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752 __ 01 , 1=....a Mitten. 3. Lord J. Russell announced the postponement of the second reading of the new Reform Bill until the 27th April next. 8. The Chancellor of the Exchequer made his financial statement. 7. The Coasting Trade Bill passed the House of Com mons amid general cheering. N. Mr. L. King's Succession to Real Estates Bill was lost on second reading by 203 to 82. 9. The questions of manning the navy, the Reform Bill, and the sanitary condition of the country occupied the Lords for several hours. 10. The Earl of Shaftesbury moved for papers relative to the treatment of Christians in the East, which were pro mised by the Government. 13. A discussion in the Commons upon a speech by Sir James Graham at a dinner at the Reform Club to Sir C. Napier on the 7th inst. A debate ensued, on going into committee of ways and means, upon the Greek insur rection in Turkey, which was introduced by Mr. M. Milnes. The Mutiny Bill was read a third time and passed. 14. The Earl of Malmesbury drew attention to the sub ject of secrets alleged to have been communicated by the Foreign-office to the press. 17. The same subject was again referred to in the Lords. Lord J. Russell introduced his bill for the amendment of the University of Oxford. 20. The income-tax resolution was agreed to. 2L A long debate took place in the Commons upon bringing up the report of the resolution on the income tax, which was initiated by Sir H. Willoughby. 27. A message from her Majesty to both houses an nounced the termination of friendly relations with the Emperor of Russia. 28. A long debate, ultimately adjourned, took place in the Commons upon the nomination of Mr. T. Chambers of his proposed committee upon conventual and monastic institutions. 29. In the Commons the Marquis of Blandford moved the second reading of the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill. The debate was adjourned, Sir W. Clay having moved as an amendment that the bill be read a second time this day six months. 30. Mr. Baines made a statement relative to his resig. nation of the office of President of the Poor-law Board. The Income-tax Bill was passed. Debate on nomination of Mr. Chambers' committee resumed and again adjourned. 31. Debate in both houses on the address in reply to her Majesty's message. It was moved in the Lords by the Earl of Clarendon and in the Commons by Lord J. Russell, and was agreed to without opposition. APRIL. 3. Both houses assembled at two o'clock, and pro ceeded to the Palace, where they presented to the Queen the address in answer to her Majesty's message. In the evening her Majesty's gracious reply was announced. 4. Lord St. Leonard's, in moving for some returns, brought under the consideration of the Lords the condition of the wives and children of our soldiers in the East. 0. The Earl of Eglinton presented a petition from the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights. On the motion of Mr. Moore a select committee was ap pointed to inquire into the circumstances of the appoint ment of Mr. H. Stonor to a judgeship in the colony of Victoria. Mr. Cardwell brought in the Government bill for the better regulation of the traffic upon railways and canals. 7. Earl Grey, in a lengthened speech, brought forward the important subject of the administration of the army. The Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill was read a third time in the Lords. After a long debate the Oxford University Bill was read a second time in the Commons. 11. Parliament adjourned for the Easter holidays. In the House of Commons, Lord John Russell, in moving the adjournment, announced that it was not the intention of the Government to proceed further with the Reform Bill. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, having laid the balance sheet for the year upon the table, made a financial state ment. 27. Parliament reassembled. The Earl of Ellenborough put some questions relative to the landing of the British troops at Gallipoli. After a long debate upon an amend ment of Mr. Heywood, the House of Commons went into committee upon the Oxford University Bill. 20. An incidental discussion arose in the Commons upon the Greek insurrection in Turkey. MAY. 1. On the motion of Earl Granville, the Income-tax Bill went through committee. The Oxford University Bill in committee in the Commons. 2. The Income-tax Bill passed the Lords. 4. The Oxford University Bill proceeded with in com mittee 5. The operations in the Black Sea engaged the atten tion of the Lords for a short time. The supplemental navy, army, and ordnance estimates were brought forward and agreed to in the Commons ; and the Militia Bill went through committee. 8. The Chancellor of the Exchequer moved his finan cial retolutions in the committee of ways and means. 9. After considerable discussion, Lord Campbell's Un authorised Negotiations Bill was read a second time in the Lords, and referred to a select committee. A motion by Mr. Adderley, on the Orange River sovereignty, debated in the Commons. 11. In the House of Lords, the Earl of Ellenhomngh put some questions with respect to the army in Turkey. The Oxford University Bill in committee in the Commons. 12. The Church Building Acts Amendment Bill went through committee in the Lords. The second reading of the Scotch Education Bill was defeated in the Commons by 193 to 104. The Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation Bill was read a third time. 15. The Excise Duties Bill (Malt Tax) was read a se cond time in the Commons, in spite of Mr. Cayley's amend ment, by a majority of 303 to 196. THE PRESS. 