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Summary Of News For July.
rise to a long and warm debate , which was adjourned to the 19 th , when it was defeated by 107 majority ; the numbers being , for the motion , 289 ; against , 182 . On the motion for resuming the Maynooth debate , Mr . lurk carried , by a majority of three , an amendment adjourning it to that day three months . On the 18 th , the Marquis of Blandford withdrew the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill , Mr . Stracey took his seat for East Norfolk . On the 19 th , theadjourned debate exclusively engaged the attention of the House . On the 28 th , the Metropolis Local Management Bill was read a third
time and passed . In a Committee of the whole House , the resolution approving of the terms of the Turkish Loan was agreed to by a majority of three . Mr . Spooner , by a majority of 21 , obtained a Committee to inquire into the circumstance of the Irish Roman Catholic Prelatesbeing designated in the reportof the Royal Commission on Maynooth , by illegal titles . On he 23 d , Mr . Hayter announced that Sir William Molesworth had accepted the office of Chief Secretary for the Colonies , and that Sir Benjamin Hall was to succeed him as Chief Commissioner of Works . The report of the
committee on the Turkish Loan was agreed to , and leave granted to bring in a bill founded on that resolution . At the morning sitting of the 24 th , the Tenant ' s Compensation Bill was withdrawn . In the evening there was a count out . On the 25 th , Mr . Heywood withdrew the Marriage Law Amendment Bill , but announced his intention of re-introducing it next session . The second reading of the Bleaching Works Bill was lost by a majority of five , the numbers being , ayes , G 7 , noes , 72 . On the 26 ththe morning sitting was taken up with the discussion of the Limited
, Liability Bill , and on the motion that it be committed , Mr . Muntz moved to insert the words , " on this day three months , " but his amendment was lost by a majority of 121 to 40 . Sir George Grey announced that it was the intention of government to appoint a Minister of Education before the next session of parliament . The ensuing sitting was principally occupied in Committee of Supply . On the 27 th the Turkish Loan Bill passed through Committee .
THE WAR . The most noticeable feature of the war since our last have been the death of the Commander of the English Forces in the Crimea , Lord Raglan , which took place on the 28 th of June , from cholera , at the Camp before Sebastopol , and the forced retirement of Lord John Russell from the Cabinet , in consequence of his having lent too favourable an ear to the pacific propositions of Austria . Various grades of the Order of the Bath were on the 7 th conferred bHer Majesty upon several heroes of the
y war . Sir Charles Napier declined the honour of the G . C . B ., and on the 9 th , the Duke of Cambridge distributed the Crimean medals to the wounded soldiers in the Military Hospital , Vauxhall Road . On the 14 th , the Russians were repulsed in an attempt to take the French rifle pits in front of the Mamelon . Several other sorties took place between the 14 th and 24 th , hut all met with a similar result , the allies still advancing their works . COMMERCIAL .
On the 28 th of June , the General Mining Association declared a dividend of 10 s . per share for the half year . On the 29 th , the Chartered Bank of Australia held a meeting at which it was stated that £ 100 , 000 of the capital necessary to start the business was in hand , and that £ 222 , 000 was yet required for that purpose . On the 2 nd of July , the Waller Gold Mining Company , out of £ 2 , 915 , the net profits of sis months , working , declared a dividend of 9 c ? . per share . The Committee of Portugese Bond Holders legally protested against the reduction of 40 per cent , of their
interest . The London , Tilbury , and Southend Railway Company determined to raise £ 52 , 000 in shares of £ 10 each , to purchase the Thames Haven Company ' s line and docks . On the 3 rd of July , the London Dock Company declared a dividend , of 21 . 10 s . per share , for the half year . The next day the South Lancashire Company divided 1 | per cent , on the amount of their stock . On the 5 th , the European Gas Company gave to the shareholders a bonus of 2 s . per share , in addition to a dividend of 10 s . per share , being equivalent to 5 J per cent , per annum . The Union Bank of London met on the 11 th , and out of the net profits for the year , £ 139 , 967 , made a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent , per annum , leaving a surplus of £ 20 , 456 . The reserved fund now amounts to £ 120 , 000 . The Colonial
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Summary Of News For July.
