MR. WARTON said, that the Post Office could only protect itself by aiding honest people. His wish was to see the morality of the people protected. Question put, and negatived. On the Motion of Mr. FAWCETT, the following Amendments made:-In page 3, line 42, after "Act," insert— "Or otherwise for regulating the mode of payment of such annuities or insurances, or of any annuities granted under any Acts repealed by The Government Annuities Act, 1853,' and for regulating the receipts to be given for the same; Page 4, line 3, at end, insert as a separate paragraph "(e.) For enabling a person to whom an insurance is granted to nominate a person to whom the money due under such insurance, not exceeding fifty pounds, is to be paid on the death of such person, and for the discharge to be given for such money; and." Line 5, after "for," insert "The making of contracts, the making of payments to obtain Savings Bank Annuities and Insurances out of the deposits in a Savings Bank." Line 6, after "behalf and," insert "the contracts and payments so made;" and, in line 13, at end of Clause, insert "Regulations may be made, in pursuance of the said section sixteen of The Government Annuities Act, 1864,' as amended by this Act, by the National Debt Commissioners, with the approval of the Treasury, so far as regards any annuities and insurances granted by such Commissioners either directly or through any parochial or other securities." Clause, as amended, agreed to. Clause 7 (Application of Saving Banks Acts). On the Motion of Mr. FAWCETT, the following Amendments made :--In page 4, line 24, leave out "obtaining," and insert "the immediate purchase of; and, in line 34, leave out from "and," to "unlawful," in line 37, and insert"And it shall be lawful to credit the account of a depositor with any such deposit or sum: Provided, That if, after such deposit or sum has been credited, the aggregate sum standing to the credit of a depositor exceeds the maximum amount which otherwise is allowed to be deposited in a savings bank, either in any one savings bank year or in the aggregate, such excess shall bear no interest, but shall be forthwith applied to the purpose for which it was deposited, or paid over to the depositor." Clause, as amended, agreed to. Clause 8 (Trust and joint account). On the Motion of Mr. FAWCETT, the following Amendments made:-In page 4, line 42, after "insurance," insert "(Except such trusts as are from time to time recognised by law in relation to deposits in provided for by section ten of The Married savings banks, and except such trusts as are Women's Property Act, 1870,' or any enact ment now or hereafter to be passed relating to the property of married women); ' Page 5, line 2, after "receivable by," insert "the National Debt Commissioners or;" line 14, before "as," in sert" persons;" and, in line 17, leave out "the," and insert "any." Clause, as amended, agreed to. Clause 9 (Insane or incapacitated grantee); Clause 10 (Amendment of 27 & 28 Vic. c. 43, ss. 8 & 11, as to surrender of policy or assignment of policy after payment of five years premium); Clause 11 (Forfeiture by person holding annuity or insurance exceeding the maximum or making false declaration); and Clause 12 (Penalty for receiving annuity or insurance in fraud of the Commissioners) severally agreed to. Clause 13 (Application and investment of sums paid for savings bank annuities or insurances), postponed. Clause 14 (Definitions) agreed to. Clause 15 (Repeal of Acts and savings). Clause, as amended, agreed to. following New Clause agreed to, and "The Government Annuities, 1853,' 'The Government Annuities, 1864,' and this Act shall extend to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and the Royal Courts of the Channel Islands shall register the same accordingly." Preamble. On the Motion of Mr. FAWCETT, the following Amendment made:-In page 1, line 7, leave out "when granted the explosions of boilers on land were MR. WHITLEY said, there was one point in connection with this subject that he wished to call attention to, and he took that opportunity of doing so because the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, a few nights ago, had unintentionally led him astray by saying that the Bill connected with this subject provided for appeal from decisions in the case of casualties at sea, which appeal, at present, did not exist. The only appeal was in the case of masters, whose certificates had been cancelled; there was no appeal for the owners of ships. Now, his hon. Friend, as he (Mr. Whitley) had before remarked, had certainly stated that that would be provided for in the Bill; but, on examining it, he found it contained no such provision. Then he had to ask the attention of the