The Press.
London, England, 1856-08-02 00:00:00

MAY.

Ist. The Kars debate was resumed and the motion de-
feated by a majority of 303 to 176.
2nd. The bands in the parks on Sundays attracted some
attention in the Commons, and the Police Bill was pro-
ceeded with in committee.
sth. The address to herMajeaty on the treaty of peace
was moved in the Lords by the Earl of Ellesmere, seconded
by Lord Glenelg; and in the Commons it was moved by
Mr. Evelyn Denison, and seconded by Mr. H. Herbert. In
the latter the debate was adjourned.
6th. The debate on the address was resumed, and the
motion was ultimately agreed to withont a division.
Bth. Both houses met early and proceeded to Bucking-
ham Palace to present the address to her Majesty. Subse-
quently, Lord Paninure in the Lords, and Lord Palmers-
ton in the Commons, moved the thanks of Parliament to
the army, navy, and marines employed in the late war, and
to the embodied militia. The motions were unanimously
agreed to. A message from her Majesty informed both
houses that she had been graciously pleased to confer upon
General Williams the dignity of a baronet and recommend-
ing the bestowal upon him of a pension of 1,0001. a year.
The Marquis of Clanricarde brought before the house the
proposed pension of 5,0001. per annum to the Marquis of
Dalhousie, late Governor-General of India.
9th. Her Majesty's message with respect to General
Williams was considered in both houses, and addresses
agreed to. In the House of Commons Lord Palmerston
announced that her Majesty had granted an amnesty to
all political offenders. Adjourned for the Whitsuntide
recess.
19th. Parliament reassembled after tho holidays. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer made his financial statement.
20th. The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill was,
at the instance of the Lord Chancellor, read a second
time and sent to a select committee. Mr. H. Berkeley's
attempt to bring in a bill for the ballot was defeated by
151 to 111.
21st. Mr. Packe withdrew his Church-rates Bill.
22nd. Lord Colchester sieved- a series of resolutions
condemnatory of the declaration respecting international
maritime law, signed by the Plenipotentiaries at Paris. A
long and important debate ensued, which resulted in the
resolutions being negatived by 158 to 102..
28th. The Joint-stock Companies Bill went through
committee, and the Partnership Amendment (No. 2) Bill
was read a second time in the Commons.

27th. The Earl of Elgin brought under consideration
the subject of military establishments in the North

American colonies.

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29th. In consequence of the peace rejoicings Parliament
did not meet. - - •

30th. The Cambridge University Bill got into committee
in the Commons, and several clauses were agreed to.

JUNE.

4th. Mr. G. Moore carried the second reading of his
Irish Tenant-Right Bill by 88 to 50.
sth. Mr. S. Herbert called attention to the education and
instruction of officers in the army.
6th. The Appellate Jurisdiction Bill passed the Lords.
oth. Mr. Milner Gibson's Oath of Abjuration Bill passed
the Commons, an amendment, moved by Sir F. Thesiger,
being lost by 159 to 110. The Cambridge University
Bill went through committee.
10th. Mr. Ewart brought on his annual motion for a
committee to inquire into the operation of the system of
punishment of death. Lost by 158 to 64.
12th. Sir G. Grey proposed the educational estimates in
Committee of Supply.
13th. Sir C. Wood proposed the navy estimates in Com-
mittee of Supply.
16th. In the Lords the Joint-stock Companies Bill
was, after some objections raised by Lord Overstone, read
a second time by 18 to 6. In the Commons the question
of our relations with the United States was raised by Lord
J. Russell.
17th. Mr. Walpole moved an address to the Crown on
the subject of education in Ireland, and carried it, against
the Government, by 113 to 103.
20th. Lord Palmerston withdrew the Agricultural Statis-
tics Bill.
23rd. Lord Lyndhurst moved the second reading of the
Oath of Abjuration Bill in the Lords; but wag defeated by
a majority of 110 to 78. In the Commons Mr. Fortescue
succeeded in carrying a motion relative to Irish education,
which was intended to alter the decision at which the
house arrived on the 17th. Mr. Walpole, however, did
not oppose it.
25th. An attempt of Mr. H. Herbert to defeat the
second reading of Mr. Spooner's Maynooth Bill proved
unsuccessful, his motion for "this day six months " being
lost by 174 to 168.
26th. In the Lords the Matrimonial Causes and Divorce
Bill, after some debate, went through committee. Sir G.
Grey withdrew the London Corporation Bill ; and Mr.
Spooner withdrew his Maynooth
27th. Lord Lyons (late Sir E. Lyons) took his seat in
the House of Peers. In the Commons Lord Elcho
carried a motion for a commission to determine the site of
the National Gallery, against the Government, by 153 to
145. Mr. Bouverie withdrew the Scotch and Irish Pauper
Removals Bill. The Juvenile Offenders (Ireland) Bill,
the Education (Scotland) Bill, and Sir W. Clay's Church-
rates Abolition Bill were likewise withdrawn.