rise to a long and warm debate , which was adjourned to the 19 th , when it was defeated by 107 majority ; the numbers being , for the motion , 289 ; against , 182 . On the motion for resuming the Maynooth debate , Mr . lurk carried , by a majority of three , an amendment adjourning it to that day three months . On the 18 th , the Marquis of Blandford withdrew the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill , Mr . Stracey took his seat for East Norfolk . On the 19 th , theadjourned debate exclusively engaged the attention of the House . On the 28 th , the Metropolis Local Management Bill was read a third
time and passed . In a Committee of the whole House , the resolution approving of the terms of the Turkish Loan was agreed to by a majority of three . Mr . Spooner , by a majority of 21 , obtained a Committee to inquire into the circumstance of the Irish Roman Catholic Prelatesbeing designated in the reportof the Royal Commission on Maynooth , by illegal titles . On he 23 d , Mr . Hayter announced that Sir William Molesworth had accepted the office of Chief Secretary for the Colonies , and that Sir Benjamin Hall was to succeed him as Chief Commissioner of Works . The report of the
committee on the Turkish Loan was agreed to , and leave granted to bring in a bill founded on that resolution . At the morning sitting of the 24 th , the Tenant ' s Compensation Bill was withdrawn . In the evening there was a count out . On the 25 th , Mr . Heywood withdrew the Marriage Law Amendment Bill , but announced his intention of re-introducing it next session . The second reading of the Bleaching Works Bill was lost by a majority of five , the numbers being , ayes , G 7 , noes , 72 . On the 26 ththe morning sitting was taken up with the discussion of the Limited
, Liability Bill , and on the motion that it be committed , Mr . Muntz moved to insert the words , " on this day three months , " but his amendment was lost by a majority of 121 to 40 . Sir George Grey announced that it was the intention of government to appoint a Minister of Education before the next session of parliament . The ensuing sitting was principally occupied in Committee of Supply . On the 27 th the Turkish Loan Bill passed through Committee .
THE WAR . The most noticeable feature of the war since our last have been the death of the Commander of the English Forces in the Crimea , Lord Raglan , which took place on the 28 th of June , from cholera , at the Camp before Sebastopol , and the forced retirement of Lord John Russell from the Cabinet , in consequence of his having lent too favourable an ear to the pacific propositions of Austria . Various grades of the Order of the Bath were on the 7 th conferred bHer Majesty upon several heroes of the
y war . Sir Charles Napier declined the honour of the G . C . B ., and on the 9 th , the Duke of Cambridge distributed the Crimean medals to the wounded soldiers in the Military Hospital , Vauxhall Road . On the 14 th , the Russians were repulsed in an attempt to take the French rifle pits in front of the Mamelon . Several other sorties took place between the 14 th and 24 th , hut all met with a similar result , the allies still advancing their works . COMMERCIAL .
On the 28 th of June , the General Mining Association declared a dividend of 10 s . per share for the half year . On the 29 th , the Chartered Bank of Australia held a meeting at which it was stated that £ 100 , 000 of the capital necessary to start the business was in hand , and that £ 222 , 000 was yet required for that purpose . On the 2 nd of July , the Waller Gold Mining Company , out of £ 2 , 915 , the net profits of sis months , working , declared a dividend of 9 c ? . per share . The Committee of Portugese Bond Holders legally protested against the reduction of 40 per cent , of their
interest . The London , Tilbury , and Southend Railway Company determined to raise £ 52 , 000 in shares of £ 10 each , to purchase the Thames Haven Company ' s line and docks . On the 3 rd of July , the London Dock Company declared a dividend , of 21 . 10 s . per share , for the half year . The next day the South Lancashire Company divided 1 | per cent , on the amount of their stock . On the 5 th , the European Gas Company gave to the shareholders a bonus of 2 s . per share , in addition to a dividend of 10 s . per share , being equivalent to 5 J per cent , per annum . The Union Bank of London met on the 11 th , and out of the net profits for the year , £ 139 , 967 , made a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent , per annum , leaving a surplus of £ 20 , 456 . The reserved fund now amounts to £ 120 , 000 . The Colonial