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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Russell took the most conspicuous parts, were withdrawn.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.

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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.