The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDOV, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1868,

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING.
The LORD CiLANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

PETITION.

Earl STAN HOPE presented a petition relative to the
Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.
POOR RELIEF BILL.

On this bill being committed, Lord PORTMAN moved
that certain clauses inserted by Lord Carnarvon bo struck
out; and Lord Devon agreed with him that the bill was
better as it originally stood.
The Earl of CARNARVON said that ho had added
these clauses because he considered that th 3 Court of
Quarter Sessions ought to have the control of certain por-
tions of the asylums to which the local rates were devoted.
The Marquis of BATII disagreed with his noble frierd,
and should support the amendment of the noble lord

opposite.
The Earl of STRADBROKE mule a few remarks in
favour of the clauses.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said that it was well
known that the general opinion was that all lunatics
should be under tha superinten fence of the magistracy.
After some further discussion, the clauses were nega-
tived by 61 to 26.
Several private bills were advaufrd a stage, ant their
lordships adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING.
The SPEAKER took tha chair at tw.) o'clock.
• PUBLIC' SOIIOOLS BILL.

Oa the motion for going into corn nitteo on this bill,
Mr. NEATE moved that the bill ba referred back to a
select committee. He contended that, by the bill now be-

fore the house, the proporty of the old schools at Win-
chester, Eton, Harrow, Rugby, and other places, was to
be transferred to the new governing body sot forth in

the measure, which might be made quite independent of
the present masters and fellows of the schools at the places

he had mentioned. Ile did not desire that undue rover•

onca should be paid to old things, yet the summary way in
which the prop_lrty of the schools and colleges was

diverted from its original purposes was a proceeding that
could not but receive the strongest opposition in the
different schools. It was 'no trittng twitter that could be

.alt with if the b!11 passed, as it amounted to upwards
£BO,OOO per annum, and the sum being so large he

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strenuously objected to go into committee, and therefore
ho proposed that the bill should go through a searching
inquiry, that it should bs referred back in order that
clauses might be inserted in it giving power to the new
governing bodies and commissioners to be appointed by
the bill to deal with the constitution and revenues of Eton

and Winchester College.
Mr. MOWBRAY defended the bill, and said he be-
lieved that most of the schools were anxious for legisla-
tion, and wider such circumstances ho hoped the house
would not agree to the recommand.ition of the hon. mem-
ber fcr Oxford. The hon. gentleman had urged matters
that ought to have been considered four years ago, and
after the exertions that had bean necessary to advance the
bill to the present stage ho hops I the house would refuse
to agree to talc.) the course proposed by tho hon. member

for Oxford city.
Mr. NEWDEGATE obj,;eed to the bill, but ho did so
oa different grounds to tho hon. gentleman opposite. Ho
dissented from the provisions of the bill, because excep-
tions were mado in favour of one school in preference to

Scotians; and from such an inquiry ho anticipated either
that some modifications might be made in the Con-
federat ion, which would meet the wishes of Nova
Scotia, or that the union might be confined to
the maritime provinces, or to the ICanadas alone.
To refuse the inquiry would be to follow up
the foolish haste of last year by more perilous obstinacy,
and he warned the house in his most solemn tone—depre-
cating, of course, any such unhappy result—that to turn a
deaf ear to these complaints of the colony would be the
first step towards throwing it into the arms of the United
States.

Tho motion was seconded by Mr. BAXTER, and op-
posed by
Mr. ADDERLEY, who, admitting that discontent did
unfortunately exist in Nova Scotia at the present moment,
laid down three propositions,—that the allegations of the
petition were entirely unfounded; that if they were true,
to send out a Royal Commission would be an insane act ;
that whatever discontent existed was being removed by
a totally different process. In his turn he entered into
the history of the Confederation movement, but drew
from it the opposite conclusion that the proposition _
had originated in Nova Scotia, and that it had been car-
ried out with the thorough consent of the people as well
as the Legislature. The Imperial Parliament had acted
simply as a Ministerial agent to give effect to their wishes,
and the Act was almost the ipiminaa verba of the resolu-
tions of the colonists. Mr. Bright's allegation that the
recent elections had been unreservedly against Confede-
ration he contradicted directly, and the discontent,
which he admitted, was not greater than was pe.haps
natural at the commencement of such au experiment,
and not greater than existed in the United States
when first the Federation was established. To send
out a Royal Commission would be to embarrass and
paralyse the Colonial Government at a critical moment,
and would destroy the monetary credit of the Domi-
nion. But the difficulties were ispidly being overcome,
and in a little time longer Mr. Adderley confidently ex-
pected they would disappear altogether. The influence
of Nova Sbotia had been almost dominant in the Domi-
nion Parliament ; numerous changes had been made in
favour of the maritime provinces, and their free-trade po-

