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The Public Health Bill was read a second time, as was
also, after some debate, the Passengers' Bill, its object
being to prevent a recurrence of the evils to which Canada
had been exposed by the emigrants who had arrived in
that country during the past year.
ce of Mr. Milner Gibson, the house went
on the 7th and Bth Vic., c. 111, and Bth
when a resolution on which to found
nr enabling joint-stock companies

and 9th Vic., c. 98

greed to,

to wind up their aff

The Passengers' Bill was, after a discussion as to the
propriety of a regard for the health of emigrants, read a
second time and referred to a Select Committee._

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The Joint Stock Companies winding up bill went
through Committee.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY
In reply to the Earl of Radnor,

Nlarquis of LANSDOWNE said, that during th e present
nent intended to bring in a bill relative to
it was doubtful whether it would also
biect of turnpike trusts.

comprise the
The Earl of

ABERDEEN, in a speech descriptive of the
►nd the present exertions made and making
ssion of the slave-trade, concluded by mov-
-3 showing the number of vessels captured
A squadrons of different nations since the
1, by which it was stipulated that such
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a force should be er
that object.

-ue Earl of Auckland, Lord Stanley, the Bishop of
.E xe ter , Earl Grey, and Lord Denman, took part in the
discussion, and the motion was agreed to.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tousnior.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the ap-
pointment of two committees,—the one to inquire into
the expenditure of the army, navy, and ordnance, and the
other to inquire into the miscellaneous expenditure. He
proposed simply the appointment of a select committee,
who would have the power to suppress any portion of the
evidence which they thought it might be injudicious to
make public, and also with the power of excluding all per-
sons not being members of the committee, whenever they
thought proper.
A rambling discussion followed, in which Lord G. B(n-
-tinck, Mr. D'lsracli, Mr. Newdegate, Mr. Hume, Sir R.
Peel, Mr. Bright, Colonel Sibthorp, Lord J. Russell, Mr.
Bankes, Sir 11. Inglis, Captain Harris, Mr. Slaney, Mr.
S. Crawford, Mr. Cobden, Admiral Dundas, Mr. Buck,
and Mr. Villiers took part ; at the close of which the mo-
tion was agreed to.

On the-motion of Mr. Burr, seconded by Mr. W.
.elect committee was appointed, after a
lengthy discussion to consider the best means which Great
Britain can adopt for mitigating the horrors of the slave
trade and providing for its final extinction.

JACKSON, a

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY.
IMPEACHMENT OF LORD PALMERSTON.
Mr. C. ANSTEY moved for a return of papers and
documents upon which it was his intention to found his
charges against the noble lord at the head of the foreign
department. The hon. member, in the course of a long
speech, reviewed the whole course of the foreign policy of
the noble lord, during the whole of the official career;
charged him with favouring the ambitious designs of Rus-
sia at the expense of the best interests of this country,
and stated that the noble lord had made it his business to
deceive the House of Commons, to mislead the Crown and
its advisers with false statements, by the suppression of
papers, the mutilation of despatches, the entire perversion
of truth, and the entire substitution of falsehood.
Mr. URQUHART seconded the motion.
Mr. SHELL ridiculed alike the accusations and their
promoter, whom he designated as the most truly Irish
man of them all.

