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London, England, 1856-07-05 00:00:00

THE grunA.

The house then went into Committee of Supply,
the remaining civil service and militia estimates
being agreed to, Mr. PEEL and Lord PALMER TON
promising that the attention of the Government
should be given to the remuneration granted on pro-
motion to corporals and sergeants, to the question
of terminating the system cf billeting the militia,
and to the question of granting on disembodiment
fair remuneration to the militia officers.

WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS BILLS.
Mr. HENLEY suggested that, as it was impossible
to discuss the details of the bill with advantage until
a tribunal of ultimate appeal was decided upon, the
committee should be postponed until the appellate
jurisdiction was before the house. He moved to
defer the committee until Tuesday.
Mr. COLLIER objected to delay, and recommended
that the house shonld go into committee at once.
Mr. M. CHAMBERS supported the amendment.
Mr. ATHERTON opposed delay.
Mr. KEATING doubted whether it was the intention
of the Government to press the hill this session, and
he objected to the clauses relating to the County
Courts' jurisdiction.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL declared he bad never
experienced in so practical a way the wisdom of the
old adage, "Heaven preserve one from his friends."
Attacked by the learned members for Plymouth and
Suffolk, and deserted by the member for Oxford-
shire, what was he to do :
But I have not yet told the house all ; for, assailed in
front and in rear, I have still another enemy to encounter.
I had imagined until now that it was one of the fondest
wishes of the right hon. gentleman the member for Car
lisle, that he might live to see the day when these eccle-
siastical courts should be abolished. On former occasions
I have imbibed from him a great number of correct prin-
ciples, and received from him much most valuable advice
with respect to the accomplishment of this great under-
taking. Yet, ii I may judge from a speech which I had
the misfortune to hear the other night, he has changed all
his opinions, and, by some wonderful process which I
have not the wit to understand, he has arrived at a con
elusion exactly the opposite of that which he has enter.
tamed for the last twenty years.
Assailed in this manner, he would submit to Mr.
Henley's proposal.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the impossible faculty
of pleasing everybody did not appear to help the
Solicitor-General in passing his bill. He wished to
know whether it was true that the amount of the
district probate should be raised from 1,5001. to
2,0001.
Mr. MALINS was opposed to the farther progress of
the bill at this period of the session ; and the com-
mittee was deferred until Tuesday.

Lord Burghley, being confined to his house from
ill health, has paired, for the remainder of the session,
with Mr. Sergeant O'Brien.

Sfirtign dgrrtsponbtittt.

BRUSSELS, July 3.
A fascussios on the principles of free trade lately
occupied the attention of the Chamber of Represen-
tatives ; and the question of revising the tariff
brought out an abridgment of the Belgian doctrines
of protection. Under Parisian advice, the French
party strongly opposed a reduction of duty ; for, if
the principle were once to be conceded, nothing
could prevent its extension ultimately to France.
On this account the Belgian and Galilean pro-
tectionists made common cause, and it is probable
that the measure will be held over to another session.
Two of the Ministers—M. Vilain XIV. and M. de
Denon—have refused to affix their necessary signa-
ture to the grant for the Credit Mobilier. It created
much sensation ; as, on the presumed certainty of
its adoption, steps had been taken that may now
cause some embarrassment and loss. The two
Ministers tendered their resignation rather than
yield their opinion; and, on the other hand, M. H.
de Bronckeze, Burgomaster of Brussels, determined
to retire from office, in displeasure at the nonfulfil.
ment of the expected and promised concession.
However, matters have terminated amicably, with
the withdrawal of the resignations. The reely of
the King to M. Henri de Brouckere was marked by
the correct taste and gentlemanly feeling that usually
distinguish both the public and private acts of his
Majesty. He intimated to him, after eulogising his
official conduct, shown on many occasions and in
different situations of Ministerial trust, that "La