The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-01 00:00:00

Sir W. Miles had no intention of pressing his mo.
tion. He supported most cordially the resolution
read.

" General officers commanding at foreign stations
will select the hours for the examination which are
best suited to the climate and circumstances of the
country, taking care, however, to conform strictly
to the number and distribution of the hours, as de-
tailed in the foregoing regulations.
" On the completion of the examinations at their
head-quarters general officers commanding should
transmit the candidates' papers immediately to the
Vice-President of the Council of Military Educa-
tion, 1, Whitehall-yard, without waiting for those
of out-stations; and in like manner they should
forward, without delay, the papers from each out-
station as soon as received. In the event of there
being no candidates, general officers commanding
will notify the fact to the Vice-President of the
Council without delay.
" Officers serving abroad, who may be successful
candidates, will be allowed the regulated passage-
money home on joining the Staff College.
" The names and examination numbers of the can-
didateswho are successful in the competition, as well
as of those who prove themselves qualified, and the
examination-numbers alone of candidates who fail,
will be published immediately after the reports of
the examiners have been received by the Council of
Military Education, with the total number of marks
gained by each candidate, and his place on the list.
—By order of his Royal Highness the General Com-
manding-in-Chief,

"rG. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General."

THE WHITTP ORM U UJ'.

The following letter appears in a contem.

