The Warwickshire Herald. — 1885-06-13 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FamAy. The House reassembled after the Whitsuntide recess, _  Lord Greville having moved the appointment of • Select Committee to consider the working of the Friendly Societies Act, 1875, Lord Thurlow pointed out that the kindred subject of national provident insurance was now being con.ideri d by • committee of the other fkuse, which would probably also consider the Act reterrtd to. The Government would not, however, object to the proposal if the House thOUAht it desirable. On a divition the motion was negatived by 50 to 9. Several measures having been advanced a stage their lordshipa rose.  HOUSE OF COMNfONS.—FarnAy.  The Marquis of Hartington informed Colonel Digby that he bad every reason to hope that it would not be necessary to prolong the stay of the Guards at Alexandria much longer. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a statement with regard to the Budget proposals, explained that if the state of affairs which led her Majesty's Government to ask for the vote of credit continue I to present an aspect which would justify the cessation of further preparations, it was antiei pat. d that about £9 000,000 out of the total vote of £11,000,000 would have been spent. He intended to make no change in the Budget proposals with regard to direct taxation, but it was his intention to propose that the additional duty of 2s. per gallon on spirits, whether manufactured in the United Kingdom or imported, should be replaced by an additional duty of is. only. The Is. additional duty on each 36 galloo barrel of beer would remain unchanged in amount, but would continue only until the 31st May next, when the new Parliament would have to reconsider it. The Government proposed no addition whatever to the wine duties or any other duty, but would leave the clauses of the Customs and Inland Revenue Bill in that respect unaltered. The financial effect of the change which he now promised would be a loss to the revenue of £300,U00 a year. In reply to Mr. M. Henry, the right ton. gentleman stated that it was not intended that those who had already paid the 2s. duty should receive it back. Proceeding to make his promised statement with regard to the negotiations with Russia, the Prime Minister said that the two Governments were agreed as to the inference to be made in the proposed arbitration, and likewise as to the illustrious person to whose judgment they would propose to submit the matter, but the agreement was not yet in its final form and the request had not yet been made on the part of the two Governments to that illustrious person. Further information would be given at the earliest possible moment. In announcing the order of bu-ineee for the hollowing week the right hon. gentleman reserved the right of formally moving for leave to introduce a bill—which he expressly declined to term a Coercion Bill —to replace the Crimes Act in Ireland, in order to make it an order of the day for Thursday. Mr. Sexton thereupon intimated that the measure would slot be allowed to be made an order of the day in ii after considerable discussion. In answer to Lord (1, Hamilton, Mr. Gladstone said it was the intention of the Government to introduce the Land Purchase Bill, but he could fix no date for it until some progross had been made with the other business to which he had referred. . . .  -On the order for Supply a discussion, initiated by Mr. T. D. Sullivan, ae to the means by which convio. tions were obtained against certain persons in connection with the Barhavilla murder, was in progress when the House was counted out.