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Summary Of News For August
of Commons Mr . Warren attempted to defeat the Divorce Bill , by moving that it b e committed that day six months . This motion gave rise to another debate , but was ultimately negatived without a division .
On the 5 th , the House of Commons agreed to the second reading of a bill to prevent the sale of obscene books . The subject of a national portrait gallery was also discussed .
On the 6 th , the Lords rejected a petition from the Queen and Royal Family of Oude , because theword" humble " was omitted from it . Their Lordships consented to the second reading of the Militia Bill . In the House of Commons , the New Zealand Loan Bill was read a second time ; and the consideration of the Divorce Bill was proceeded with in Committee . On the 7 th , the Lords forwarded several Bills a stage . The House of
Commons was . - farther occupied-with the consideration of the Divorce Bill . On the 10 th , the Lords forwarded several Bills a stage . ——In the Commons , Lord John Russell brought up the Report of the Select Committee on Oaths , which stated that the Act , 5 th and 6 th of William IV . c . 62 , did not apply to the House of Commons in the case of the Jews . Mr . Hanbury called attention to the playing of bands in the public parks upon Sundays . The Committee of Supply for Government were defeated by a large majority , on a vote for the purchase of a place of worship in Paris , for the use of the English residents . On the 11 th , several Bills were advanced a stage in the House of Lords . In the House of Commons , Lord Palmerston explained the nature of the
Moldo-Wallachian difficulty . Sir De Lacy Evans , called attention to the importance of despajtching troops to India by the shortest possible route , and with the greatest possible speed . The character of our gallant and illustrious Brother , the late Sir Charley Napier , was ably vindicated by Mr . Bruce , General Codrington , and Mr . Roebuc ^ from scandalous aspersions cast upon it by the East-India Company . On the 12 th , the House of Commons consented to the continuance of the tea and sugar duties for two years longer , to meet tie drain which the Indian mutiny will make upon the Exchequer .
On the 13 th , the Bishop of St . David s entered in the House of Lords upon a defence of his conduct in refusing to consecrate the burial-ground at Swansea , until provision was made for the conveyance of the officiating clergyman to and from the cemetery . In the House of Commons some further progress was made
in Committee on the Divorce Bill . In the House of Lords , upon the 14 th , the Earl of Ellenborough called attention to the condition of India and the state of the British army . On the same evening in the House of Commons , Mr . Estcourt brought before the attention of Parliament the advisability of subsidizing the Euphrates Valley Railway and Telegraph , and further progress was made with the Divorce Bill . The House of Commons sat also on the 15 th , and passed the East-India Mutiny
Bill . . On the 17 th , the Lords agreed to the Commons' amendments on the Reformatory Schools' Bill , and advanced several Bills a stage . The same evening , the Royal Assent was given by commission to a variety of measures . -In the Commons on that evening , Mr . Vernon Smith announced that he would not this session bring forward the usual Indian Budget . The Committee upon the Divorce Bill was again resumed .
On the 18 th , the Lords agreed to the second reading of the East-India Mutiny Bill . In the Commons , it was announced that a proposition for awarding compensation to the sufferers from the mutiny in India was under the consideration of
the Court of Directors . On the 19 th , the Bill for the prevention of the sale of obscene books , was passed through Committee , and the consideration of the clauses of the Divorce Bill finally terminated . On the 20 th , the Earl of Shaftesbury called the attention of the Lords to the opium trade , and was informed by the Lord Chancellor that there was nothing illegal in it . In the House of Commons on the same evening , the report upon the Divorce Bill was brought up and agreedto . Mr . Disraeli called attention to the claims of the sufferers by the Indian mutiny .
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Summary Of News For August
of Commons Mr . Warren attempted to defeat the Divorce Bill , by moving that it b e committed that day six months . This motion gave rise to another debate , but was ultimately negatived without a division .
On the 5 th , the House of Commons agreed to the second reading of a bill to prevent the sale of obscene books . The subject of a national portrait gallery was also discussed .
On the 6 th , the Lords rejected a petition from the Queen and Royal Family of Oude , because theword" humble " was omitted from it . Their Lordships consented to the second reading of the Militia Bill . In the House of Commons , the New Zealand Loan Bill was read a second time ; and the consideration of the Divorce Bill was proceeded with in Committee . On the 7 th , the Lords forwarded several Bills a stage . The House of
Commons was . - farther occupied-with the consideration of the Divorce Bill . On the 10 th , the Lords forwarded several Bills a stage . ——In the Commons , Lord John Russell brought up the Report of the Select Committee on Oaths , which stated that the Act , 5 th and 6 th of William IV . c . 62 , did not apply to the House of Commons in the case of the Jews . Mr . Hanbury called attention to the playing of bands in the public parks upon Sundays . The Committee of Supply for Government were defeated by a large majority , on a vote for the purchase of a place of worship in Paris , for the use of the English residents . On the 11 th , several Bills were advanced a stage in the House of Lords . In the House of Commons , Lord Palmerston explained the nature of the
Moldo-Wallachian difficulty . Sir De Lacy Evans , called attention to the importance of despajtching troops to India by the shortest possible route , and with the greatest possible speed . The character of our gallant and illustrious Brother , the late Sir Charley Napier , was ably vindicated by Mr . Bruce , General Codrington , and Mr . Roebuc ^ from scandalous aspersions cast upon it by the East-India Company . On the 12 th , the House of Commons consented to the continuance of the tea and sugar duties for two years longer , to meet tie drain which the Indian mutiny will make upon the Exchequer .
On the 13 th , the Bishop of St . David s entered in the House of Lords upon a defence of his conduct in refusing to consecrate the burial-ground at Swansea , until provision was made for the conveyance of the officiating clergyman to and from the cemetery . In the House of Commons some further progress was made
in Committee on the Divorce Bill . In the House of Lords , upon the 14 th , the Earl of Ellenborough called attention to the condition of India and the state of the British army . On the same evening in the House of Commons , Mr . Estcourt brought before the attention of Parliament the advisability of subsidizing the Euphrates Valley Railway and Telegraph , and further progress was made with the Divorce Bill . The House of Commons sat also on the 15 th , and passed the East-India Mutiny
Bill . . On the 17 th , the Lords agreed to the Commons' amendments on the Reformatory Schools' Bill , and advanced several Bills a stage . The same evening , the Royal Assent was given by commission to a variety of measures . -In the Commons on that evening , Mr . Vernon Smith announced that he would not this session bring forward the usual Indian Budget . The Committee upon the Divorce Bill was again resumed .
On the 18 th , the Lords agreed to the second reading of the East-India Mutiny Bill . In the Commons , it was announced that a proposition for awarding compensation to the sufferers from the mutiny in India was under the consideration of
the Court of Directors . On the 19 th , the Bill for the prevention of the sale of obscene books , was passed through Committee , and the consideration of the clauses of the Divorce Bill finally terminated . On the 20 th , the Earl of Shaftesbury called the attention of the Lords to the opium trade , and was informed by the Lord Chancellor that there was nothing illegal in it . In the House of Commons on the same evening , the report upon the Divorce Bill was brought up and agreedto . Mr . Disraeli called attention to the claims of the sufferers by the Indian mutiny .