The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-17 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LOBDS.—MONDAT, Hance 16.
Ix the Hones of Loupe, yesterday, the Duke of
Ditaxaonotron gave notice of his intention on the
24th instant to call attention to the subject of
elementary education, and to bring in a bill re-
lating to it.
The Railway (Extension of Time) Bill was read
a second time.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners Orders in
Council Bill was read a third time and passed.
The house adjourned at 2bminutesto six o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, MARCH 18.
IN the Houseof CONNORS, Sir STAFFORD NORTH-
COTE, replying to Mr. Nicol, announced his inten-
tion to introduce • measure respecting the govern-
ment of India, and that he would at the same time
make a statement respecting the finances of that
country.
The adjourned debate on the state of Ireland
was resumed by
Mr. Mowastt, who said government had shown
a proper feeling in proposing to found a catholic
university, but he preferred making Dublin tni-
versity a truly national university. Mr. Bright's
land scheme, he remarked, respected the rights of
property, and was well worthy of consideration.
But the condition of Ireland could never be im-
proved as long as the Irish church establishment
was maintained, nor until they had religious
equality.
Mr. Bortsa-Joirnarown thought government
offered to do all it could be called upon to do with
regard to the land question. The great evil of Ire-
land was the existence of religious differences, but
it was proposed to leave protestant ascendancy un-
touched, and to encourage ultra-montanism, and
he expressed his disappointment that government
had no policy on the subject of the Irish church.
Mr. GRBOORY should like to see an attempt to
carry out Mr. Bright's land scheme, but great cau-
tion should be used. On the subject of education,
what was demanded was that it should be denomi-
national. Religion was at the bottom of all the
difficulties in Ireland, but it was not to be supposed
that the abolition of the Irish church establishment
would produce peace in Ireland. He deprecated
disendowment, which would apply to protestants
and esthetics alike, and thought some compromise
should be come to such as that suggested by Mr.
Bright. If they had a parliament in Ireland, the
first thing it would do would be to repeal the
Ecclesiastical Titles Act, and the neat to establish
direct diplomatic communication with Rome.
Mr. CONOLLY accepted with satisfaction the
policy developed by the Chief Secretary for Ireland.
Mr. W. H. GLAD.iTONZ said the condition of
Ireland called for bolder legislation than that pro-
posed by the government. He believed it was the
delay in rendering the people of Ireland common
justice which had created the impression that they
would not be satisfied with a moderate measure.
He expressed his doubt as to the wisdom of
creating a peasant proprietary, and thought it
would be well to reduce the amount required for
tenant right within moderate limits, but the only
way of doing that would be by a liberal compensa-
tion for improvements. He regretted that the
government had announced no policy with regard
to the Irish church. So long as the Irish church
establishment continued they could not expect
Ireland to prosper. On the subject of university
education he thought the proposal of the govern-
ment had hardly received justice, but he should
have preferred a common university.
Mr. Ds La POER insisted on perfect religious
equality being established in Ireland.
Mr. Thiesiv said Mr. Mill's and Mr. Bright's
land schemes resolved themselves into fixity of
tenure, and fixity of tenure meant fixity of rent.
The real question as regarded the chinch was
whether they were to adopt the principle of volun-
taryism or maintain the principle of a state church.
Ho should like to see the catholic university
established, but thought the united system was
the best.
Lord CANTLYRORSE did not believe the house
would agree to the proposal of the government as
to the catholic university. He looked on the com-
mission on the land question as an excuse for
delay, end whatever the report of the commission
on the church might be it had nothing whatever
to do with what they had to consider. What the
Irish people demanded was the disestablishment
of the church.
Mr. Syrian denied that Ireland was in the state
of prosperity that had been alleged The proposal
to found a catholic university was not for the pur-
pose of conciliating the Roman catholic', but for
the purpose of propping up Trinity College. He
approved of so much of Lord Mayo's Landlord and
Tenant Bill as enabled the government to advance
loans for improvements.

Mr. KINALL defended the policy of the govern-
ment, and characterised Mr. Bright's as the most
dangerous speech ever made in the House of Com-
mons, because it was so clever and insidious.
The speeches of Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Disraeli,
with which the debate concluded, are noticed fully
in another column.

MR. DICIIRNII As A PEDIVITRIAN.—It has been
whispered daring the poet month that • twelve-mile walk-
ing meta would come off during Mr. Dickenabpnestatvisit
to Boston, between an,gnelish friend°, his and•wellknown
Bostonian. No one coal d tell precisely the day, and it was
kept very quiet till last Saturday morning, when rumour
got wind that some time doting that day it would coin, off.
The great novelist, it is well known, is a superb pedestrian,
being good for thirty miles "on end" any day. Ile has fre-
quently during his visit to America taken very long walks
with has friend Mr. J. T. Fields, and the termwe understand,
itocomplialied several pedestrian feats together in Eng-
land. There is no healthier exercise than walking, and it
we. resolved that a pedestrian twelve-mile contest should
be tried on the mill-dam road towards Newton, in whisk
Mr. Dolby and Mr. Osgood should be the mini:deals, and
Mr. Dickens and Mr. Fields should be the umpires, the
two latter gentlemen also to walk the whole twelve
miles with their respective men. The articles, we
understand, were drawn up by the great author,
and subscribed by all four of the gentlemen. Who-
ever had happened to be passing over the mill-dam
on Saturday last about 12 o'clock would have met
walking over the ground at a tremendous pave the
four pedestrians, appropriately costumed for the exercise
and the blustering state of the weather. We have no par-
ticulars of the walk out and in, but we learn that
the first six mike were accomplished in one hoar and
twenty-three minutes, and the return six miles
were finished by Mr. Osgood in one hour and twenty-
five minutes, he winning the match by exactly
seven minutes. The distance walked over we
should judge to exceed twelve miles, and it was
pretty tall pedestrianism to accomplish the whole
in two hours and forty-eight minutes. Both men, woes-
ponied by the umpires, walked the whole distance. Mr.
Dickens gave an elegant dinner at the Parker-house the
same avowal to signalise the occasion, at which were pre-
sent, we u d, some of the leading literary men of
our city and vicinity. Several ladies graced the festival.
Walking is a manly and healthy exercise, and we hope
this event will do good, and send more people over oar
beautiful roads on their own lega—Bostoo Adtertiser,
March 4.

CLISICAL INTOLBRANci. —The Chester Chronicle
of Saturday publishes the following cemmuukaties from
lioorreeat :—" During the past week the quiet vil-
sge of WI hem been thrown into the greatest ex-
citement through the rector, the Her. Yielding Onld,
haring refused to perform the burial service over' a poor
old pauper widow. It appears that he pounded his
4i:rations to do No on her haring professed the
neiplee of Mormonism, and, therefore, not being a
'hris6an. During her ilium there Is every reason to
believe that she renounce,' the Mormon faith, payed
most fervently to the Almighty for forgives's', sad
grounded her hopes of ealvaMon entirely ea the stone-
meat of the Lord Jesus Christ. This ma be MAIM by
credible and respectable witnesses, who attended was her
in her last moments, and who have every seams to be-
lieve that she died a true penitent and a Christian. This
was all made known so the rector the night before the
funeral was to take place, and it was hope& mai, in am-
sequence, of this statement, he would alter his preview
determination, bat to all entreaties he was inexontble •
so the poor old woman was (to the greet indignation aE
the iohabitante) taken to the gram and boried with so
more sereineny than would be observed is the burial of
a horse or a doe
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