porary :
Sir,—The results of the experiments recently
made with my rifled cannons at Southport have
elicited notices and comments which I think re-
quire me to make some explanation.
My rifled guns have not been made expressly
with the view of obtaining great range ; that is one
of the advantages they possess, but it is not obtained
at the sacrifice of others.
They are all adapted, not only for firing solid
shot, but also for hollow shot, which may be filled
with molten iron, and for every description of shell.
The capacity of the shell is easily increased by add-
ing to its length ; and, as my guns are rifled
throughout and require no chamber, shells of any
length may be fired with any requisite charge of
powder.
The tables of results published in the newspapers
were in some instances arranged by the gentlemen
who reported them, in increasing or decreasing
order; but the numbers prefixed do not indicate
the order iu which the shots were tired:-
This arrangement may have produced an im-
pression that the ranges in certain cases gradually
diminished. This was not the case, in some series
the longest ranges were attained by the last :shots
fired, and the piece, as it was warmed by the dis-
charges became clearer than it was after the first
or second shot.
The fact that the ordinary cast-iron sorvice guns
which I rifled as an experiment in 1858 proved too
weak to be used as rifled pieces has been much
dwelt upon ; and it was, perhaps, an error of judg-
. ment to apply my system experimentally to the
• cast-iron blocks without strengthening them. I
THE STAFF COLLEGE. may mention that the service cast-iron 68 :pounder
Horse-Guards, S.W., Feb. 25. rifled by me, when tried at Portsmouth in 1858,
The following regulations regarding the exami-
4-inch wrought iron plates, and also through the propelled my flat-fronted shot through one of the
nation of officers who may be candidates for admix
ship's side on which they were firmly bolted, the
pion to the Staff College in February, 1861, are
published for-general information : range being 450 yards. In no other instance, I
believe, has a single shot been driven thgh th
"There will be vacancies for 15 officers, two of 4-inch plate. Thu experiment was- notrou repeatede
,
whom may belong to the Corps of Royal Artillery as the cast-iron gun burst.
and Royal Engineers. All the guns, however, which I have myself
"HOME STATIONS. made are ready for any proof and any comparison
" Officers serving in the United Kingdom, who that may be required. Their strength is such that
are desirous of entering the Staff College, will be they can be elevated on their carriages, and be
examined in London on the 16th of July next, and fired, if necessary, as mortars, at any angle, with
following days. the largest charge of powder that can be consumed
" Commanding officers of Royal Artillery, Royal in them. _
Engineers, and of all regiments and depots of the The 3-pounder was repeatedly fired at an angle
Cavalry, Guards, and Line on the hone station, of 35 deg., and attained a range of more than five
will,forward to the Adjutant• General, through the and a half miles, without doing
usual channelafor the consideration of the General carriage the slightest injury, the piece or its
Commanding-in-Chief, the application of such offi- These guns being stronger than is practically
cers as wish to compete for admission, together necessary,
with the necessary certificates. there would be no gain in adding to their
th, thouh I cou:d do it if it were reuisite.
" These applications' should be sent in not later stren
The material of which the cannon is madeq is the
than the 15th of June, after which date the officers same as that used for my rifled musket barrel—
approved by his RoyalHighnes; will be instructed homogeneous iron. To obtain an extreme proof of
to place themselves in communication with the it strength, I loaded one of the barrels with a
Council of Military Education, with the view to leaden plug, so long that a full charge of powder
their receiving the rules for the examination. was unable to drive it out. On firing the powder,
" FOREIGN STATIONS,
the plug remained in the barrel, and the gases of
"At foreign stations the following regulations the explosion all came through the touch-hole, leav-
:—
~ " The examination will be held on the 16th of
pi Co experiment was re-
ed four times with a similar the barrel uninjured. This
result.
July and following days, or as soon after that date The brass howitzer guns which I rifled for t.he
as the examination papers shall be received from Government in 1856 stood every proof to which
the Council of Military Education.
°ic A board of officers will be appointed by the upon ey
twere hem assubjected
muzzle-loadionuld not now improve
general
g guns, d feel officer in command, and will consist of dent that they are as efficient as an