House and Her Majesty's Government to the fact that the Bill proposed to charge the Mercantile Marine Fund with the costs of surveys in connection with the Boiler Explosions Act of this Session. But he wished to point out that that Act had no connection whatever with the Mercantile Marine Fund, which was made up chiefly from the subscriptions of sailors. It certainly, at first sight, seemed a strange thing to charge the Fund with the surveys of steam boilers, because, in the Explosions Act referred. to, explosions of boilers at sea were expressly excluded; and, therefore, it seemed to him unintelligible to say that the Mercantile Marine Fund should be charged with the expenses of surveys in connection with the Boiler Explosions Act recently passed. He thought, therefore, that some good reason should be given why accidents connected with charged to the Mercantile Marine Fund. The proposition that £75,000, at present collectable from sailors, should not be charged hereafter, would be very gratifying and a great advantage to the mercantile community. There was no doubt these charges were a very serious tax on seamen; but when he looked at the Bill he found that this remission was not carried out by it; because it was left for the Board of Trade to decide. He thought that was randum explaining that this £75,000 not quite fair, and that in the Memowould be remitted, it ought to be distinctly stated that the Mercantile Marine Fund should be absolved from paying this amount of money every year. According to the Bill, it would be in the power of the Board of Trade, if they thought fit, to remit these fees, and he was aware that the objects of the Bill had been arranged between the Treasury and the Board of Trade; but he thought it unfair at the end of a Session to introduce a Bill which, on the face of it, by this Memorandum, purported to relieve the shipping community of £75,000 a-year, but then provided that the Board of Trade might refuse to remit the fees. He should like to have a definite expression of opinion upon this, and a distinct assurance that, if the Bill passed, the £75,000 a-year, now levied on seamen, should really be remitted. could get that assurance from the President of the Board of Trade, or any other Member of the Government, he should be relieved of much of his difficulty with regard to the Bill. If he MR. J. HOLMS said, it was intended that the £75,000 should be remitted; but he thought it was rather late to enter upon a discussion of the Bill at that hour of the night. It was only proposed, when the Bill came on, that the Speaker should leave the Chair, and Progress be reported. Question put, and agreed to. (In the Committee.) Resolved, That it is expedient to authorise the payment, out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, of an annual sum of £40,000 to the Mercantile Marine Fund; and of authorising by Parliament, of charges paid out of rates in the repayment, out of moneys to be provided respect of costs incurred in prosecutions for offences committed at sea, and of expenses connected therewith, which may become payable under the provisions of any Act of the present Session to amend the Law with respect to the charges on and payments to the Mercantile Marine Fund, and to expenses of prosecutions for offences committed at sea. Resolution to be reported To-morrow. ALLOTMENTS (re-committed) BILL. (Mr. Jesse Collings, Mr. Burt, Mr. Brand, Mr. Bryce.) [BILL 227.] COMMITTEE. Bill considered in Committee. (In the Committee.) Clause 5 (Power to let lands inconveniently situated). On the Motion of Mr. HIBBERT, the following Amendment made:- In page 2, line 32, leave out "the," and insert “any." Clause, as amended, agreed to. Clause 6 (Saving old rights). On the Motion of Mr. HIBBERT, the following Amendments made:-In page 2, line 37, after "nor," insert "section twelve of;" line 40, leave out from "operation," to "but," in line 42; page 3, line 4, leave out "such," and insert the;" line 4, leave out "a poor person," and insert "poor persons; line 9, after "if," insert" they had been legally settled in the parish and;" and in line 9, after "and," insert "section twelve of." Clause, as amended, agreed to. Clause 7 (Preference to cottagers living in parishes where the lands are situate). On the Motion of Mr. HIBBERT, the following Amendment made:-In page 3, line 14, leave out "cottagers and labourers," and insert "poor." Clause, as amended, agreed to. Clause 8 (Where lands are held partly for the benefit of the poor) agreed to. Clause 9 (Charity Commissioners to settle rules in certain cases). On the Motion of Mr. HIBBERT, the following Amendments made:-In page 3, line 27, leave out from beginning of Clause to " as," in line 34, and insert "The trustees or the majority of them may from time to time make and, when made, revoke and vary such rules; Line 35, leave out "such;" line 35, after "allotments," insert "under this Act; " line 36, leave out from “for” to "preventing," in line 39; line 41, leave out" and regulations; " page 4, line 1, leave out "and regulations when so settled and approved," and insert "as are for the time being in force under this section;" and in line 2, at end of Clause, add "Provided that (a.) A copy of all rules made under this section shall be sent to the Charity Commissioners as soon as may be after they are made, and the Charity Commissioners may, if they think fit, by order disallow any rules made under this section, and upon such disallowance the same shall be void; (b.) Such public notice as is provided by the Schedule to this Act shall be given of all rules in force under this section, and a copy thereof shall be at all times given gratis to any cottager or labourer demanding the same; (c.) Any four cottagers or labourers, or any of the trustees, if aggrieved by any such rules, whether in respect of anything contained therein, or of any omission therefrom, or if aggrieved by the want of any rules, may complain to the Charity Commissioners, and the Charity Commissioners, if they think such complaint is well grounded, may make such order as appears to them necessary to remedy the complaint. Any such order may rescind or alter any such rules, and may make any rules for the purposes of this section, and such rules shall be duly observed by all persons and corporations whatsoever." Clause, as amended, agreed to. Clause 10 (In case of neglect of trustees to publish notice). On the Motion of Mr. HIBBERT, the following Amendments made:-In page 4, line 4, leave out "appropriation," and insert "setting apart; line 7, leave out "a portion," and insert, "any allotment out; " line 12, leave out from "shall," to the end of the Clause, and insert "Cause a complaint of such omission, neglect, or refusal to be, without charge to the applicant, sent to the Charity Commissioners, who shall inquire into the complaint, and the said Commissioners if satisfied that such omission, neglect, or refusal exists, and requires to be remedied, may send a certificate to that effect to the county court judge, who shall issue his order for remedying in manner specified in the certi ficate, such omission, neglect, or refusal, and such order may be enforced in like manner as an order made by such judge in the exercise of the jurisdiction conferred on the court by The Complaint of any omission, neglect, or refusal on the part of the trustee to give public notice or proceed for the setting apart of Îand or otherwise comply with the provisions of this Act, or to any action or suit in respect of such omission, neglect, or refusal." Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill." MR. WARTON moved to report Progress, on the ground that the Committee were going too fast. Motion made, and Question, "That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again,”—(Mr. Warton,) -put, and negatived. Original Question put, and agreed to. Clause 12 (Arrears of rent, and in case of refusal of tenant to quit). On the Motion of Mr. HIBBERT, the following Amendments made:-In page 4, line 29, leave out "arrears of;" line 34, after " same," insert "And sections one hundred and ten, and one hundred and eleven of The Inclosure Act, 1845,' shall apply as if they were herein enacted, and;" line 35, after "of," insert "local;" and in line 35, leave out "Acts," and insert "sections." Clause, as amended, agreed to. MR. HIBBERT moved the insertion of the following Clause after Clause 12: (Letting of allotments.) "With respect to the letting of allotments in any field or portion of land set apart for the purposes of this Act, the following provisions shall have effect: (1.) Public notice of the intention to let the same shall be given in manner directed in the Schedule to this Act; (2.) Every allotment shall be let free of all charges (that is to say): tithe, tithe rentcharge, rates, taxes, and outgoings whatsoever, and shall be let at such rent as land of the same quality is usually let for in the same parish, with such addition as is necessary to satisfy the said charges, and, in this section, the expression 'outgoings,' includes the expense of getting possession, and allotting, dividing, and fencing the field or portion of land set apart and collecting the rents, and any sum payable for such draining of the allotments and means of approach to the allotments as may be necessary; (3.) The trustees shall, for the purposes of . (4.) One person shall not hold any allot- (6.) If at any time the trustees are unable Motion