18. Mr. Gibson moved a resolution upon the newspaper stamp duty, which was agreed to. 19. The order for appointment of select committee upon conventual and monastic institutions was discharged. The Manning the Navy and the Navy Pay Bills were read a third time and passed. 22. The resolutions proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon Exchequer Bonds were carried in com mittee of ways and means, after a long and animated de bate, by a majority of 290 to 186. 23. Sir W. Clay brought in a bill for the abolition of church rates by leave of a majority of 129 to 82. 25 The Oaths Bill was thrown out upon second reading by a majority of 251 to 247. 28. The Oxford University Bill again in committee in the Commons. The Gaming-houses Bill read a third time and passed. 29. The Bribery Prevention Bills, after an angry per sonal debate, in which Mr. Disraeli and Lord John Russell took the most conspicuous parts, were withdrawn. 30. The Common Law Procedure Bill passed the Lords. JUNE. 1. The Oxford University Bill again in committee. Lord John Russell intimated his intention of making con siderable alterations in the remaining portion of the bill, clauses up to 27 inclusive having been now disposed of. 2. Lord Monteagle drew attention to the relations be tween the Government and the Bank of England. In the Commons the Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges Bill went through committee. Adjourned for the Whitsuntide recess. 8. The Commons reassembled. Lord J. Russell ex plained the arrangements with respect to the new Minister of War. 9. The Lords reassembled, and the Earl of Aberdeen made a statement relative to the new Ministerial arrange ments. Supply proceeded with in the Commons. 12. An animated debate in supply upon the question of admitting Roman Catholic priests to the Government prisons resulted on Mr. Spooner's amendment on the subject being carried by 158 to 136. 13. The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill was read a second time in the Lords. Mr. H. Berkeley's annual motion on the ballot, and Mr. Sergeant Sher with his Irish Church Temporalities Bill, occupied the whole time of the Commons. 15 After some discussion in the Lords, the Legislative Council (Canada) Bill was read a second time. In the Commons Lord J. Russell took his seat on his re-election for the City consequent upon the recent Ministerial changes. The Oxford University Bill in a new and modi fied form went into committee, and clauses up to 32 were agreed to. 16. The Oxford University Bill proceeded with in the Commons, and the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill read a third time and passed. 19. A long and able debate upon the Eastern question took place in the Lords, which was initiated by Lord Lynd hurst, and shared in by Lords Clarendon, Derby, Aberdeen, and Beaumont. In the Commons, Mr. Strutt made a per sonal explanation. The Oxford University Bill went through committee, and some votes were taken in supply. 20. The case of the Baron de Bode introduced by Mr. M. Chambers, whose motion, however, was lost by 82 to 67. 21. Sir. W. Clay's Church Rates Bill thrown out on second reading, by 209 against 182. 1r,22. A long debate on Oxford University Bill, on the mo tion that, as amended, it should be considered. 26. The Earl of Aberdeen made an importont statement in self-vindication, in moving for a despatch written by himself at the time of the signing of the treaty of Adrian ople. 27. The law of partnership discussed at considerable length in the Commons, upon a resolution moved by Mr. Collier. 29. The Legislative Council ( Canada) Bill, after strong opposition from the Eail of Derby, went through com mittee by a majority of 03 peers to 39. The Oxford Uni versity Bill, after a debate, was read a third time and passed in the Commons. 30. The education votes proposed by Lord John Russell in committee of supply under discussion in the Commons. JULY. 4. Mr. R. Phillimore brought the subject of the rights of neutrals before the House of Commons. He was answered by Sir W. Molesworth in a long and able speech of great elaboration and detail. 6. The Oxford University Bill, after a debate, but no amendment moved, was read a second time in the Lords. In the Commons, the several subjects of the Regium Donum, the Board of Health, and the charity commis sioners came under review in the committee of supply. V. The Oxford University Bill discussed at much length in committee in the Lords. 10. The Bribery Bill discussed in committee in the Commons. 11. A question put by Mr. I. Butt with reference to Count Pahlen. Mr. Blaekett moved an address for a com mission to proceed to India to inquire into the tenure of land in Madras. He was replied to by Mr. Lowe, and, on a division, the motion was lost by 64 to 59. 13. Earl Granville made a statement on the subject of Count Pahlen. The Earl of Malmeshury drew attention to the conduct of the Government in respect to the Irish Landlord and Tenant Bills. Mr. J. Napier did the same in the Commons, and a smart debate followed. 14. The Earl of Shaftesbury made a defence of the Board of Health. The Bribery Bill in committee in the Commons. 17. Lord .7. Russell introduced the ministry of war esti mates. The Bribery Bill in committee. 18. The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill passed the Lords. 