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AUGUST 20, 1853• TO ADUBTIBEItiI. The abolition of the Duty on Adve►tiseaments enables as to insert at the price of Three Shillings the Advertisements for which we hare hitherto charged Five; and Adver tisers generally will receive the full benefit of the change in the law. ( 7 4 tit l' rtgO, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1853. POSTSCRIPT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—Famay. Their lordships were almost exclusively occupied with &conference with the Commons, in which their lordships' amendments to a variety of bills were con sidered and agreed to. A few petitions having been presented, the hout:e adjourned at six o'clock until two this day. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY. The Speaker took the chair at three o'clock. Mr. I. Burr presented a petition from Mr. P. Somers, the late unsuccessful candidate for the bo rough of Sligo, complaining of unparliamentary prac tices with regard to his petition against the return of Mr. John Sadleir for that place. Mr. SAMMIE denied all personal implication in the allegations of the petition, and solicited investiga tion into the charges made. Mr. I. Burr intimated his intention of proceeding to such an inquiry. Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to Mr. Aglionby, said that he had observed in the public papers numerous instances of outrageous assaults by men upon women. He entertained the hope, however, that when the law recently passed became better known these outrages would abate. (Hear, hear.) If such were not the case it might be necessary to add cor poral punishment to the present sentences of impri sonment with hard labour. (Hear, hear.) Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to Lord D. Stuart, said that negotiations between this country and the tie vernments of Central America and the United States with regard to the territory of Mosquito were still pending. Lord J. RUSSELL, in reply to Mr. Spooner, said that the commission for inquiring into the state of education at the College of Maynooth would be ap pointed forthwith. THE CABE OF MR. EDWARD MURRAY. Lord Jolts RUSSELL, in answer to Lord Dudley Stuart., stated that repeated applications had 'teen made to the Court of Rome on behalf of this gentle man, now under sentence of imprisonment for life, and the latest answer received was to the effect that for proceedings less guilty than those for which he had been punished the sentence of death hp.d been awarded; and that, therefore, the Papal Court could not grant any further remission of punishment. At present, therefore, there was no prospect of attaining any further remission of sentence. THE CABE OE PHILLIPS THE CABMAN. Lord PALMERSTON ' in reply to the same. noble lord, said in reference to this case, that the police had measured the ground and ascertained That the cab man had not made an overcharge. (Hear, hear.) A direction had been given, therefore, that the 40s. tine should be refurned to Phillips„ and that he should be handed another 40s. for t'ae loss of time and annoyance to which he had be'3n subjected. The business on the paper having become ex hausted, the rest of the sitting wr.s consumed in dis cussing and agreeing to the Lords' amendments to various bills. Mr. CAYLRY gave notice of Mr. intention, early next session, to move for a select tlommittee to consider the expediency of awarding an official salary to the Leader of the House of Comn ions. The house then adjourned at a few minutes before ix until two o'clock this day. The Emperor of France has postponed his depar ture for Dieppe, which has given. occasion for a good deal of vague speculation ; th is being the second time his Majesty has changed h is determination. The Council of State met o'3 Thursday. but no business of importance was ti smsacted. The next Hitting will not take place before the Bth of next month. The duties on solid bitume•a have been abolished by Imperial decree. Advices from Servia, received by way of the Danube, to the Ath, state that the ay proach of the Russian troops caused a violent excitement in that country. Knicanin had been appoint( td commander•in-chief of the Servian forces, and the ► chiefs of the various dis tricts have been placed under his orders. The Russians bear a rough irooden cross, and declare their desire to make war• for "the cross and the faith." THE PRESS. RESUME OF THE SESSION. THE PARLIAIIIINTAXT BENSION, which will this day ( Satur day ) be brought to a close, has been of an unusually pro, tracted and laborious character. lta career commenced, under the Administration of the Earl of Derby, upon the 4th November, 1852, when the constituent of the representa tive branch of the Legislature comprised a greater number of new and inexperienced members than any previous Par liament for many years past. Under these auspices it