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general officer was entitled to toll pay unless he bad served
la yens sea field Mow; but this owe was abstilse to that
which a &ld °dicer we. plead on half-pay by reduction.
On what principle could It be said that their wives were en-
titled to the pensions of realar.genersla, and that they them-
selves were not entitled to the pay of their rook f e had
strengly pre/ad the case on the Treasury.
After a few words in reply from Colonel Noavw,
Colonel DU NNE abed If these Akers understood that
they were not to receive the bane le connected with the rank
of general when they went on half-pay. He believed they
did not.
The hones divided—
For the motion
diarist it

TRAMWAYS (IRELAND).
Sir H. FEROUbON obtained leave to bring in a bill to
facilitate internal communication in Ireland by means of
truntroada or tramways.

PAUPER CHILDREN.
Mr. BAZLEY obtained a retain showing the number of
children between 3 and 14 yeses of age thargeable ,to the
poor rates of the several pariahs, and unions of England
and Wales, but who were net heals, of worktioaaes, or of
say schools for pauper cbildrea, on the Ist day of .1017,1869;
distinguishing the number of such children thin standing
day-school :-1. At the cost of their patents or relative..
1. At ths cast of the poor rater. 3. At the wet of other
=4. The number of such children not then attend-
day-school. 5. Those who were then in work.
ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF ACT AMENDMENT.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE moved for leave to bring in a
ND to aimed an act p•seed la the reign of George IV. for
the relief of Roman catholic". The object of the bill was
to enable persons belonging to the catholic religion to hold
the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland, from which they
were excluded by the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. The only
',teen for their exclusion from this office waa that the
Lard Chancellor bad the distribution of church patronage.
This was founded on a mistake, inasmuch ma the Lord Chan-
cellor of Ireland had not one wrap of ecclesiastical patronage
at his disposal, and was only the first equity judge in that
country; and there was therefore no reason, as catholic'
were eligible for every other office in the state, why they
should be excluded from this, when it was shown that it was
only en the ground he had stated that it was excepted in
the Catholic Relief Bill. The has. baronet c,xicluded by
moving, "That the house should go into committee, for the
purpose of co.fridaing the Roman Catholic Relief Act
(10 Cleo. IV.)
Mr. POLLARD-tiRQUHART reconded the motion.
Mr O. C. LEWIS gave his cordial assent to the motion.
(Hew, hear.) He entirely concurred is the statement that
there had been a misconception at the time of the Roman
Catholic Relief Billie to the functions of the Lord Chew:eller
of Ireland. This was evident from the rpeith of Sir R. Peel,
on the sth Margo 1829, in moving thehatrodualoa of theta!,
In which he put the Lord Chancellor of Ireland:ad the Lord
Chancellor of England on the same footing. But it was a
well known fact that the Lord Chancellor of Ireland bed
not the distribution of any eocles aatical patronage. Thia
was an inadvertence which had been overlooked at the time,
sod had remained unchallenged. Thegrievance complained
of was not merely a speculative one.
Sir B. BRYDGES did not believe that there had been any
inadvertence in 1829. The legislature had thought that the
offices of Lord Chancellor of England and Ireland ought not
to be filled by Roman catholic*. There were other reasons
for this beyond the question of ecclesiastical patronage
Without now dividing the house he should reserve the full
right of opposing the bill at a furore stage.
The bows having gone into committee, a resolution was
pawed di, ecting the chairman to 1110V0 for leave to introduce
the bill referred to.

Loori;l72; then given to bring in the bill.
Some retinas Vero ordered.
MILITARY ORGANISATION.

Mr. 8. HERBERT nominated the select oecomhtee on
this subject, se follows :-86r J. Graham, Lard Hotham,
Mr. creamy 8. Herbert, General Peel, Mr. Enloe. Mr.
Walpole, Mr. Horsmse, Colossi W. Patten. Sir J. Rams-
den, the Earl of Msreb, Mr. Mansell, Colonel Duane,
Colonel P. Herbert, Sir De Lacy Evan., and Mr. Mowbray.
—Agreed to.

JURY TRIAL (SCOTLAND) ACT AMENDMENT

BILL.

This bill was mid a thitELLsnd passed.
Tho new bills ordered to be introduced in the coarse rf the
evening were severally read a first time, and the hones ad-
journed at hat-peat 12.

In committee of supply on navy estimates, Mr.
Litutsty will wove to begstive the vote of 100,0001., which is
" to meet the cspense of forming a volunteer reserve Cores of
seamen."

Mr. Charles Forster has given notice, that on
Tuesday well• he will propose th 4 an humble addreu be
presented to her Majesty, representing the inconvenience of
protracting the teesion of parliament during the summer
months, and praying that her Majesty would he graciously
planed to provide a remedy for such inconvenience by as-
semblung parliament for the disp itch of business before
Christmas.

To-morrow evening Mr. Kinglake will uk the
Secretary of State for Foreign Mare " Whether regard
fur the public service snakes it expedient to withhold the
answers of Sir J. Crampton to the &spat :has dated re-
spectively the 25th and 29th of April bee, In which L rd
Malenesbury directed ioquiries to be made concerning the
alleged engagements between Russia and Francs."

