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the Chancellor of the Exchequer said a great many questions had been raised upon points of detail which might with great advantage have been left to be disposed of iu committee . The licence fee was only intended to apply to houses which were kept open for the consumption of refreshments on the premises ; but that had nothing to do with the main object of the bill , whicli would not be much affected if the part relating to the licensing of refreshment houses was entirely struck out . The right hon . gentleman then glanced at the various objections urged
against the bill , more especially dealing with its alleged tendency to increase intoxication , maintaining that public opinion was in his favour , and asking the house to assent to its second reading and go into committee , where the details of the bill might be discussed . On Tuesday , on tho order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate on the Paper Duty Repeal Bill , Sir S . Northcote moved the following as an amendment : — "That the present state of the finances of the country renders it undesirable to proceed further with the repeal of the
excise duty on paper . " Mr . M . Gibson said , ' the house was asked by the amendment to hold the paper duty , which they had condemned , in a state of suspense until something or other should happen to warrant its repeal ; but such a course would bo so injurious to the manufacturing industries concerned , that he could not conceive the house would adopt it . AVith regard to the ground upon which the delay was demanded , no change had taken place in the financial condition of the country siuee the house had affirmed the general princile of the budget of the
Chanp cellor of the Exchequer , and there was , therefore , nothing to justify the proposition now made , to dissent from a most important portion of that budget and disappoint the expectations which had been founded upon it . The Chancellor of the Exchequer said the objections now urged against the bill would have been more applicable if they had been uttered two months ago . After analyzing the various items of the national expenditure with the view of showing that they had undergone no material change since he first laid his financial statement before
Parliament , he characterized the amendment as a direct attempt to defeat in its very last stage a bill which repealed a tax upon a trade ; and lie besought the house to paus-j before , by its adoption , they took a step for which there was no precedent , and the consequences of which must be injurious in the extreme . Mr . Disraeli supported the amendment , aud asserted his conviction that the small surplus which that right
honourable gentleman had calculated upon , when he framed his financial scheme , win already swallowed up , whilo the expenses of the Chinese expedition , whicli had been reckoned at £ 500 , 000 , would probably amount to . £ 5 , 000 , 000 . The ri ght lion , gentleman then attacked Mr . Gladstone in one of his greatest efforts of vituperative declamation , at the conclusion of which he resumed his seat amid a loud and triumphant burst of cheering from his supporters . The Chancellor of the Exchequer requested permission to explain , and in doing so gave to some of Mr .
Disraeli ' s statements " the most direct contradiction which the forms of the house would allow . " Mr . S . Herbert having said a few words , the house divided , and negatived the amendment by 219 to 209 , majority , 10 . On AVednesday , on the motion forgoing into committee on the Bleaching and Dyeing AVorks Bill , Mr . Bazley moved as an amendment that the bill should be referred to a select committee . Lord Ashley aud Lord J . Manners opposed the amendment , believing it to be merely intended as a means of shelving the bill for the present session . Sir . t . Graham
siid it would be better to have a select committee , not for the purpose of re-opening the whole inquiry , but with the view of framing provisions that would meet all requirements , either of restriction or exemption . Sir G . C . Lewis advised that the bill should be referred to a committee up-stairs , not for a lengthened iuquiiy , but for the purpose of framing and revising clauses . The house divided , and negatived the amendment by 1 S 4 to 147—majority 37 . GENERAL HOME NKWS . —The banquet to inaugurate the opening of this year ' s exhibition of the Royal Academy in Trafalgar-square was
given ou Saturday evening . The company was much larger tl-ian on any previous occasion . Lord Pahnerston , the Duke of Somerset , Earl De Grey and Ripon , Lord J . Russell , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr . Sidney Herbert , Sir Charles Wood , Mr . Milner Gibson , Earl Derby , Mr . Disraeli , Lird Chelmsford , Lord Stanley , the Bishop of London , the Bishop of Oxford , the Marquis of Lansdowne , Earl Grey , Earl Clarendon , Sir J . Lawrence , Lieutenant-Colonel Edwards , Professor Owen , Professor Faraday , Mr . George Grote , and Mr . J . Foster were among the guests .