Hey was getting the better of the protectionist leanings of
Canada. Confederation was the only alternative of an-
nexation to the United St des, for these provinces could
not remain for ever in an indepeneent position ; and he
earnestly urged the house not to sanction the first step to-
wards a reactionary policy.
Mr. S. AYTOUN supported the motion, bolding that

tho Nova Scotiens had never consented to confederation.
Mr. CARDWELL, lamenting the existence of discon-
tent, appealed to the history of Confederation to show that,
so far from Nova Scotia being taken by surprise, the
first proposals had proceeded entirely from her, and it was
Canada which had long continued to hold back. When
the union of the provinces was carried out it was but
natural that discontent shold arise from the dislocation of
into:ests and prejudices, and from the assimilation of
tariffs and other changes, but it would pass away, as a
similar feeling had passed away in Now Brunswick. But
he protested strongly against a step which would assume
that the voice of the Legislature did not represent the
people, and would be a hazardous interference with

colonial self-government.
The motion was supported by Mr. Gorst and opposed
by Mr. Karslake ; and, after a rather angry reply from
Mr. Bright, the house rejected it by 183 to 87.
The LORD ADVOCATE brought in a bill to amend the
law regulating Municipal Elections in Scotland.
Mr. M'EVOY attempted to bring on the second reading
of his Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, although Mr. Hardy arl-
visei him to defer it until the Lords' Report, just agreed
to, had been communicated to the Commons. But on a
division the adjournment was carried by 142 to 82.
Mr. GLADSTONE'S Suspensory Bill was told a third
time and passed, with a final protest from Colonel S. Knox.
The other business was disposed of, and the house ad-
journed at 1Q minutes past 1 o'clock.

chewing tobacco which can be passed through a
riddle of 16 meshes to the square inch, and on all
refuse scraps and sweepings of tobacco, a tax of 16
cents per pound. After the passage of this act, all
manufactured tobacco is to be put up and prepared

by the manufacturer for sale or removal, or for sale
or consumption, in packages of the following de-
scriptions, and in no other manner :

"All snuff in packages of 1,2, 4,8, and 16 ounces (ex-
cept yellow snuff), which may at the option of the manu-
facturer be put up iu bladier..4, not exceeding 10 pounds
each. Ail fine-cut chewing tobacco, and all other kinds of
tobacco not otherwise provided for, in packages of 1,1, 2,

4,8, and 16 ounces, except that fine-cut chewing tobacco
may at the option of the manufacturer be put up i i wooden
packages of 10,20, 30, and 60 pounds each. All smoking to-
bacco, all fine-cut shorts which can be passed through a

riddle of 16 !noshes to the square inch, and all refuse

scraps and sweepings of tobacco, in packages of 2,4, 3, and

16 ounces each

All cavendish, plug, and twist tobacco in

wooden boxes of the following dimensions :—Outside

sure —eights, 7 inches square and 14 inches (bap ; thirds,
10 inches square' and 15 inches deep; halves, U. inches

square and 12 inches deep; three-quarter; 14 inches square

and 19 inches deep ; and every package shall have printed
or mawked thereon the manufacturer's name and place of
manufacture, and the registered number of the maculae-

:ory an ,1 tho gross weight, the taro anti the net weight of

it; tobacco in each lox. Provided, that these limit►tions

and descriptions of packages shall not apply to tobacco Pnd
snuff transported in bond for exportation and actually ex-
ported. Oa cigarettes, cigars, and cheroots of all descrip-
tions made of tobacco or any subititut) thereof, $lO per
thousand ; and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue

may prescribe such regulations for the inspection of cigars,
cheroots, and cigarettes, and the collection of the tax
thereon, as shall in his judgment be most effective for the

prevention of frauds in the payment of such tax."
The law provides for the collection of the tax on
tobacco in all its manufactured forms, by means of

stamps, excepting such as is intended for exporta-
tion. The stamps are to be affixed to the packages.
On fermented liquors there is substantially no
change. On all beer, lager beer, weiss beer, ale,
porter, or other similar liquors, by whatever name
such liquors may be called, a tax of $1 for every
barrel containing not more than 31 gallons, and at