The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-07 00:00:00

I IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. total of :X8,487,000. The outstanding bills amounted to
-£750,000.
THE INCOME-TAX.—The re-committal of the Income-
tax Bill was then proceeded with, the house having re-
solved itself into a committee for that purpose. On the
13th (reformed) clause, making the duty under schedule
A, in Ireland, on rateable hereditaments, payable in the
first instance by the landlord or immediate lessor, Mr. L
BUTT moved an amendment, to limit the immediate liabi-
lity of the landlord to cases where the annual value was
under £l5, and beyond that value the occupier to be
liable in the first instance. The amendment was nega-
tived on a division. Several other amendments met a
similar fate. The several new clauses were agreed to,
arid the bill was ordered to be reported.
CUSTOMS DUTIES.—The house then went again into
committee on the customs, &c. acts. The deferred items
underwent much discussion (many being again postponed),
and the resolutions were ordered to be reported.
FRIDAY, JUNE 3.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY, MAY 31.

THE OATH or ABJURATION.—Lord LYNDHurtsr
moved the second reading of the Alteration of Oaths Bill,
the object of which he described as being simply to strike
out from the oaths taken as qualification for seats in par-
liament, or other offices, such portions as were inope-
rative and absurd. He proceeded to illts-strate this pro-
position by examples drawn from the oaths of allegiance,
supremacy, and abjuration.—The Earl of DERBY had no
objection to the alteration of the oaths, but regarded
with considerable suspicion the use which might be made
of such a measure, if passed at so advanced a period of
the session, especially by the introduction of amendments.
After some discussion, the bill was read a second time.

The Azgravated Assaults Bill was reported, with
amendments.

The lkrial-crounds Bill was read a second time.

The Sales of Bullion Bill ,;cenCihrOuil;COinMiiiee.

FRIDAY, JUNE 3.
THE RITER PARANA.—In reply to a question from
the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of CLARENDON said,
that owing to the great skill and exertions of Sir Charles
Hotham, the representative of Her Majesty's government
at Monte Video, a treaty had been effected for the open-
ing of the communications with that part of the world by
means of the River Parana.

NATIONAL EDUCATION.—In reply to a question from
Lord J. MANNERS, Lord J. RUSSELL said be could not
say whether he could during the present session pass his
Education Bill. It was certainly not his intention to pro-
ceed with it until after the Charitable Trusts Bill should
have been considered when sent down to them by the
House of Lords.
ADVERTISEMENT DUTY.—III anwer to a question when
the duties on supplements and advertisements would be
brought forward, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, the Government must, of course, first look to those
portions of their financial measures which were of the
most vital and extensive importance. After having dis-
posed of the Income-tax, which he hoped would be the
case on Monday, then would come the Succession-tax
Bill, which was a matter of great importance. He hoped,
when they had gone through committee on that measure,
they might then be in a condition to consider the adver-
tisement and stamp duties.
INCOME-TAX.—The Income-tax Bill, as amended, was
considered, and ordered for third reading on Monday.
The report of the Customs Acts, &c., Bill was brought up
and agreed to.

DENMARK.—Lord BEAUNIONT moved for a copy of a
certain treaty with respect to the succession to the crown
of Denmark, and for the production of papers relating
thereto.—The Earl of CLARENDON said it would be im-
possible to produce the correspondence moved for, owing
to its volumnions character. A portion of that corres-
pondence it would be improper, under any circumstances,
to produce ; but he had no objection to the production of
a copy of the treaty as moved for.—After some observa-
tions from the Earl of MALMESBURY and Lord BEAU-
MONT the subject dropped, and their lordships soon after
adjourned.