The entertainment was served in the cast room . The president , Sir Charles Enstlako , occupied the chair . Tho foundation stone of the Royal Dramatic College , of which her Majest y is patroness , will be laid by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort , at Maybury , near AA'oking , on Friday , tho 1 st of June . Tho Countess of Strathmore , wife of the Right Hon . W . fliitt , M . P . for Gateshead , expired on Saturday last . Deceased , who was the widow of the tenth E-irl Strathuiore , married Mr . Hutt in 1831 . A meeting of the National Rifle Association was
held at AA'illis ' s Rooms on Tuesday . The proceedings were of a somewhat dismal character , arising from the absence of Mr . Sidney Herbert , who had been announced to take the chair , and to make a statement , but who was hopelessly prevented from attending by a Cabinet Council . In his absence Lord Eloho made an explanation , and , by his lordship ' s advice , the meeting adjourned until Mr . Herbert could make it convenient to be present . Lord Elcho stated that the society had completely met with tiie public approval , although it was iu want of funds . The City of London Rifle Brigade was inspected on Saturday by the Duke of Cambridge , theiy honorary colonel . It is estimated that no fewer thau
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twenty-five or thirty thousand persons were present . A grand review of volunteers is announced to take place iu Hyde Park on the ISth inst . The progress of the 36 th Middlesex , or Paddington Volunteers , although only recently formed , has been remarkably good , aud gives a promise of efficiency equal to that of any other metropolitan company or corps . Drilling , on the part of the members , has been assiduously followed up ; and the untiring zeal of the commandant , Major-General Downing , to render the corps a credit to the district of Tyburnia , is
evidently appreciated by tho members , who possess likewise the advantage of an excellent band . In the last five weeks the deaths in London have constantly declined ; in the last two the decrease has not been very considerable . In the week that ended last Saturday the number registered was 1 , 205 . In the ten years 1850-9 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1 , 072 . But as the deaths of last week occurred in an increased population , they should be compared with the average raised in proportion to the increasenamely
, , with 1 , 179 . Last week the births of 903 boys and 900 girls , in all 1 , 803 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1 S 50-59 the average number was 1 , 6 S 3 . The editor of Pell's Life , who was the referee at the late fight between Sayers and Hcenan , informs his readers that two superintendents of police have waited upon him with an official message to the effect that if the fight was renewed iu any place within reach of a Secretary of State ' s warrant , all persons who were concerned in it would be criminally prosecuted .
This warning , not unnaturally , makes the ' editor anxious that the difficulty between the two men should now be amicably adjusted , and he has accordingly expressed his intention "to wash his hands of tho business . " There was a rumour this week that the Archbishopric of York , which has become vacant by the deatli of the Rev . Dr . Musgrave , would be conferred upon Dr . John Graham , Bishop of Chester , who holds the office of clerk to the Crown , aud in whose favour the Prince Consort has used all his influence . His lordship was for many years master of
Christ ' s College , Cambridge , into the administration of which lie introduced some most liberal reforms , being a most earnest advocate for granting all the privileges of the university to dissenters from the establishment equally with churchmen . Tho Thames Police magistrate has again been required to exercise his authority in connexion with the disgraceful disturbances in St . George ' s-in-the-East . A man named
Corby was charged with having employed violent aud offensive language in the street on Sunday evening . Mr . Yardley fined him two pounds . The proceedings in the parish church of St . George do not justify the hope that the outrages which have so long prevailed there will speedily be brought to a close ; iudeed , circumstances which have lately taken place seem to threaten that the animosities which have so long prevailed between the rector and some of his parishioners will be embittered rather than healed . A " Church Defence Association , " established
in the parish , is appealing to the public for funds to punish the rioters , while another society has been inaugurated during the last few days , with the churchwardens as presidents , for the purpose of collecting subscriptions for putting down Tractarian practices in the church . A revolting murder recently took place at Stamford—that of the uufortunato lady who was first strangled and then burnt , and whoso house was plundered of a large quantity of plate . A portion of the stolen property was discovered a day or two ago , in a somewhat extraordinary manner . Two
men who were fishing in a piece of water in the immediate neighbourhood of Stamford , saw something shining at the bottom . On the bed of the stream being raked , no less than thirty pieces of plate , all of which belonged to the murdered . woman , were discovered . It is believed that this discovery strengthens the suspicion against the mail who was in custody , but who ha-i .-dnec committed suicide , as he was seen going in the direction of the stream iu question on the morning of his apprehension . The Central Criminal Court resumed its sittings yesterday ; and some of the trials will be of a very serious and important character . Tho