Viscount PALMERSTON observed, that in what he had
to say, he would avoid the use of language which was only
disgraceful to those who used it, which was at variance
with the rules of the House. with the courtesies of society,
and with the practice of gentlemen. But he would repel
in terms the most comprehensive, in language the most
positive and complete, the charges of every kind and de-
scription, which Mr. Anstey and Mr. Urquhart had
brought and asserted against him. If the question were
one between himself and " these two Members," he
doubted whether he would have condcaoended even to
contradict or disprove their assertions ; but he owed ;t t.
the House and to the country to do so as publicly as the
charges had been made. If it should be the pleasure of
the House to institute an inquiry into the whole of his
public conduct, there was not a document in the records
of the Foreign-office, not a private or confidential letter
in his own possession, which he would not readily, and
with pride, submit to the scrutiny and judgment even of
his political opponents. Having said this much with re-
gard to the subject generally, the noble lord proceeded to
notice some of the charges contained in the speech of Mr.
Anstey, which, in his opinion, resembled more the
" images of a kaleidescope out of order, than anything
ever before presented to human vision." Amongst other
things with which he was charged, was that he had sold
this country to Russia. The result of this treachery on
his part was obvious, in the fact that England was now a
province of Russia—that Russia was predominant in the
Councils of this country, and, through this country, in
the affairs of the world. The first ground upon which
this charge was based, that he had been complimented,
some years ago, by the Russian Ambassador in a despatch
to his Government, as having " made a good speech."
Tie could assure Mr. Urquhart that, on that ground at
least, his loyalty would never be called in question. The
debate was adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—T EIURSDAY.
Lord STANLEY drew the attention of the house to cer-
tain seditious articles which had lately appeared in a new
Dublin paper, entitled The United Irishman ; and after
reading several extracts from the paper in question,
wished to know whether the law officers of the crown had
been consulted in the matter, and whether it was the in-
tention of the government to take any notice of those ar-
ticles.
The Marquis of LA NSDOWNE replied that the attention
of Lord Clarendon had been directed to the articles in the
United Irishman, and he was confident that the best
course that could be pursued was to leave the matter in
the hands of the Irish government.
The Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill was then read
a second time on the motion of the Loan CHANCELLOR;
and ordered to be committed that day fortnight.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.--THURSDAY.
Lord DUNCAN moved for leave to bring in a bill for the
total repeal of the window duties. In so doing he ad-
mitted that serious objections might be urged at this time
to the reduction of taxation in any shape ; but in propo-
sing an increase of the property-tax, he thought that the
ministry should have done something to relieve the
working classes from the taxes which pressed most
grievously upon them. In proposing a repeal of the
window-tax he did not wish to impoverish the Exchequer,
as he had a substitute for the tax which he sought to
repeal. The plan by which he proposed to get rid of the
tax was as follows :—The additional estimates in con-
nexion with the army, navy, ordnance, and militia, pro-
posed for the present year, amounted to upwards of
£600,000. He would ask the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer to content himself with the estimates or last your,
and deduct this sum from the anticipated expenditure of
the year. In that way he would provide for at least
£OOO,OOO of the entire sum which would be lost by the
abolition of the window-tax. There was also a very use-
less luxury of which they might get rid, the squadron an
the coast of Africa, which cost them £300,000 a-year,
which, with the sum already named, would provide for
£900,000 of the tax proposed to be repealed. Again,
there were 5,000 soldiers on their way home from India,
whom it was proposed to add to the military force at
home. What he would propose was, that these soldiers
should be permitted to rest from their labour, and that
instead of admitting them to the home force, the Govern-
ment would give muskets to 5,000 of the metropolitan
police force, capable of being thus rendered a most effi-
cient body. By this means they would save £lOO,OOO,
making a total saving of upwards of a million.
Mr. HUME seconded the motion.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the
statement made by the First Lord of the Treasury on
bringing forward the budget was a sufficient answer to
those gentlemen who desired the repeal of taxes. There
were on the paper that night notices of motions for the
repeal of taxes that would cause a loss to the revenue of
nine millions. At a time when it was necessary to resort
to increased taxation it was impossible for him, however
-well disposed he might be to do so, to sacrifice any source
of revenue. lie felt there were objections to the window
duties on the score of public health. The window duties
came as near as possible to an income-tax, and he was
surprised that those hon. members who advocated direct
taxation should be opposed to them. The right hon gen-
tleman intimated his intention to consider these duties
with the view of modifying their anomalies.

After a long debate the motion was rejected by a majo-
rity of 160 to 68.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY

The Earl of HARDWICKE, in a speech condemnatory of
free trade, moved for the appointment of a select com-
mittee on the navigation laws.
Earl GREY would not oppose the motion. though he
might not consider a committee necessary ; yet it could do
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