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London, England, 1856-07-18 00:00:00

}IOUSt OF COMMONS.—(TiIIs Day.

The SPEAKER took the chair at one o'clock.
PRI VATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the following bills were
considered and agreed to India Rsilway Com-
pany, Ely Tidal Harbour and Railway, London and
North-Western B iilway, Londonderry and Enniskillen
Railway, Mid Kent Direct Railway (Bromley to St.
Mary's Cray), and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver-
hampton Railway (Additional Capital, &c).
INCOME AND LAND TAXES BILL.
On the motion for the third reading of this bill,
Sir H. WILLOUGHBY and Mr. SPOONER .put questions
to the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER with reference to
the operation of the 2d clause.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that, by the operation of the second clause, col-
lectors in receipt of large incomes would be
affected considerably, as for instance the income of the
collector for the London district, which at present
amounted to between 6,0001. and 7,0001. per annum,
would be reduced to about one-halt, out of which he
would have certain expenses to pay. He would still be
in receipt of a considerable salary, though not an exces-
sive one. It was not intended by the clause to in-
crease the salaries of any person now paid 1001. or
1501. per annum. The provision referred to had been
introduced to prevent the operation of the new pound-
age producing a larger amount of salary than was deemed
sufficient for the services rendered. Salaries of 5001.
per annum would not be affected by the bill. With re-
- Bard to the question of the hon. member for Warwick-
. shire, as to what would happen when the reduction of
. the income-tax took place, it was one that reached so
far into the future that he (the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer) could hardly at that time answer the question.
It would be easy hereafter to meet the contingency re-
• ferred to.
Mr. MACKINNON said that ,the land•tax produced
1,400,0001. a-year. He thought some scheme might be
devised by which the land-tax might be redeemed at 25
_ years' purchase, and the capital realised, amounting to
24,000,0001., go towards the reduction of the national
debt. The adoption of such a scheme would relieve the
general tax-payer,-and he suggested that early next
session a conimittee should be appointed to consider this
subject and report thereon.
The bill was then read a third time and passed.
The following bills, alter a short discussion and ver-
!bal amendments, were read a third time and passed :
Stamp Duties ; Racehorse Duty ; Coast Guard Service ;
Corrupt Practices Prevention ; General Board of Health
Continuance ; Militia Pay ; Cursitor Baron of the Ex-
chequer ; Lunatic Asylums Act Amendment ; and the
- Marriage Law (Scotland) Amending.
MERCANTILE LAW AMENDMENT BILL.

This bill, as amended, was considered, and ordered to I
be read a third time on Monday.
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
Mr. BRGTHERTON moved for a return containing a
copy of every account registered by assurance companies
conformably with the provisions of the act 7 and Vic.
c. 110, up to the day of making such return, and not in-
cluded in the Parliamentary paper No. 178 of the present
session.—Ordered.
The house, having disposed of the whole of the busi-
ness on the paper, suspended its sittings at 5 minutes to
2 o'clock ; but the Speaker remained in attendance till
half-past 3 o'clock, to attend the House of Lords to hear
the Royal assent given by commission to several bills.
Sir G. Grey stated in the course of the sitting that the
house would sit to-morrow, to receive bills, Ste., from the
House of Lords.
The house resumed at 6 o'clock, and was

[LEFT SITTING.]

'LONDON GAZETTE—{This Evening.)

FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 4.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Francis
Stevens, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Trebizonde, to
be her Majesty's Consul at Trebizonde.
FOREIGN OFFICE, JULY 8.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Herman Lo-
rentz, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Wiborg.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 10.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint
General the Earl of Westmorland, G.C.8., to bear her
Majesty's congratulations to the King of the Belgians on
the 25th anniversary of his accession to the Throne of Bel-
gium.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULY 18.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Casimir
Louie Alfred Bruant, as Consul at Edinburgh, and of Mr.
Jules Joseph Fleury, as Consul at Liverpool, for his Ma.
jetty the Emperor of the French.

DOWNING-STREET, JULY 15.
The Queen has been pleased to erect the district of Natal,
in South Africa, into a separate colony, to I).J called I: The