trial of four foreigners , indicted for conspiring to defraud Mr . Joseph Stohwassor under very extraordinary circumstances , was commenced , aud has lasted all the week . On Tuesday , just before , the court arose , Pullinger was placed at the bar , and pleaded guilty to " all the charges preferred against him . The sentence was deferred . Another charge has been preferred against Mr . H . F . Richardson , the late secretary of the London Rifle Brigade , at the Mansion-house . This charge grows out of certain irregularities which are alleged to exist in the prisoner ' s petty
cash book . The prisoner was committed for trial . He reserved his defence , but loudly protested his innocence . A coroner ' s inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of a man who it was alleged had lost his life iu a pugilistic encounter with another man , was held near Lisson-grove , under the direction of Mr . AA ' akley . The presence of the accused being in this , as in similar cases , regarded as necessary , au application was made to Mr . Seeker , the Mnryieboiie police magistrate , for the production of that individual ; but , although on this occasion
the application was backed by an order from the Secretary of State , the magistrate refused to deliver him up . AVhat his motive for adopting this course may be does not appear , but ^ Mr . jAA'akloy , who spoke out his mind plainly , intimated that the matter would not be allowed to drop . In consequence of the delay which has taken place in bringing to a termination the legal proceedings against the Rev . James Bonwell , rector of St . Philip , Stepney , the reverend gentleman lias determined that his case shall not be prejudiced , and , much ( o the amazement of the congregation , he recommenced iu ' s ministerial labours at St . Philip ' s ou Sunday last , aud preached the morning' sermon . It is understood that , acting
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the Chancellor of the Exchequer said a great many questions had been raised upon points of detail which might with great advantage have been left to be disposed of iu committee . The licence fee was only intended to apply to houses which were kept open for the consumption of refreshments on the premises ; but that had nothing to do with the main object of the bill , whicli would not be much affected if the part relating to the licensing of refreshment houses was entirely struck out . The right hon . gentleman then glanced at the various objections urged
against the bill , more especially dealing with its alleged tendency to increase intoxication , maintaining that public opinion was in his favour , and asking the house to assent to its second reading and go into committee , where the details of the bill might be discussed . On Tuesday , on tho order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate on the Paper Duty Repeal Bill , Sir S . Northcote moved the following as an amendment : — "That the present state of the finances of the country renders it undesirable to proceed further with the repeal of the
excise duty on paper . " Mr . M . Gibson said , ' the house was asked by the amendment to hold the paper duty , which they had condemned , in a state of suspense until something or other should happen to warrant its repeal ; but such a course would bo so injurious to the manufacturing industries concerned , that he could not conceive the house would adopt it . AVith regard to the ground upon which the delay was demanded , no change had taken place in the financial condition of the country siuee the house had affirmed the general princile of the budget of the
Chanp cellor of the Exchequer , and there was , therefore , nothing to justify the proposition now made , to dissent from a most important portion of that budget and disappoint the expectations which had been founded upon it . The Chancellor of the Exchequer said the objections now urged against the bill would have been more applicable if they had been uttered two months ago . After analyzing the various items of the national expenditure with the view of showing that they had undergone no material change since he first laid his financial statement before
Parliament , he characterized the amendment as a direct attempt to defeat in its very last stage a bill which repealed a tax upon a trade ; and lie besought the house to paus-j before , by its adoption , they took a step for which there was no precedent , and the consequences of which must be injurious in the extreme . Mr . Disraeli supported the amendment , aud asserted his conviction that the small surplus which that right
honourable gentleman had calculated upon , when he framed his financial scheme , win already swallowed up , whilo the expenses of the Chinese expedition , whicli had been reckoned at £ 500 , 000 , would probably amount to . £ 5 , 000 , 000 . The ri ght lion , gentleman then attacked Mr . Gladstone in one of his greatest efforts of vituperative declamation , at the conclusion of which he resumed his seat amid a loud and triumphant burst of cheering from his supporters . The Chancellor of the Exchequer requested permission to explain , and in doing so gave to some of Mr .
