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Summary Of News For June.
exclude the Roman Catholics from its advantages , by a majority of 113 to 103 . The decision of the previous evening , when a large portion of the members were at the Queen ' s ball , was brought under consideration on the 18 th , and Lord Palmerston expressed his determination of giving the House an opportunity of reconsidering the question . On the 19 th , after the House had been in Committee of Supply , on the motion for the second reading of the Coalwhippers Bill , Mr . Lowe stated to the House that the coalowners had proposed such conditions to
the Government with respect to the employment and payment of their labourers , that there could be no objection to discharging the order for its second reading . On the 20 th the Cambridge University Bill as amended passed through committee , and other Bills having been advanced a stage , the Joint-Stock Companies Windingup Bill was read a second time by a majority of 112 to 77 . On the 23 rd Mr . Walpole ' s motion relative to National Education in Ireland was reversed , the majority in favour of the Government being as five to one . On the 24 th the
Nawab of Surat Bill was read a third time by a majority of 213 to 28 , as was also the Sardinian Loan Bill . On the 25 th Mr . Spooner moved the second reading of the Maynooth College Bill , but it being a morning sitting , the hon . member was talked out , and the House adjourned without arriving at any decision . On the 27 th the Corporation of London Reform Bill was withdrawn for the session , as was also the Maynooth College Bill . The Wills and Administrations Bill was read a second time , and the Cambridge University Bill a third time .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . On the 1 st , Corporal Nevin , of the 56 th Foot , shot Sergt .-Major Robinson , on board the Runnymede , in Plymouth Sound . He has been committed for trial for wilful murder . On the 9 th , the boiler at the colliery of Messrs . Wharton and Sons , Whittington , near Chesterfield , exploded with a terrific report , causing much destruction of property , and killing one man on the spot , and fearfully injuring another . The colliery has been at work about two years .
According to the Madrid papers , it appears that considerable sensation has been caused by the discovery of a conspiracy to assassinate the queen . Win . Palmer , convicted of the murder of his friend Cooke , expiated his offence on the scaffold , in front of Stafford Castle , on the 13 th . As Masons , we trust that the G . A . O . T . U . will forgive his offences against man . On the 19 th , a man was committed at the Thorpe toll gate , situate on the Grantham road , about one mile from Melton Mowbray . The gate was kept by a man
named Edward Woodcock , aged 70 years , who resided at it with his grandson , a lad aged 10 years . About four o ' clock in the morning the poor old gatekeeper was found , partly dressed , lying in a pool of blood on the house floor , with his face and throat fearfully cut and gashed , and a large pistol-wound through his breast , whilst on a bed in the parlour lay the poor little grandson , with his head half severed from his body , and with several frightful gashes . The murderer is supposed to be a returned convict , named Brown .
On the morning of the 22 nd , a fire broke out on the premises of Mrs ., Rebecca Solomons , a clothier and general dealer , 2 , Leman-street , Whitechapel . The fire , besides destroying a considerable amount of property , was the cause of the loss of three lives , and considerable injury to orte or two others . The Princess Royal met with rather a serious accident on the 24 th , by setting the gauze sleeve of her dress on lire ; but , fortunately , she was enabled to extinguish it without further injury than that of severely burning her arm .
COMMERCIAL . The annual meeting of the Bank of Australia was held on the 9 th , and a dividend , at the rate of 20 per cent , per annum , declared . The Ionian Bank held its annual meeting on the 13 th , when the usual dividend of 5 per cent , was declared , notwithstanding the depression consequent on the destruction for lour successive years of a large proportion of the fruits of the soil , on which its prosperity mainly exists . The annual meeting of the South Australian Banking Company was held on the
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Summary Of News For June.
exclude the Roman Catholics from its advantages , by a majority of 113 to 103 . The decision of the previous evening , when a large portion of the members were at the Queen ' s ball , was brought under consideration on the 18 th , and Lord Palmerston expressed his determination of giving the House an opportunity of reconsidering the question . On the 19 th , after the House had been in Committee of Supply , on the motion for the second reading of the Coalwhippers Bill , Mr . Lowe stated to the House that the coalowners had proposed such conditions to
the Government with respect to the employment and payment of their labourers , that there could be no objection to discharging the order for its second reading . On the 20 th the Cambridge University Bill as amended passed through committee , and other Bills having been advanced a stage , the Joint-Stock Companies Windingup Bill was read a second time by a majority of 112 to 77 . On the 23 rd Mr . Walpole ' s motion relative to National Education in Ireland was reversed , the majority in favour of the Government being as five to one . On the 24 th the
Nawab of Surat Bill was read a third time by a majority of 213 to 28 , as was also the Sardinian Loan Bill . On the 25 th Mr . Spooner moved the second reading of the Maynooth College Bill , but it being a morning sitting , the hon . member was talked out , and the House adjourned without arriving at any decision . On the 27 th the Corporation of London Reform Bill was withdrawn for the session , as was also the Maynooth College Bill . The Wills and Administrations Bill was read a second time , and the Cambridge University Bill a third time .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . On the 1 st , Corporal Nevin , of the 56 th Foot , shot Sergt .-Major Robinson , on board the Runnymede , in Plymouth Sound . He has been committed for trial for wilful murder . On the 9 th , the boiler at the colliery of Messrs . Wharton and Sons , Whittington , near Chesterfield , exploded with a terrific report , causing much destruction of property , and killing one man on the spot , and fearfully injuring another . The colliery has been at work about two years .
According to the Madrid papers , it appears that considerable sensation has been caused by the discovery of a conspiracy to assassinate the queen . Win . Palmer , convicted of the murder of his friend Cooke , expiated his offence on the scaffold , in front of Stafford Castle , on the 13 th . As Masons , we trust that the G . A . O . T . U . will forgive his offences against man . On the 19 th , a man was committed at the Thorpe toll gate , situate on the Grantham road , about one mile from Melton Mowbray . The gate was kept by a man
named Edward Woodcock , aged 70 years , who resided at it with his grandson , a lad aged 10 years . About four o ' clock in the morning the poor old gatekeeper was found , partly dressed , lying in a pool of blood on the house floor , with his face and throat fearfully cut and gashed , and a large pistol-wound through his breast , whilst on a bed in the parlour lay the poor little grandson , with his head half severed from his body , and with several frightful gashes . The murderer is supposed to be a returned convict , named Brown .
On the morning of the 22 nd , a fire broke out on the premises of Mrs ., Rebecca Solomons , a clothier and general dealer , 2 , Leman-street , Whitechapel . The fire , besides destroying a considerable amount of property , was the cause of the loss of three lives , and considerable injury to orte or two others . The Princess Royal met with rather a serious accident on the 24 th , by setting the gauze sleeve of her dress on lire ; but , fortunately , she was enabled to extinguish it without further injury than that of severely burning her arm .
COMMERCIAL . The annual meeting of the Bank of Australia was held on the 9 th , and a dividend , at the rate of 20 per cent , per annum , declared . The Ionian Bank held its annual meeting on the 13 th , when the usual dividend of 5 per cent , was declared , notwithstanding the depression consequent on the destruction for lour successive years of a large proportion of the fruits of the soil , on which its prosperity mainly exists . The annual meeting of the South Australian Banking Company was held on the