20. The Bribery Bill again in committee in the Com mons. 21. A royal message to both houses relative to the pro vision necessary to meet the expenses of the war. s4rmp*T, 24. A debate in both houses upon the royal message and the proposed vote of credit. Lord Brougham proposed a series of resolutions upon national education. 25. The Bribery Bill at length passed through the ordeal of committee in the Commons, having been considerably changed in its passage. In supply, upon the vote of 8,000,()001. for the war, Lord D. Stuart moved an address praying her Majesty not to prorogue Parliament. After a protracted debate the motion was negatived without a di vision. 26. The case of Dr. Peithman brought before the Com mons by Mr. Otway. 27. The Lords amendments szo the Oxford University Bill under discussion in the Commons. 28. The Sale of Beer Bill passed the Lords. The Bribery Bill, after numerous divisions, passed the Com mons by 107 to 100. 31. The Public Health Act Amendment Bill was thrown out, upon second reading, on the amendment of Lord Sey mour, who carried his point by 74 to 65. AUGUST. 1. Lord Shaftesbury again vindicated the Board of Health from the attack of Lord Seymour. The Russo. Dutch loan under discussion in the Commons, Lord D. Stuart's motion on the subject being negatived by the rather startling majority of 57 to 5. 3. The Bribery Bill, after a debate and a division, read a second time in the Lords. A debate in the Commons on the recent appointment of Mr. Lawley to be Goveinor of South Australia. 4. Lord St. Leonard's brought the convict system before the attention of the Lords. The Appropriation Bill was introduced into the Commons. 7. The Bribery Bill passed the Lords, the clause legalising travelling expenses being first expunged. The. Russian Government Securities Bill was read a third time and passed the Commons by a majority of 51 to 13. S. After numerous divisions the Lords' amendments to the Bribery Bill were agreed to, upon the Government con- senting to limit the period of its enactment to one year. The case of Mr. O'Flaherty brought forward by Mr. Lucas. The Common Law Procedure Bill passed; and after this Sir C. Wood addressed a house consisting of about twelve members for some hours on the subject of Indian finance. Seven out of the dozen members subsequently addressed the house on the same subject. When the next bill came on, the house, fairly jaded and worn out, was counted out, there being only eighteen members present. 9. In answer to Sir H. Willoughby, the Chancellor of the Exchequer made a statement in vindication of the financial operations of the Government. 10. A brief foreign debate took place in the Lords, upon the motion of the Marquis of Clanricarde for a copy of the convention recently signed between Austria and the Porte. 11. A discussion in the Commons upon the motion for issuing new writs for certain peccant boroughs. 12. (This day) Parliament will be prorogued by her Majesty in person. THE HUME TESTIMONIAL. A "SUBSCRIPTION PrcTunE," consisting of a whole; length portrait of Mr. Hume, has been painted by Mr Lucas at the request, and for the money, of a large body of the friends and admirers of the "veteran Reformer." Among the subscribers were four Cabinet Ministers, Mr. Disraeli, and a large number of hon. members ; and, as the picture had been at length com pleted, a body of the subscribers, headed by the Cabi net Ministers, Lord Palmerston, Lord J. Russell, Sir C. Wood, and Sir W. Molesworth, wen t on Saturday last to Mr. Hume's residence in Bryanstone-square, for the purpose of formally presenting him with the complimentary work of art. Besides the political gen tlemen there was a deputation representing the coun cil of University College, of which Mr. Hume is an active member. It comprised Earl Fortescue, vice president, Mr. H. C. Robinsen, Mr. G. Grote, Mr. E. Romill y, and Mr. Atkinson, secretary. The members of the family having assembled with the visitors in the drawing-room, and the portrait — which is a good characteristic likeness as well as a finished work of art—being placed in the room, Lord J. Russell read an address to Mrs. Hume, in which, after describing the picture, and mentioning who bad painted and who had paid for it, various eulogies were passed upon the parliamentary services of her husband, " whose services to his country have been able, indefati gable, and disinterested ; who, through a long career, has never been turned aside from his path by the calculations of selfishness or the animosities of political strife: who has supported without forfeiting his independence, and opposed without provoking personal hostility. hot the members of the Liberal party long engaged, thougth various modifications, in the same task of politicAl improve ment, other recollections will occur. They will recal the time when disability on account of religious differences sas the role and not the exception ; when the green mounds of Old Sarum had their representatives, and the thrivi ng co mmunity of Manchester had none ; wh en b y p rohib i tion and by duties the common food of the people was restricted in its passage, and burdened on its entrance ; when the popular cause was prostrate, and men of liberal views pro scribed. Mr. Hume has laboured long, with perseverance , with courage, with energy, to change this state of our laws and of our Legislature. More especially in the cause of economy and retrenchment his untiring efforts have been conspicuous and successful. The voice of the people has encouraged his efforts, and a spotless reputation is a part of his reward." Mr. Hume expressed Mrs. Htu ne ' s deep sens e of