any rifled cannon
three officers ; one of whom to be, when practicable, of like calibre that have been made. In fact, of
a Stiff officer, having the rank of field officer, and the rifled cannon, as of the rifled musket, con-
principles which I have adopted, it may
the other two, if possible, not under the rank of structed on
eaptain. One of these officers will belong to one be said that, practically, they must all shoot alike
of the scientific corps, where any such officer can —a result which necessaril follows accurate mike obtained. surement and workmanship in making them.
" The exathinations will be conducted by means I have had no wish to make a special gun, any
of the same printed questions as are set for the exa- more than to choose out special experimental re-
mination of candidates in London, and they are to
isautletse.xpßereicmorednstsowfearlel t thee
ns hbo3t, s
difisirleltderdeusrtiendgspoeuct:
be answered in the presence of the board.
"The board will give to each candidate a num- tators, and hare been published in several journals.
ber, which he will affix to each of his examination The merits of the system have, I believe, been
papers, instead of his name. He will retain the thoroughly tested, and may now be fairly judged.
same number throughout the examination. The practice with the smallest gui,the 3-pounder,
"The board will give to each candidate a paper proved all I wished to establish in point of range
of the printed examination questions on each sub- it was therefore not requisite to surpass it with the
ject, at the time specified for the examination in heavier cannon fired at a high elevation.
that sabject.
Of the durability of my guns I can speak with
"Me candidates will write their answers to the the utmost confidence. Being made of the harder
questions in the presence of the board, and their and tougher homogeneous Won, they must be more
papers, together with the printed examination durable than forged guns, made of comparatively
questions, will be collected at the hour appointed, soft and fibrous wrought iron. From one of them
and made up into a packet, which will be sealed be- upwards of 1,500 shots have been fired, chiefly at
fore being taken from the examination room. high elevations, without the gun exhibiting any
"The board will, immediately on the conclusion injury or sign of wear.
of the .
didatoS to simple
examination, forward the papers of the can- The breech-loading arrangements are so
ve general officer commanding for trans- that they are not easily injured.
mission to
eompanied b Council of Military Education, ac- The guns fired at Southport had all been stand-
'eatacnertificate that, the candidates ob- ing on the
drift shore exposed to the action of the
tamed no assist coe.from books, or help of any kind sea air and ing sands for some weeks, most of
in their exarainati
time forward the n• The board will at the same them during the whole winter.
Bonding with their find
names of the camli,lates, eerres- The relative merits of my own and other systems
enumbersf in the examina- are best compared by appealing to practical results.
ilea, in a separate env
Council of Military Edue
eloxPationor transmission to the These show that the system of construction which
enables the simple hard meta projectile to be fired
"The following will be the order of the exarni- gives better results, and is capable of a more ex-
nation,:—
" First Day—Military drawing, i tended application, than the construction which re-
boars ; ditto, quires the compound projectile and soft metal coat-
-3 hours.
ing. In other words, the system of rifling by me-
" Second Day—Fortification, 3 hours ; ditto, 3 chanical fit is capable ofsloing much more than that
hours. -
of rifling by the force of the explosion.
" Third Dtly—Mathematics—Oblii:TatorkTlig,
, The litter is a construction of which I cannot be
lst.Paper, ;3 hours ; obligatory portion,
said to have approved, otherwise I should have
and voluntary' portion, Ist Paper, 3 hours. at
idl
co pc tocadv iota• a d Among other objections to the use of
"Fourth Day—Mathematics—voluntar:ciportion,
coated projectile, one of great im-
Id Paper, 3 hours; military history, Ist Paper, 3 poet.
ot.z.)lei
cias 1 ,(111:1\tviiiteirtei
av os ltvhees
sahnapaerdrainlagredmmenettawl which
is
htws•
far
izztinapflea,,,aranndgierm lt) ea
npdrocdouncsetdr a ae
-is
.yifth Day—Military history, 2d Paper, 3
ljeescsticl(e)sits.
pro-
hours ; ditto, 3d Paper, 3 hours.
object
oltisjoeurgimht troovobitaint, know-
hours. Sixth Day—Frenc, 3 hours ; chemistry, 3 hours.
itiijogntihsatthien stpheicsiaals
on mechanical principles, that
" Seventh •Day—German, 3 hours; geology, 3
sypateme
insent
hse ase
most
simplest elements.
hours. ' _ .
perfect reduced to its
which is
"There will re in all cases an interval of not