Disraeli ' s statements " the most direct contradiction which the forms of the house would allow . " Mr . S . Herbert having said a few words , the house divided , and negatived the amendment by 219 to 209 , majority , 10 . On AVednesday , on the motion forgoing into committee on the Bleaching and Dyeing AVorks Bill , Mr . Bazley moved as an amendment that the bill should be referred to a select committee . Lord Ashley aud Lord J . Manners opposed the amendment , believing it to be merely intended as a means of shelving the bill for the present session . Sir . t . Graham
siid it would be better to have a select committee , not for the purpose of re-opening the whole inquiry , but with the view of framing provisions that would meet all requirements , either of restriction or exemption . Sir G . C . Lewis advised that the bill should be referred to a committee up-stairs , not for a lengthened iuquiiy , but for the purpose of framing and revising clauses . The house divided , and negatived the amendment by 1 S 4 to 147—majority 37 . GENERAL HOME NKWS . —The banquet to inaugurate the opening of this year ' s exhibition of the Royal Academy in Trafalgar-square was
given ou Saturday evening . The company was much larger tl-ian on any previous occasion . Lord Pahnerston , the Duke of Somerset , Earl De Grey and Ripon , Lord J . Russell , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Mr . Sidney Herbert , Sir Charles Wood , Mr . Milner Gibson , Earl Derby , Mr . Disraeli , Lird Chelmsford , Lord Stanley , the Bishop of London , the Bishop of Oxford , the Marquis of Lansdowne , Earl Grey , Earl Clarendon , Sir J . Lawrence , Lieutenant-Colonel Edwards , Professor Owen , Professor Faraday , Mr . George Grote , and Mr . J . Foster were among the guests .
The entertainment was served in the cast room . The president , Sir Charles Enstlako , occupied the chair . Tho foundation stone of the Royal Dramatic College , of which her Majest y is patroness , will be laid by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort , at Maybury , near AA'oking , on Friday , tho 1 st of June . Tho Countess of Strathmore , wife of the Right Hon . W . fliitt , M . P . for Gateshead , expired on Saturday last . Deceased , who was the widow of the tenth E-irl Strathuiore , married Mr . Hutt in 1831 . A meeting of the National Rifle Association was
held at AA'illis ' s Rooms on Tuesday . The proceedings were of a somewhat dismal character , arising from the absence of Mr . Sidney Herbert , who had been announced to take the chair , and to make a statement , but who was hopelessly prevented from attending by a Cabinet Council . In his absence Lord Eloho made an explanation , and , by his lordship ' s advice , the meeting adjourned until Mr . Herbert could make it convenient to be present . Lord Elcho stated that the society had completely met with tiie public approval , although it was iu want of funds . The City of London Rifle Brigade was inspected on Saturday by the Duke of Cambridge , theiy honorary colonel . It is estimated that no fewer thau
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twenty-five or thirty thousand persons were present . A grand review of volunteers is announced to take place iu Hyde Park on the ISth inst . The progress of the 36 th Middlesex , or Paddington Volunteers , although only recently formed , has been remarkably good , aud gives a promise of efficiency equal to that of any other metropolitan company or corps . Drilling , on the part of the members , has been assiduously followed up ; and the untiring zeal of the commandant , Major-General Downing , to render the corps a credit to the district of Tyburnia , is
evidently appreciated by tho members , who possess likewise the advantage of an excellent band . In the last five weeks the deaths in London have constantly declined ; in the last two the decrease has not been very considerable . In the week that ended last Saturday the number registered was 1 , 205 . In the ten years 1850-9 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1 , 072 . But as the deaths of last week occurred in an increased population , they should be compared with the average raised in proportion to the increasenamely
, , with 1 , 179 . Last week the births of 903 boys and 900 girls , in all 1 , 803 children , were registered in London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1 S 50-59 the average number was 1 , 6 S 3 . The editor of Pell's Life , who was the referee at the late fight between Sayers and Hcenan , informs his readers that two superintendents of police have waited upon him with an official message to the effect that if the fight was renewed iu any place within reach of a Secretary of State ' s warrant , all persons who were concerned in it would be criminally prosecuted .