pro greased until the pith of the following month, when Lord Derby resigned, and a new Cabinet was formed by the Earl of Aberdeen. On the 31st Parliament adjourned, and on the 10th February, 1853, it reassembled for the uew busi ness of the session. During this period the House of Commons has sat 150 days and 1,152 hours; being in 1802, 38 days and 174 holm; and in 1853, 121 days and 9,7113 hours. In 1852 the sittings averaged four eleven-nineteenth hours each; and in 1833, eight one-twenty-fourth hours each. Dining the whole session they have averaged seven and a quarter hours each. The total number of hours in which the house sat past midnight is 12ft, being six ands half hours in ISM, and 1 in 1103. Altogether these sittings amount to fifteen five-eighth days of eight hours each. The phe itomenon known as a " no house" has occurred only once, munely, on the 7th of June ; but the " counts out," including the "no houses" at six o'clock, when the house met at twelve, have been eight in number. The total number of divisions taken in the Commons has been 200, being 21 in 1852, and 239 in 183. The greatest number in any one day has been nine ; which occurred on the 7th of July and the Ist of August. The divisions in the Lords have amountod to twenty-five only, all of them in the course of the present year. The acts which received the Royal assent under the Derby Administration were the Bills of Exchange and Notes Metropolis 11ill (a temporary measure, having re• ference to bills falling due on the day of the Duke of Wel lington's funeral), which received the Royal assent, on the 17th November ; the Bank Notes Bill; the West India Co- lonies, tte., Loans Act Amendment !till; and the Commons Inclosure Bill, which received the Royal assent on the 10th Decentber. Several other bills which were prepared by the lave Government have since been enrolled upon the statute book. Subjoined is a resume of some of the more important events of the session : 1842.-Ni 4. The new Parliament opened by commission, and the swearing in of peers and members proceeded with. In the Commons, Mr. Speaker elected. 11. The swearing in of members continued until to-day, when parliament was formally opened by the Queen in person. The address, in reply to the gracious speech from the throne, moved and agreed to in both houses. 12. Meat age from the Queen relative to the funeral of the Duke of Wellington. 10. In the Lords, the Chancellor made an elaborate statement upuu the administration of the law in the Cou►ts of Chancery. 17. Both houses resolved to attend the funeral of the Duke of Wellington. IS. Parliament attended at the funeral, and did not sit for the despatch of hnsiness. 22. Mr. Napier introduced a series of bills for improving the relations between Lindlord and tenant in Ireland. 23. Mr. Villiers brought on his celebrated motion de daring free trade to be a " wise, just, and beneficial measure." 25. Debate on the free-Wide resolution continued. 241. The same continued, ►end divisions taken. 29. Sir A. Cockburn brought on the case of the Derby election petition. I)}:ernin ER. 3. The Chancellor of the Exchequer made his financial statement. 6. The Marquis of rlanricarde intrislneed the flee-trade question into the Lords. The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the change in the Government .4 France, and the recognition by this country of Naiwieen 111. The debate on the budget resumed. Supply, involving the question of the defences of the country, introduced. 9. Mr. Wilson called attention to the effect of the 4ugar Duties Acts of 1846 and 1848 upon the liritislt sugar producing colonies. 10. The proposed new house tax under discussion in the Commons. 10. Mr. Goulburn brought up the report of the Derby election committee. Division talvn ou the inhabited house duty, and the Government defeated by a majority of 19, the numbers being—Ayes, 288 ; noes, 303. IM. The Earl of Malmesbury announced in the Lords that, in consequence of the division in the other House, the Prime Minister had gone to see ht.r Majesty at Osborne. The Commons did not meet. 20. The Earl of Derby in the Lordi, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Commons, stated that Ministers had tendered their resignation to hey Majesty, and that it had been aecepted. 23. The Earl of Derby announced that the Earl of Aber deen had undertaken to form an Adm;'nistration. 