The whole of the hands employed in the steam
factory at Portsmouth are workinc, extra hours bp
to 10 30 pan. each day, every exertion bein* made
to fit with their machinery as quickly as possible the
different large vessels recently launched at that port.
A court-martial assembled yesterday on board
her Majesty's ship Victory, in Portsmouth Harbour,
under the presidency of Capt. the Hon. Joseph
Denman, for the trial of four seamen belonging to
her Majesty's ship Mars at Spithead (bounty men)
an tl rbce oft—desertion.. The court found the
cn4rges proved, and sentenced the prisoners to 12
months' imprisonment each, with hard labour, in
Winchester Gaol.
Her Majesty's steam storeship Dee, Master Com-
mander Pullen, on her return voyage from Ports-
mouth, was yesterday hauled into basin at Wool.
wich to reship with steam machinery for the west,
and the iron steam vessel Harpy, after repairs, was
moored alongside the coal hulk in preparation for
sea.

THE ARMY.

One or two other speakers followed, vvhfin the
motion was put to the meeting and carried unani-
mously.
Mr. FRANCIS proposed a vote of thanks to the
chairman, after which the meeting separated.

LORD J. RUSSELL'S REFORM BILL.

- -
We really believe the only thing that is utterly
ineradicable from the human mind is superstition.
Homer, indeed, could perceive that the one best
omen was to• fight for one's country, but the truth
that was revealed to Homer was concealed from
Greece in her civilised age, and the wise Socrates
and the brave Scipio were content to steer their
course in life by omens and portents. Even in this
land of inductive philosophy and free investigation,
how many people are there that shrink from sitting
down to a dinner party of thirteen, and who have
not shaken off the conviction that Friday is an un-
lucky day ? The most prevalent form, however, in
which superstition exhibits herself in modern times
is in the eelebration and observation of anniver-
saries. In this, France, and among Frenchmen
Napoleon has the undisputed lead. There is the
10th of A!ugust, dreaded by monarchs, and the 31st
of May; fatal to Republicans ; the 27th of July, that
overthrew Robespierre ; the day of Friedland, the
day of Austerlitz, the day of Marengo, and the day
of Borodino. If men must fight, they wait till a dies
fastus, the anniversary of a fortunate event ; and, if
a great victory has been gained, there is no time so
propitious as the anniversary of a day on which a
great victory has been gained before. Now, there-
fore, because on the Ist day of March, 1831, Lord' John
Russell introduced a Reform Bill, which, after many
changes and many reverses, became the law of the
land in 1832, the same Lord John Russell has con-
trived that, on the same day of the year 1860, he
shall introduce a bill for the alteration of the for-
mer measure, for which he trusts, by securing. the
1 sane day, to procure the same results. When Mo-
rier's Hadji Baba had made up his mind to make an
offer of his heart and hand to a young English
lady, he inquired of one of his married friends under
what circumstances he had performed the same
ceremony, and, finding that it was under an um-
brella on a rainy Sunday going to church, he made
his proposition under exactly similar circumstances,
and was, to his astonishment, peremptorily rejected.
So 'fat from the selection of the Ist of lvlarch as-
sisting Lord John Russell in the perfOrmance of his
task, it only serves more distinctly to mark the dif-
ference, not to say the contrariety, between the
state of things that existed then and the state of
things that exists now. When Lord John Russell
rose in lil3l to propose his Reform Bill there was a
feeling of intense curiosity as to the probable nature
of the measure he would produce, for the interest of
the revelation he was about to make was in no de-
gree forestalled. In 1831 there was, strange as it
may appear to the generation which does not re-
member those eventful times, a real and heartfelt
interest in the subject of Parliamentary Re-
form. Many hoped, and some feared, but
very few were indifferent. The public mind was
earnest and excited. People were deeply discon-
tented with the existing state of things,and desired
Reform, that it might furnish them with an apt in-
strument for working out a complete and satisfac-
tory remedy. They wished for a revolution, and
they made it; they desired the overthrow of a nar-
row and unconstitutional oligarchy and they sought
that overthrow through Reform. The middle
classes were determined to force their way into the
fortress of the Constitution, and the working
classes lent their whole combined strength to the
effort. It was under these auspices that Lord John
Russell, not then a member of the Cabinet, rose to
expound the Ministerial plan of Parliamentary
Reform. Nine-and-twenty years are past, and we