This warning , not unnaturally , makes the ' editor anxious that the difficulty between the two men should now be amicably adjusted , and he has accordingly expressed his intention "to wash his hands of tho business . " There was a rumour this week that the Archbishopric of York , which has become vacant by the deatli of the Rev . Dr . Musgrave , would be conferred upon Dr . John Graham , Bishop of Chester , who holds the office of clerk to the Crown , aud in whose favour the Prince Consort has used all his influence . His lordship was for many years master of
Christ ' s College , Cambridge , into the administration of which lie introduced some most liberal reforms , being a most earnest advocate for granting all the privileges of the university to dissenters from the establishment equally with churchmen . Tho Thames Police magistrate has again been required to exercise his authority in connexion with the disgraceful disturbances in St . George ' s-in-the-East . A man named
Corby was charged with having employed violent aud offensive language in the street on Sunday evening . Mr . Yardley fined him two pounds . The proceedings in the parish church of St . George do not justify the hope that the outrages which have so long prevailed there will speedily be brought to a close ; iudeed , circumstances which have lately taken place seem to threaten that the animosities which have so long prevailed between the rector and some of his parishioners will be embittered rather than healed . A " Church Defence Association , " established
in the parish , is appealing to the public for funds to punish the rioters , while another society has been inaugurated during the last few days , with the churchwardens as presidents , for the purpose of collecting subscriptions for putting down Tractarian practices in the church . A revolting murder recently took place at Stamford—that of the uufortunato lady who was first strangled and then burnt , and whoso house was plundered of a large quantity of plate . A portion of the stolen property was discovered a day or two ago , in a somewhat extraordinary manner . Two
men who were fishing in a piece of water in the immediate neighbourhood of Stamford , saw something shining at the bottom . On the bed of the stream being raked , no less than thirty pieces of plate , all of which belonged to the murdered . woman , were discovered . It is believed that this discovery strengthens the suspicion against the mail who was in custody , but who ha-i .-dnec committed suicide , as he was seen going in the direction of the stream iu question on the morning of his apprehension . The Central Criminal Court resumed its sittings yesterday ; and some of the trials will be of a very serious and important character . Tho
trial of four foreigners , indicted for conspiring to defraud Mr . Joseph Stohwassor under very extraordinary circumstances , was commenced , aud has lasted all the week . On Tuesday , just before , the court arose , Pullinger was placed at the bar , and pleaded guilty to " all the charges preferred against him . The sentence was deferred . Another charge has been preferred against Mr . H . F . Richardson , the late secretary of the London Rifle Brigade , at the Mansion-house . This charge grows out of certain irregularities which are alleged to exist in the prisoner ' s petty
cash book . The prisoner was committed for trial . He reserved his defence , but loudly protested his innocence . A coroner ' s inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of a man who it was alleged had lost his life iu a pugilistic encounter with another man , was held near Lisson-grove , under the direction of Mr . AA ' akley . The presence of the accused being in this , as in similar cases , regarded as necessary , au application was made to Mr . Seeker , the Mnryieboiie police magistrate , for the production of that individual ; but , although on this occasion
the application was backed by an order from the Secretary of State , the magistrate refused to deliver him up . AVhat his motive for adopting this course may be does not appear , but ^ Mr . jAA'akloy , who spoke out his mind plainly , intimated that the matter would not be allowed to drop . In consequence of the delay which has taken place in bringing to a termination the legal proceedings against the Rev . James Bonwell , rector of St . Philip , Stepney , the reverend gentleman lias determined that his case shall not be prejudiced , and , much ( o the amazement of the congregation , he recommenced iu ' s ministerial labours at St . Philip ' s ou Sunday last , aud preached the morning' sermon . It is understood that , acting