27. In the Lords the Earl of Aberdeen made a Ministe rial statement. The Commons occupied with the issuing of new writs consequent upon the G overnment appoint ments. From this date till the Illst occupied in a similar manner, when Parliament adjourned WI February IU. 375 10. Parliament reasserublei: - I;r4 St. Leonard's laid upon the table a series of measures connected with law reform. The Earl of Derby put a question to the Premier relative to the Ministerial policy. In the Commons, Lord J. Russell made a statement upon the Uoremment amt. sures to be introduced. U. The Lord chancellor introduced important atemares of law reform. The Marquis oft lanricarde brut/ he beken the consideration of the house a speech recently nada by Sir C. Wood at Halifax, in which the right hon. baronet spoke slightingly of the Erupenir of the French. Mr. Disraeli brought forward the same subject to the Cow• molts. _ Mr. Peel brought in the Clergy Reserves (Csaids) Bill ; and the Bishop of Exeter raised a discussion as the same subject in the Lords. 17. Mr. Kinuaird called attention to religious persecu tions in Tuscany, as exemplified in the case of as adiai. _ _ IK. Mr. Disraeli made Latakia raepeeti. pit eite Wallow with Imam The navy emanates proceeded with is ow mittee of supply. t 4. Mr. bpoouor brought on bis =we& MANI 24. The Lad of Ellenboronsh attention to the war with Ave. bir J. Pekingese _made a speech as the Australian colonies. Laid J. Russell Mated the views of the Government relative to the civil disabilities of the Jews. 2;o. The Earl of Ellenborough introduced the Indian question in the Lords, and Str H. Willoughby the war with Ave in the t'ommons. The army estimates proceeded with in committee. . _ .... 2s. The Earl of Derby introduced the subject of the Canada clergy reserves. MARCH. 4. Lord Lyndhurst directed attention to the conduct of foreign retngees in this country. The Canada Clergy Reserves Bill was read $ second tune in the Common*. 7. National education in Ireland brought before the Louis by the Earl of Chuwarty. Questions connected with pilotage and the mercantile marine in the Commons. 10. Mr. Fitzroy brought in the Aggravated Annaba Bill. The Earl of Ellenborough in the Upper, and Ifr. Bright in the Lower House, introduced the question of the fUture government of India. The Jewish Disabilities Bill read a eecomi time in the Commons. 17. The Six•wile•bridge affray before the House of Commons. IM. The same subject in the Lords. hutment isd. jounied fur the Easter mess. 4. Parliament reassembled. Lord Campbell made a speech upon the recent City address to Len). Napoleon. Lord J. Russell stated the intentions of the .tilesernment with regard to national education. 7. Addresses in both houses to her Majesty on the birth of a prince. The Irish Consolidated Annuities under die. CUIIMiOII in the Commons. S. The Chancellor of the Exchequer stated the proposi tions of the Government with respect to portions ee the National Debt. 11. The Canada Clergy Reserves Bill, and the Lew of Evidence I Scotland) Bill, passed the Commons. 14. Mr. M. Wham moved his well•known resolutions for the repeal of the " tales on knowledge," and divisions were taken upon them. 15. In the Commons, railway smal , and the seizure of alleged warlike stores at r. Hale's fictery, Hotherhithe, were wider discussion. The Jewish Dis abilities Bill, after a long a►►d animated debate, passed by 2ss to 230. _ _ _ 18. The Chancellor of the Exchequer propounded his budget. In the Lords the Eerie( Winchilant failed to ob tain a committee of inquiry into the system of education at Maynooth. 111. In the Lords the case of Mr. Kirwan, and in the Conn !!!!!! Sir 11. Hall's motion with respect to the doings of the Board of Admiralty, were under discussion. 21. Mr. Fitzroy brought in his Hackney Carriages Bill. 22. The Canada Clergy Reserves Bill debated at length, and mad a second time, in the Lords. In the Commons the South Hes and other Annuities Compensation Bill went through committee. 24. The income and property tax resolutions debated in the Commons and adjourned. 211. The South Sea, tte., Bill passed the Commons. 2t4. The Canada Clergy Reserves Bill passed the Lords. The budget debate resumed in the commons. ID. The Jewish Disabilities Bill was thrown out in the Lords by a majority of let to Ilb. MAT. 2. Sir E. B. Lytton's amendment on the income•tu re solution in the budget lost in the Commons by 323 to 233. 3. The South b 4 s, &c., Bill read a third time in tits Lank. The Chatham election under discus/don in the Commons. h. Mr. Hale's rase discussed in the Commons, et the instance of Mr. T. buncombe. 6. Mr. Duffy's conduct led to a debate. Earl Grey failed to obtain an address to her Majesty on the subject of secondary punishments. Mr. T. Cham• berm brought in his Nunneries Bill. 12. The income•taz resolution of the budget finally passed the Commons ; and the debate on the legacrduty resolution was resumed. 13. Parliament adjourned for the Whitsuntide recess. 111. huliameut reassembled, and the civil service seth mates announced in committee of supply. 20. Mr. Phillimore unsuccessful in an attempt to bribe in a bill for the reform of the chureh•rate system. 27. The Earl of Malmesbury in the Lords, and Mr. Dis raeli in the Commons, drew (Mention to the relative posi tions of Russia and the Porte. The♦ BUMlllielitili Bill under discussion in the Lords.