have the same hour and man before us again ; but
this time it is the man who fixes the hour, and not
the hour that calls forth the man. Time has dealt
gently with the knot of statesmen who directed the
destinies of this country in that stormy period.
The impetuous Secretary for Ireland, Mr. Stanley,
is now the veteran leader of the Tory party. The
then President of the Council has
retired from active political life. The then First Lord of the
Admiralty still, after his checkered career,
maintains a foremost place in the House of Com-
mons. The then Postmaster-General, the Duke of
Richmond, still occupies a seat in the House of
Lords. The then Foreign Secretary is our present
Prime Minister. The then Indian Minister is still
among us. The then Lord Chancellor has survived
his Attorney and Solicitor-General, and still adorns
'the Houss of Peers. But, though so many of the
men remain, where are the feelings, where are the
hopes, where are the aspirations which heralded the
i advent of the first Reform Bill ? Who believes that
1 any measure that is likely to be carried will have
a decided effect in the improvement of our Govern-
ment, and who is there who would not cheerfully
give up all the good he hopes on condition of being
I delivered from all he fears from the impending
change ? The first Reform Bill was sought as a
means to an end for the sake of changes which it
was believed it would produce. The second Reform
Bill is sought for no ulterior good, except deliver-
ling the public from the discussion of an unwelcome.
topic. Lord J. Russell was the child and the Crea-
-1 tion of the Reform Bill of 1831 ; the Refornißill of
1860 is the child and the creation of Lord J. Rua-'
sell. The object of the first was national; the 'ob-
jecthe first of- the second is personal. We all know whyt was proposed. We know the just cause of
the public discontent ; but we also know that the
second is proposed only because it bas been repeat-
edly promised, and because, though the public has
never been eager to demand a performance of the
insist promise, the men who made it upon being al-
' lowed to accomplish it. The subject has been played
with and trifled with till it has become serious.
Pledges have been made because they were never ex-
pected to be en forced, and the necessity that compels
their performance comes from above, instead of from
below. The very novelty of the measure has been
discounted by an indiscreet disclosure. All these
thingwhether Lord John s being considered, it is indeed very 'question-
able Russell has done wisely to
give the contrast the utmost sharpness possible by
fixing the anniversary of the first Reform Bill as a
day of good omen for the introduction of the second.
In contrasting the two periods we have necessarily. passed over in silence the long space that has inter-
-1 vened between them ; but we must not forget that
Lord John Russell has not during these 29 years
been by any means inactive on his favourite sub-
ject. Possibly a retrospect critically conducted
might not tend to increase our confidence in the
hands into which this question has fallen. While
the great experiment was yet fresh—while its
working could not be foreseen or predicted, Lord
John Russell braved considerable obloquy in claim-
in.. for so vast, a change the superhuman privilege
of finality. 'While all men doubted, he was assured.
But years passed on, the measure became better
understood, many misapprehensions were removed,
many fears were shown to be groundless, and if
Reform did not do all the good, neither did it realise
by_ any means the evil that was expected from it.
The minds of men became habituated to the
change, and the practical English race soon re-
conciled itself to novelties which had at first been
repulsive. Then it was that Lord John Russell
announced to us that the days of finality
were past, and that henceforth the orthodox
faith was to believe in the necessity of a new Re-
form Bill. For four years practice was allowed to
lag behind theory, but in 1852 a new Reform Bill
was produced, though the Ministry died in giving
birth to it. The leading characteristic of the mea-
'sure was the aggregation of boroughs, and, hap-
pily for the reputation of its framer, the bill
dropped before the principles of the aggregation
could be minutely investigated. In 1854 Lord J.
Russell introduced another bill, the main peculiari-
ties of which were a £5 franchise and a clause for
the representation of minorities. The Crimean War
nipped this blossom in the bud, and for five years
the country contentedly acquiesced in the absence
of a Reform Bill. The Tory Government attempted
nand perished in the attempt. And
none
we lastto year,dsyord John Russell rises to propose a
measure founded on very different principles from
any of its predecessors—with what prospect of suc-
cess so many failures forbid us even to conjecture.—
Times.

