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The Week
Matrimonial Causes Ac $ Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed . On Thursday some formal business was transacted , the Oaths Bill being postponed in consequence of the illness of the Earl of Derby . On Friday , on the motion of the Earl of Albemarle , it was resolved that a message be sent to the House of Commons for a copy of the first report from the select committee of the House of Commons on colonization and settlement ( India ) . — -In the House of Commons , on Monday ,
on the motion for the House resolving itself into a committee of supply , Mr . M . Gibson moved , as an amendment , the following resolution : " That this House is of opinion that the maintenance of the excise on paper , as a permanent source of revenue , would be impolitic , and that such financial arrangements ought to be made as will enable Parliament to dispense with that tax . " After some discussion the motion was agreed to as far as the word " impolitic . " On Tuesday Lord Hot ham moved : " That it is contrary to the usage and derogatory to the dignity of this House , that any of its members should bring forward , promote , or advocate in this House , any proceeding or measure in which they may have , dieted or been
concerned for or in consideration of any pecuniary fee or reward . The resolution was carried by 210 to 27 . Mr . Lindsay moved the following resolution : " That in the opinion of this House the mode of collecting taxes , both assessed and income , is attended with great disadvantage and loss , and requires immediate attention . " After a short discussion , the Chancellor of the Exchequer said the evil was a serious one , and the attention of the government had been seriously directed to it with a view to a remedy . On this understanding the motion was withdrawn . On Wednesday a variety of measures were considered and adjourned
until next session . On Thursday the Government of India Bill was read a second time . On the following day , after a discussion on the filthy state of the Thames in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer explained that the inefficiency of the Board of Works arose from want of funds , and said it was the duty of Parliament to provide adequate means to abate the nuisance . The House went into committee onthelndiaBill , and made some progress , amendments giving the power of appointing all the members of the new council being negatived . ——The latest telegram from India is through the Austrian Lloyds . It states that the natives of Delhi are beginning to get insolent again . They say Bareilly will never be taken , and
that the sepoys will soon retake Delhi ; many denying the capture of Lucknow . They assert that we have been defeated . Of the movements of the Nana nothing appears to be known . It is , however , clear that emissaries are everywhere hard at work in trying to persuade people to rise against us . Banda has been reoccupied by our troops . The Commander-in-Chief is before Calpee . Of China it is said the greatest part of the allied naval forces has proceeded to the Paiho Biver . However , the foreign envoys have not yet made any progress . Apprehensions of an outbreak and attack have continued in Canton , and a greater part of the
population leaves the city .-: Intelligence has been received from Constantinople to the 16 th , according to which another body of 3 , 000 men had been sent to Montenegro , and three generals had been ordered to proceed to Bosnia . According to the Journal de Constantinople , all the demands of the insurgents in Candia had been agreed to , and concessions had been made to the Christians that had caused great agitation among the Mussulman population of the island . The Presse says that the Sultan , having given away two of his daughters in marriage , spent fourteen millions of francs in celebrating those events , as it is customary for him
to keep open table for all his Mussulman subjects for fifteen days on such occasions . The Genoa Gazette announces that Mr . Barber , the British consul at Naples , had arrived at Genoa with the Cagliari , and that she was delivered up to Messrs . Eubattino and Co ., the owners , on the 24 th . A letter from St . Petersburg states that the Emperor Alexander will inspect the fortresses of Alexander Castell and Nowo Georgiesk in his approaching visit to Poland , and , after a short
stay at Warsaw , he will proceed to Germany . From x ranee we learn that Prince Napoleon has been appointed to the new office of Minister of Algeria and of the Colonics . It is said he will in future preside at the cabinet councils in the absence of the Emperor . It is also stated that a project formerly rejected in the French senate for imposing a tax on carriages is to be again brought forward , making a distinction between public and private carriages , but levying the tax upon
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The Week
Matrimonial Causes Ac $ Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed . On Thursday some formal business was transacted , the Oaths Bill being postponed in consequence of the illness of the Earl of Derby . On Friday , on the motion of the Earl of Albemarle , it was resolved that a message be sent to the House of Commons for a copy of the first report from the select committee of the House of Commons on colonization and settlement ( India ) . — -In the House of Commons , on Monday ,
on the motion for the House resolving itself into a committee of supply , Mr . M . Gibson moved , as an amendment , the following resolution : " That this House is of opinion that the maintenance of the excise on paper , as a permanent source of revenue , would be impolitic , and that such financial arrangements ought to be made as will enable Parliament to dispense with that tax . " After some discussion the motion was agreed to as far as the word " impolitic . " On Tuesday Lord Hot ham moved : " That it is contrary to the usage and derogatory to the dignity of this House , that any of its members should bring forward , promote , or advocate in this House , any proceeding or measure in which they may have , dieted or been
concerned for or in consideration of any pecuniary fee or reward . The resolution was carried by 210 to 27 . Mr . Lindsay moved the following resolution : " That in the opinion of this House the mode of collecting taxes , both assessed and income , is attended with great disadvantage and loss , and requires immediate attention . " After a short discussion , the Chancellor of the Exchequer said the evil was a serious one , and the attention of the government had been seriously directed to it with a view to a remedy . On this understanding the motion was withdrawn . On Wednesday a variety of measures were considered and adjourned
until next session . On Thursday the Government of India Bill was read a second time . On the following day , after a discussion on the filthy state of the Thames in which the Chancellor of the Exchequer explained that the inefficiency of the Board of Works arose from want of funds , and said it was the duty of Parliament to provide adequate means to abate the nuisance . The House went into committee onthelndiaBill , and made some progress , amendments giving the power of appointing all the members of the new council being negatived . ——The latest telegram from India is through the Austrian Lloyds . It states that the natives of Delhi are beginning to get insolent again . They say Bareilly will never be taken , and
that the sepoys will soon retake Delhi ; many denying the capture of Lucknow . They assert that we have been defeated . Of the movements of the Nana nothing appears to be known . It is , however , clear that emissaries are everywhere hard at work in trying to persuade people to rise against us . Banda has been reoccupied by our troops . The Commander-in-Chief is before Calpee . Of China it is said the greatest part of the allied naval forces has proceeded to the Paiho Biver . However , the foreign envoys have not yet made any progress . Apprehensions of an outbreak and attack have continued in Canton , and a greater part of the
population leaves the city .-: Intelligence has been received from Constantinople to the 16 th , according to which another body of 3 , 000 men had been sent to Montenegro , and three generals had been ordered to proceed to Bosnia . According to the Journal de Constantinople , all the demands of the insurgents in Candia had been agreed to , and concessions had been made to the Christians that had caused great agitation among the Mussulman population of the island . The Presse says that the Sultan , having given away two of his daughters in marriage , spent fourteen millions of francs in celebrating those events , as it is customary for him
to keep open table for all his Mussulman subjects for fifteen days on such occasions . The Genoa Gazette announces that Mr . Barber , the British consul at Naples , had arrived at Genoa with the Cagliari , and that she was delivered up to Messrs . Eubattino and Co ., the owners , on the 24 th . A letter from St . Petersburg states that the Emperor Alexander will inspect the fortresses of Alexander Castell and Nowo Georgiesk in his approaching visit to Poland , and , after a short
stay at Warsaw , he will proceed to Germany . From x ranee we learn that Prince Napoleon has been appointed to the new office of Minister of Algeria and of the Colonics . It is said he will in future preside at the cabinet councils in the absence of the Emperor . It is also stated that a project formerly rejected in the French senate for imposing a tax on carriages is to be again brought forward , making a distinction between public and private carriages , but levying the tax upon