Mr. Rich to-morrow will ask the Secretary of
State for Foreign Ad...ire if he has received any despatch
relarialr to meat events at Pernik; and if so whether
he will lay the more to the table, or state the sabstsoce
of them to the hotter.

MEATH OF TIIE LATE BISHOP OF DURHAM.—WO
regret to announce the death, on Sunday, et I, Upper
Portiandeplece, in his 90th year. of the Right Rev. Edward
Maltby, We Lord Bishop of Doeham. Toe deceased, who
was of the Evangelical acLo..l in the church, wm the son of
George Maltby, Eaq., of Norwich. He was bon in St.
Charge Tomb Lad, la the city of Norwich, in the year 1770.
He woes Manor of Durham University, and a member of the
Nem% of the Unimmity of Loudon. He was edtwated at
Pembroke College Cambridge, where lee geminated as B.A.
In 1792, M.A. in 1794, B.D. In 1801, and D.D. in 1806. He
gilled the prize medals for Greek odes in 1790 and 1791, and
the Cheneellor's medal in 1792 for abash,, in whkh peer lie
was eighth wrangler. He wag chaplain to the Bishop of
Lincoln, and held one of the prebends of his cathedral,
as also the living of Bueltden. Ho published an edition of
Moron's Lexicon GercomProsodiacum," " Sermons," lee.
He was consecrated Biehop of Chichester in 1831, and wee
translated to Durham is 1636. He resigned the letter see,
under act of parliament, in September, 1856, which took away
his seat in parliament, and left him an annuity of 4,6001.
THE BEAFFORD:‘ItSICAL FESTIVAL NEXT MON TN.
—On Monday evening, a general meeting of the committee
and supporters of the approaching f. s'iral, was held in the
saloon of St. George's Hall, when the Mayor presided, and
stetted that already tickets had been cold to the amount of
1,6001., chiefly to the gentlemen of the town, and it wee
ontidetttly expected that others wou'd fellow, and among
them many of the working denier, in a strutter course. 8.
Smith, Ewe., then stated that the arrangements with all the
soots had been completed that day, wilt the exception of
a very smell number of the c.botere. The principal soprani
would he Madame Clara Novelle, Madame Leaman/ Sher-
ringtoe, Mrs. Suoderlaad, and Madame Intone. Contralti:
Mies Palmer' Mies Freeman, sad Madame Nuttier Mits.
Tenuri . Mr. Situ. Reese.. Mr. Wiley° Cooper, and Signor
Gioelini. BIPAI: Signor Ballad, Mr. Smithy, end Signor
Selo risnofoete : Mies Arabella Goddard. The
hand will censiet entirely, eni without dilution, of the
menders of the Italian Opera Oribtetra, Covent-eludes,
Landon. The chimes will coniprim the priacipal mum
hers of the Bradfoid Festival Choral Society, with
some amietasce from societies in other towns; to that
there will be a full orchestra of about 300 performers. M.
Coats will bathe conductor, es at the former festivals;
Brownian* will preside at the organ; and Mr. Jackson
will be chorus mmter. The amount which will Le
expended en ell ties eximgements will be 3,7001.
On Toradsy evenleg Aumat 23, the festival a .11 a amends
with Haydn.* Creation; on Wednesday rnnenine, the per-
formances will he the Dettiugno To Deans, and selections
from Judas Nogeockos; on Thuretay morning, St. Peel;
end on Friday in..rniug, the Iles.ush. On Wednesday,
' Thuroday, end Friday evening., selereilaneous concerts.
LITERARY PIRACY BY ALEXANDER DI:MAR.—A
complaint wee on Saturday laid Woe the Tribunal clt Cur-
tectamal Pod to against M. Alexander Dames foe heeling, in
a work celled "Le Calomel'," permed largely from a small
• volume retitled "Souvenirs d'ane Freiscales captive de
&bawl," and Banton the printer end publisher of "Le
I Cauca,'" for having minted sad published the piracy. M.
• Matlleax, a literary man, pr..vad that he is the author of
the "Souvenir,," • Lich wee publialied two years ago;
hat it roctiine a history of the captn io, whir
r two IRLIMiIIS 14.11.),
_the Princesses Tehawtehawedzi

end °anneal, and a 'Frenchwoman, Millne.-1);;;;.u;
&reset In the Made of &tan& some years bark ; and that
great pan of Mot history has teen copied verbally or almoit
vetbiliy by Dames to his `' Caucise.- M. Alessodis
Dumas Is hie defence repreitinted, through his sdroote, that
the details of the mid captivity bad Leen published both is
Rummies end French, and in every ultspiper in Europe, Ito
that M . Merlirue Lad no exclusive property in them, .d
they beradts, It wee impeeible for any writer in relating
thew no to imitate to . certain extent hie predecessor.
He repro seated also that the two pito...Fro whim he sow
at T,eie, had green him an outline of their ademitures, and
had referred him to the book in titiestion for all the eddi •
Lionel details he might tequlee. he further rewerented that
he feud duly arknewledged in foot notes that be wu
in-
debted to the complainut'a work for some of hi. feet.. The
tribunal, ost coopering "Le Cuomo" and the Sonveuire,"
that the tumor contented so teeny textual extracts
from the letter as to be a pito y; it timbre lined Dumas
100 fr , hie printer and publiOn r 1261 r., sod it condemned all
j.intly to pay foofr. damages.