At the same time I am of opinion that by going
to a slight extra expense in manufacturing the bar-
rel more carefully a better rifle may with advan-
tage be supplied to the service.
This is what I recommended some time ago to
the Government when I offered them my services,
gratuitously, in aiding to adapt the Enfield esta-
blishment to the productirn of rifles on my system.
It is true that I proposed to supply for the use
of the service some rifles at a cost of £lO, but
these were to be all superior wcapons, well
finished, and in shooting qualities equal to. my
other rifles. It would not, however, be fair to
take this sum as representing the cost of manufac-
turing military weapons on a large scale in a com-
pletely organised establishment. The offer involved
considerable pecuniary sacrifice, considering that
means of supplying the demand for my rifles are at
present limited, and it arose from the desire which
I always had, and still feel, of rendering all the
assistance I can in arming our soldiers with the
most efficient weapons.—l remain yours obediently,
YOSErII WIIITWORTII.

Manchester, Feb. 28.

TIM NEWSPAPER AND PRI?IODICAL
PRESS ASSOCIATION.

A meeting of this association was held yesterday
in Peel's coffeehouse, Fleet-street—Mr. E wart, M.P.,
in the chair. There were present also, among others,
Mr. Robertson, M.P. for Berwickshire, Mr. Morris
M.P., Mr. D. N. Chambers, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Petter,
Mr. Ireland, of the Manchester .Examiner, &c.
The CHAIRMAN, on rising, after returning thanks
for the honour conferred on him by his being called
on to preside, paid a compliment to the ability.ot
Mr. M. Gibson, the :ormer president of the associa-
tion, for the triumphant manner in which the asso-
ciation, under his direction, had proceeded step by
step, towards the object they had in view—the re-
peal of those taxes which pressed on the diffusion of
knowledge. He next proceeded to direct attention
to the special business of the meeting, and to read
several requisitions from proprietors of provincial
newspapers desiring that the meeting should
be called, that entire co-operation should be
secured in resisting the amendments on the budget
of which notice had been given, to continue
the paper duty, in opposition to her Majesty's
Ministers. After express;og his satisfaction at
meeting with those provincial friends who were pre-
sent, the speaker proceeded to direct attention tcr
the great opposition they were likely to meet in
endeavouring to carry out their purpose, both from
avowed and from latent opponents under the name
of financial reformers. But let them present a firm
phalanx and stand by the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer until his budget was carried triumphantly.
He considered the present one of the greatest eras
ever opened to mankind. If supported by France
a bright period was opening. for the world. But,
combined with commercial prosperity, the spread
of education was demanded, and he hailed the time
when knowledgeshould be free. He hoped that all
monopolies connected with the press would now be
removed. No man could look on the young press
without feelings of pride. Since the removal of the
taxes on advertisements he was bound to say that
the cheap press had been a benefit to the country,
and he believed that the removal of all impediments
on the press would tend to its greater and higher
usefulness. In reference to the notice of motion
that had been given to oppose the movement, he
trusted that a voice would be raised from the re-
motest end of the kingdom to support the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, and that no effectual means
would be overlooked, while members of Parliament
did their duty within the house, to obtain support
at the same time out of doors. Aided by such sup-
port, he believed that a victory would be achieved
which would redound to the glory of England.
There might be a few newspapers opposed to the
measure, but he trusted that the stream of public
opinion would soon work its way among them, and
that it would be found that all restrictions were
removed.
Mr. FRANCIS, the treasurer of the association,
next proceeded to detail the progress and operations
of the association since its formation 11 years ago,
and argued that it was impossible their present ob-
ject seeulstnot be obtained while such men as their
former president, Mr. Gibson, Mr. Gladstone, Sir C.
Lewis, and Lord J. Russell occupied the Treasury
benches; and that if it were supposed that they
might be unsuccessful on the present occasion what
would be the result ? Would the association be
discomfited ? Would it cease its operations ? No;
it was their firm determination to go on until the
Speaker of the House of Commons pronounced,
with reference to the motion—" The ayes have it."
Mr. LUCAS rose and proposed the following reso-
lution :—" That this meeting reiterates its
often-
expressed conviction that the Excise duty on paper
presses most severely on newspapers and literature
generally, and particularly on elementary educa-
tional works, thereby checking the spread of politi-
cal and general knowledge ; that it places a most
disastrous limit on numerous branches of commerce,
and restrains to a highly injurious extent inven-
tion, enterprise, and the welfare of a large class of
the community, and, learning with surprise an op-
position is likely to be made in the House of Com-
mons to the wise and beneficial repeal of the paper
duty included in Mr. Gladstone's budget, and
adopted by her Majesty's Ministers, it expresses its
determination to use the most strenuous efforts for
the accomplishment of the object for which the as-
sociation is formed." The speaker, after reading
the resolution, proceeded to explain the state of affairs regarding the matter in the House of Com-
mons. • There were two notices of motion given,—
one by
.Mr. Puller, and the other by Sir William
Miles, bearing a direct opposition to the budget on
this question of the repeal of the paper duty, The
first was in effect that an export duty and an Ex-
cise duty be levied to place English manufacturers
on an equal footing with those of France. The
second motien of Sir William Miles was to place
the paper tax against the increased income-tax
by Simply moving that the previous rate of 9d.
should be substituted for 10d., as it now stood in
the budget. The latter was the most dangerous
motion for their object, and even on this ground
the public were more interested in the repeal of
the paper duty than in the reduction of
the income-tax. The speaker continued to
designate Sir 'William Miles as an obstructionist
e----one of those men who stood in the way of all
prooTess—and declared his belief that if England
had been inhabited by Sir William Mileses in the
infancy of our civilisation we should yet have re-
mained in a state of barbarism. He was surprised
that any member of the Liberai party should sup-
port the motion. In regard to the appeal of the
chairman to the press, he felt certain that the press
all over the country was in favour of the measure.
In regard to the limes, he did not know. He had
been told that a gentleman connected with the
Times was going aboat canvassing the Liberal
members to oppose the repeal of the paper duty.
'Whether this were true or not he did not know
and he did not care, but he felt certain that the
press throughout the country would support the
movement..
Mr. LEVY, of the Daily Telegraph, rose to second
the resolution. As showing the manner in which
the times had dealt with the question, he read a
quotation from a leading article in the issue of the
13th ult., referring to the decay of village pap-:-
mills, and read a second extract from a paper
termed the k.ussex Advertiser, written, he informed
the meeting, as an attempted burlesque of the style
of the Times, showing that the sheet of the limes
son t
uwa•theid in a s
ehthis sntiaatiellenutntiN.vyays
oplar,inet.ed carried the
water mark of " Taverham Mills," which were
Mr. IRELAND, of the Ilfanehest6er Examiner, ex-
pressed himself in favour of the resolution.
The Rev. P. aTasHaninElLpvoslitVioannonnErritctleianraticioteux!shetd,
;t, the
unjust,
adsu tayg
gag placed in the mouth. He sup-
ported
his belief that duty on
Div.
FIELDtIe m oet
x
paper was the only impediment to the beneficial
working out of the periodical penny press, in proof
of which he proceeded to read a lengthy extract
from some periodical, amid numerous cries of
" Chair, chair." After several appeals to the chair.
man, he was ultimately put down, after, it was uu
derstood, supporting the Motion.

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Mr. Moxkis, M.P., expressed his belief that no
Government could long occupy the Treasury
benches, and withstand this movement for the re-
peal of the paper duty.
Mr. BETT, of the Society for the Repeal of
Taxes on Knowledge, stated that he had been in-
formed, on good authority, that many members of
the-Liberal party were prepared to enter the lobby
with-Sir W. Miles
Mr. ROBERTSON, M.P., rose to state that the
former speaker, in his opinion, had been misin.
formed. He eulogised the budget as a whole, and
believed that 99 out of every 100 of the Liberal
party were prepared to vote for the repeal of the
paper duty. He would rather have a free press
than all the penal Acts of Parliament. He believed