20 JULY 1861, Page 1

• Parliament ,'has done nothing during the week except reject

the Lords' Amendments to the Bankruptcy Bill, which they did by a majority, of forty-four. They insist on the creditors' as- signee. A report by a Select Committee has been published. strongly recommending the withdrawal of troops from the colo- nies, but there is little fear that the House, though it ordered the Committee, will interfere with the Executive by a direct vote. There are fifty arguments on the point, such as the absolute necessity of strengthening the colonial viceroys with a force adequate to sup- press small riots, and disconnected from local sympathies, which a

Minister cannot state in Parliament, but which weigh heavily in the Cabinet.