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Motion made, and Question proposed, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave
the Chair,"-(Mr. Secretary Cardwell :)-
ARMY-MARTINI-HENRY RIFLE-MOTION FOR A SELECT COMMITTEE-
Amendment proposed,
To leave out from the word "That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the
words "
a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the merits of the Martini-
Henry Rifle, particularly as to its lock arrangement and mode of stocking; and
whether it is the most suitable rifle as compared with others now manufactured
to arm our troops with,"-(Colonel Barttelot,)-instead thereof
Question proposed, "That the words proposed to be left out stand part
of the Question:"-After long debate, Question put:-The House
divided; Ayes 137, Noes 72; Majority 65.
Division List, Ayes and Noes
Main Question, "That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair," put,
and agreed to.
WAYS AND MEANS-considered in Committee.
Moved, "That, towards raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged,
collected, and paid for one year, commencing on the sixth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, for and in respect of all Property, Profits, and Gains
mentioned or described as chargeable in the Act passed in the sixteenth and seventeenth
years of Her Majesty's reign, chapter thirty-four, for granting to Her Majesty Duties
on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades, and Offices, the following Duties
(that is to say):
For every Twenty Shillings of the annual value or amount of all such Property,
Profits, and Gains, (except those chargeable under Schedule (B) of the said Act,)
the Duty of Sixpence ;
And in respect of the occupation of Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, and Heritages
chargeable under Schedule (B) of the said Act:
For every Twenty Shillings of the annual value thereof;
In England, the Duty of Three Pence; and
In Scotland and Ireland respectively, the Duty of Two Pence Farthing:
Subject to the provisions contained in section three of the Act of twenty-sixth Victoria,
chapter twenty-two, for the exemption of Persons whose whole Income from every source
is under One Hundred Pounds a-year, and relief of those whose Income is under Two
Hundred Pounds a-ycar,”—(Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer)
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Norfolk (Southern Division)-Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, baronet.
Durham City-John Lloyd Wharton, esquire,
APPOINTED TO MEET 10 DECEMBER, 1868, AND THENCE
CONTINUED TILL 9 FEBRUARY, 1871,
1871, IN THE THIRTY-
FOURTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF
HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA.
SECOND VOLUME OF THE SESSION.
HOUSE OF COMMONS,
Wednesday, 15th March, 1871. MINUTES.]-PUBLIC BILLS-Ordered-First Reading-Salmon Fisheries [75]. First Reading-Medical Act (1858) Amendment (No. 2) * [73]. Second Reading-Railway Companies [5], deferred till To-morrow; Bank Holidays [50]. Committee-Report-Public Parks, &c. (Land) [25]; Workshop Regulation Act (1867) Amendment [58-74]; Poor Law (Loans)* [68]; Income Tax Assessment * [64]. Third Reading-Stamp Act (1870) Amendment* [46], and passed.
way system of this country ought not to do so carelessly or unadvisedly, and he felt all the responsibility which attached to him for having brought this measure before the House. But there were other interests to be considered in connection with the subject-matter of the Bill other than those of the railway companies-a strong feeling of doubt had grown up in the public mind of late years whether the security of railway travelling had increased with the facilities for travelling. In time past a temporary thrill of horror ran through society on the occurrence of an alarming railway accident; but as these accidents seemed to be, for the most part, the inevitable results of working great and complicated systems, the painful feelings soon subsided. But a few years since occurred the dreadful accident at Abergele, by which many persons lost their lives in a most horrible manner, and the inquiry which followed was very protracted and searching, and brought public opinion to bear much
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