agreed to; Clause inserted accordingly. MR. HIBBERT moved the insertion of the following Clause, to follow the preceding Clause :— (Provision for allotments in scheme of Charity Commissioners.) "Where a scheme is made by the Charity Commissioners after the passing of this Act in relation to any charity, and part of the endow. ment of such charity consists of land other than buildings and the appurtenances of buildings, the Charity Commissioners shall insert in such scheme a provision authorising the trustees of the charity to set apart portions of the said lands for allotments, and the same may be set apart and let as allotments in like manner as is directed by this Act." Motion agreed to; Clause inserted accordingly. MR. HIBBERT moved the following Schedule: Schedule. (Regulations as to public Notices and Lettings.) "1. Public notice, for the purposes of this Act, shall be given by fixing the notice on the doors of the church of the parish in which the land referred to in the notice is situate, and if there is no church, then on some public building or conspicuous place therein. 2. Public notice of the setting apart under this Act of a field or portion of land shall be given in the month of February, or such other month as the trustees may fix, and the first notice shall be given in the said month next after the passing of this Act, and if not so given shall be given as soon as may be afterwards, at such time as may be fixed by the trustees, or in case of their default, by the county court judge for the district in which the land is situate, or by the Charity Commissioners. (Letting.) "3. The public notice of the intention to let an allotment out of land when set apart, shall specify the amount of land to be let, and the rent per acre or rod to be paid, and the place and time at which applications are to be made, | and shall be given annually in the month of June, or in such other month as may be fixed by, or in pursuance of, rules under this Act: Provided, That, in any year in which there will be no allotment vacant out of land already set apart, it shall not be necessary to give such notice. 4. The first public notice of the intention to let an allotment shall be given in the month of June next after the trustees obtain possession of the allotment, or at such other time not more than one month later, as may be fixed by or in pursuance of rules under this Act; and, if not so given, shall be given at such time as may be fixed by the county court judge for the district in which the land is situate, or by the Charity Commissioners. 5. The time for applications for allotments out of land when already set apart shall be the month of August, or such other month as may be fixed by or in pursuance of rules under this Act. 6. The allotments shall be let to persons in the order in which they apply, or in accordance with such other order as may be provided by rules under this Act, so that there shall be no undue preference shown as regards the persons to whom they are let. 7. Each allotment shall be let on a yearly tenancy beginning at Michaelmas Day, or at such other day as may be fixed by or in pur suance of rules under this Act." Motion agreed to. House resumed. [BILL 206.] SECOND READING. Order for Second Reading read. MR. WARTON said, that he understood the right hon. Gentleman the Prime Minister had said that no Bills but Government Bills would be taken at the Saturday Sitting. MR. COURTNEY said, he was afraid the Government could not allow the second reading of this Bill to be taken to-morrow. MR. ANDERSON protested against the Government pledging the House not to take certain Business on any particular day. It had never been the practice to prevent a private Member putting down his Bill for any day on which the House sat. It was quite an innovation on the part of the Government to say-" We won't allow a Bill to be put down on any particular day." It was a mean and selfish thing on the part of the Government to say-" We will put down our Bills for this day, but won't allow private Members to do so." He would remind the Government that Bill reported; as amended, to be con- three weeks ago, when they attempted sidered upon Monday next. INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION (IRELAND) BILL [Lords].-[BILL 258.] (Mr. Attorney General for Ireland.) COMMITTEE. Bill considered in Committee. (In the Committee.) to control the House in this way, the House declined to be controlled, and the Government got a well-deserved defeat. This was an innovation which the House ought not to tolerate, and, he hoped, would not tolerate. It was undoubtedly in the discretion of the House itself whether a Bill should be put down on any particular day. He wished to point |