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The Week.
THE WEEK .
The Court still continues in comparative privacy . at-Osborne , and will , it is believed , not return to town till after the approaching visit to Cherbourg to meet the Emperor Napoleon on the 5 th of the ensuing month . ——Everything bears witness that the session of parliament is drawing to a close—and probably when Ave again address our readers , the session of 1858 will be numbered amongst the events of the past . On Monday , in the House of Lords , the School Trustees Bill was lost , and the Government of India Bill passed through committee . On Tuesday the Sale and Transfer of Land ( Ireland ) Bill , after considerable discussion ,
went through committee , and the Government of India Avith other Bills were reported . Oh Wednesday the House , contrary to custom , again met , and advanced some formal bills a stage . On Thursday various bills were read a third time , and in reply to Earl Fortescue , Lord Hardinge stated that Captain Grant ' s cooking apparatus was undergoing one further trial at Shorncliffe , and if the result , which would be known in about ten days , was as ' satisfactory as on previous occasions , the apparatus would be adopted for the army . On Friday the royal assent was given to a number of bills , including that by which the Jews will be admitted into
Parliament—the India Government Bill was read a third time ; and the Marriage LaAV Amendment Bill ( authorizing marriage Avith a deceased wife ' s sister ) , rejected by 46 to 22 . In the House of Commons on Monday , a long discussion took place on the second reading of the Metropolitan Local Management Act Amendment Bill , in the course of which Lord Palmerston expressed his opinion that Barking Creek Avas too near the metropolis as an outlet for the sewage , and that £ 3 , 000 , 000 would be too little to meet the expenditure . The result , therefore , would be that the Metropolitan Board would come to the House for national funds , on the ground
that the House had sanctioned the scheme which they had been empowered to carry out . The bill having been read a second time , it was proposed that the Jew Bill ( Lord Lucan ' s ) , go into committee , and after some discussion , in Avhich it was condemned as a miserable compromise , alike by Conservative and Liberal ( the latter accepting it because better terms could not be obtained , and because it gave the Jews seats in Parliament ) the Bill was committed by 144 to 40 , Mr . Spooner accidentally voting Avith the committee . On Tuesday Mr . Roebuck moved—1 . That the privileges ofthe Hudson ' s Bay Company , about to expire , ought not to be renewed .
2 . That the legal validity of the exclusive rights claimed by the Hudson ' s Bay Company , under their charter , ought at once to be determined by process of law . 3 . That so much of the territory hitherto held by the Hudson ' s Bay Company , as may be needed for the purpose of colonization , ought without delay to be resumed by the government of this country . The hon . gentleman contended that the power of the Anglo-Saxon race in the United States on the American continent , threatened to overshadow , not only that continent , but the Avhole world ; and that the colonization of the lands held bv the Hudson ' s Bay Company Avas the only
counterpoise which could be raised against this rapidly growing power . The motion having been seconded by Lord Bury , Sir E . B . Lytton said the charter and the licence of the Hudson ' s Bay Company Avere two different tilings , and the government was resolved not to renew the licence unless the company assented to the introduction of colonization in every place Avhere there was the slightest prospect of its being successful ; in which case the portion colonized would be withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the company . For that portion unfit for
colonization , the licence would be renewed , but the details must bo reserved for deliberation . The question relating to the validity of the charter would be submitted to tho law officers of the Crown . The motion was , after a slight discussion withdrawn . The Chelsea Bridge Act Amendment Pill , was re-committed for tho purpose of exempting the bridge from toll on Whit Monday and Easter Monday . The Bill was then read a third time and passed . Lord J . Russell moved the third reading of the Jew Bill , but after some discussion , and one or two divisions , the motion was postponed until the following day , when it was passed by . 1 21 ) to 155
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The Week.
THE WEEK .
The Court still continues in comparative privacy . at-Osborne , and will , it is believed , not return to town till after the approaching visit to Cherbourg to meet the Emperor Napoleon on the 5 th of the ensuing month . ——Everything bears witness that the session of parliament is drawing to a close—and probably when Ave again address our readers , the session of 1858 will be numbered amongst the events of the past . On Monday , in the House of Lords , the School Trustees Bill was lost , and the Government of India Bill passed through committee . On Tuesday the Sale and Transfer of Land ( Ireland ) Bill , after considerable discussion ,
went through committee , and the Government of India Avith other Bills were reported . Oh Wednesday the House , contrary to custom , again met , and advanced some formal bills a stage . On Thursday various bills were read a third time , and in reply to Earl Fortescue , Lord Hardinge stated that Captain Grant ' s cooking apparatus was undergoing one further trial at Shorncliffe , and if the result , which would be known in about ten days , was as ' satisfactory as on previous occasions , the apparatus would be adopted for the army . On Friday the royal assent was given to a number of bills , including that by which the Jews will be admitted into
Parliament—the India Government Bill was read a third time ; and the Marriage LaAV Amendment Bill ( authorizing marriage Avith a deceased wife ' s sister ) , rejected by 46 to 22 . In the House of Commons on Monday , a long discussion took place on the second reading of the Metropolitan Local Management Act Amendment Bill , in the course of which Lord Palmerston expressed his opinion that Barking Creek Avas too near the metropolis as an outlet for the sewage , and that £ 3 , 000 , 000 would be too little to meet the expenditure . The result , therefore , would be that the Metropolitan Board would come to the House for national funds , on the ground
that the House had sanctioned the scheme which they had been empowered to carry out . The bill having been read a second time , it was proposed that the Jew Bill ( Lord Lucan ' s ) , go into committee , and after some discussion , in Avhich it was condemned as a miserable compromise , alike by Conservative and Liberal ( the latter accepting it because better terms could not be obtained , and because it gave the Jews seats in Parliament ) the Bill was committed by 144 to 40 , Mr . Spooner accidentally voting Avith the committee . On Tuesday Mr . Roebuck moved—1 . That the privileges ofthe Hudson ' s Bay Company , about to expire , ought not to be renewed .
2 . That the legal validity of the exclusive rights claimed by the Hudson ' s Bay Company , under their charter , ought at once to be determined by process of law . 3 . That so much of the territory hitherto held by the Hudson ' s Bay Company , as may be needed for the purpose of colonization , ought without delay to be resumed by the government of this country . The hon . gentleman contended that the power of the Anglo-Saxon race in the United States on the American continent , threatened to overshadow , not only that continent , but the Avhole world ; and that the colonization of the lands held bv the Hudson ' s Bay Company Avas the only
counterpoise which could be raised against this rapidly growing power . The motion having been seconded by Lord Bury , Sir E . B . Lytton said the charter and the licence of the Hudson ' s Bay Company Avere two different tilings , and the government was resolved not to renew the licence unless the company assented to the introduction of colonization in every place Avhere there was the slightest prospect of its being successful ; in which case the portion colonized would be withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the company . For that portion unfit for
colonization , the licence would be renewed , but the details must bo reserved for deliberation . The question relating to the validity of the charter would be submitted to tho law officers of the Crown . The motion was , after a slight discussion withdrawn . The Chelsea Bridge Act Amendment Pill , was re-committed for tho purpose of exempting the bridge from toll on Whit Monday and Easter Monday . The Bill was then read a third time and passed . Lord J . Russell moved the third reading of the Jew Bill , but after some discussion , and one or two divisions , the motion was postponed until the following day , when it was passed by . 1 21 ) to 155