
the
10th of April, 1869, and renewed on the 25th of
February, 1870.
the
GLADSTONE stated in reply that in redemption of
Pledge which the Government gave at an earlier period
of the Session they had steadily prosecuted the measures
which were contemplated in the discussions which took place
In that House, and the arrangements connected with open
competition, and connected with other elements of change
1 the offices that belonged to the subject, or attached to
in", Were now in a very forward state, and he hoped in the
course of two or three weeks to be able to lay upon the
table of the House conclusive documents relating to the
',Object.
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE FORCE.
Mr'
attentionEYKYN gave notice that he should call
to the unsatisfactory state of the metropolitan
13451iee force, and to move for a select committee to inquire
into the subject.
. _ .

THE FENIAN RAID IN CANADA.

rePV to Colonel North,
„A.l MONSELL said that, according to the information
4",ulrell he had received that day, all was quiet on the fron-
we
Many of the Fenians were begging their way home
"`°l4 Malone. General Lindsay proposed to reduce the
military force at varions points. The Fenian stores were
much wasted.

NAVAL ADMINISTRATION.
th°/1 the motion for going into committee of supply on
he Navy Estimates,
1-r. CORRY drew attention to the return ordered to be
ited, in reference to the navy victualling yards. The
4- gentleman condemned the system of supplying stores
to
.the navy.
Iviru
. BAXTER in replying to the observation made by
b • Corry; pointed out the immense saving which had
been effected by the system now in vogue.
'TI-IAM AND PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARDS.
kt. CAWLEY moved for a select committee to inquire
Late the circumstances and causes which have led to the
iatbrge increase in the cost of the works for the extension of
e dockyards at Chatham and Portsmouth beyond the
amounts set forth in the Act 28 and 29 Vic., c. 51; also,
Deptford
the circumstances which have led to the disposal of
'ePtford Dockyard for an amount so much below the
value thereof stated in the Stock Valuation Account.
The hon. gentleman entered at some length into the
63r4ere. that had been pursued with respect to works going
°ll in these dockyards, and said he thought the House
11-ta ,°llld agree with him that it was desirable that some ex-
-1: nation should be given why contracts entered into in
Year 1869, had not been signed, and laid
111. the table on the last day of May, 1870.
• was also of opinion that it was most de
e
suablethat it should be explained why works and the
eDntracts which had been entered into with a view to
ee°ll°kY should have been taken. out of the hands of private
eeiatractors in order that convict and, hired labour
might be employed thereon. The instances he had
mentioned were not the only thing that re
red explanation, as he was in possession
illfermation which shewed that contracts for ma-
n, chikersr and boiler houses had been entered in neither
--8 e had there been any copies of the contracts laid on the
table It was desirable that inquiry should be
made, because he felt assured that without
u:01/ was done the country would be called
11 to Pay an amount for extra work, that would oc-
e-a-:"°/1 much surprise. Having stated his opinion that
hePtferd Dockyard had been sold much below its value,
he concluded by asking the House to insist upon the in-
quiry that he asked for.
Sir
SELWYN IBBETSON seconded the motion. He was
n
if, °Pinion that the sum for which the land of Deptford
Oekyard had been sold was very much below its actual
talle, and if it was not, as he supposed it was, from cer-
tb information in his possession, it was desirable that
e matter should be fully explained.
(LEFT SITTING.)

ROUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took the chair at live o'clock.
0,, RIG-11 COURT OF JUSTICE BILL.
1,-"` the /notion for the commitment of this bill,
which
the 44e 14°RD CHANCELLOR explained the position in
_ rizeasure now stood, and stated that although thereed
'ovfe j soine objections to the details, the judges approved
to be Principles of the bill. The great difficulty seemed
13e with respect to the framing of the rules, but he
DroNs_ ,
Council, eu that there should be a committee of the Privy
those, the judges and other great legal officers, toframe
les previousto the Court , ; ,'• into operation.
lie had
deredsatilisofateurb: such an arrangement would be consi-
,J4,cl CAIRNS said he had the greatest desire to see the
I,2eet of the present bill carried into effect ; but he had
OZIO/440//bta as to the ropriety of pressing ths.kitl
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