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London, England, 1864-05-14 00:00:00

Earl RUSSELL replied that the Conference had agreed
that during the suspension of hostilities there should not
be levied by the allied troops in Jutland or elsewhere, any
contributions of war, and, on the contrary, they will pay
for the articles they require for the troops. (Hear, hear.)
The Conference did not lay down any rules with regard to
the contributions previously imposed, but he believed the
spirit of the article was that the allied troops should cease to
levy contributions of war. That appeared to him to be the
fair spirit of the meaning of the Conference, which was
anxious to stop the effusion of blood, but was also anxious
to stop those contributions of war ; but having decided on
the main point, they have left it to the naval and military
commanders and others interested to settle the details
between each other. He was not authorised to say more.
The Earl of ELLENEOROUGH was sorry that nothing
more definite had been decided upon. There was notiling
he thought to prevent a lea' understanding that no new
contributions were to be levied during the armistice.
Earl RUSSELL—Not levy any contributions of war,
not that they would not levy any new contributions.
The Earl of ELLENEOROUGH regretted that the
Conference had not used the most decisive language to pre.
vent the levying of any contributions imposed before the
armistice. They seemed to have imposed the last contribu-
tion on the very last day on which the Conference met, in
fraud of the Conference in fact.

THE REGIUS PROFESSORSHIP OF GREEK
(OXFORD) BILL.

On the order of the day for going into committee on this

bill,

Lord LYTTLETON presented a petition from the Arch-
deaconry of Bristol against the bill, and intimated that,
though he did not approve of the principle of the measure,
he would not oppose it at its then stage.
Lord CHELMSFORD suggested that the patronage of
the professorship should be transferred to the University,
which would then be willing to endow it from its own
funds.

Lord TAUNTON felt that Professor Jowett had been
treated very unjustly by the University; but he had great
objections to the bill, inasmuch as it excluded laymen from
the chair, and proposed to remedy a temporary evil by a
permanent one.
The Earl of DERBY observed that the University did
not object to endow the professorship because it was in the
patronage of the Crown, but because they conscientiously
objected to the opinions and doctrines of the person who
now held it. The noble earl also suggested that th? mea-
sure should be postponed to give more time for its 6.4lsi-
deration.

The LORD CHANCELLOR• admitted that his proposal
was not the beat method of endowing the professorship. but
it was the only one left open to him for remedying the in-
justice of the University. Under the circumstances he felt
that the Crown was bound to endow the professorship, as
it was in its patronage.

Some further discussion followed, when the previous
question was moved by Lord REDESDALE, and carried upon
a division by 55 to 25, _

Their lordships then adjourned until Monday week, the
23d inst.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Last Evening.

The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills yere read a third time and passed :
Alford and 2,lablethorpe Railway, Clifton Hampden Bridge,
Corris Railway or Tramraad, Deal and Walmer Gas, Edin-
burgh and Glasgow and Alva Railway Companies,
Mytholm Royd Bridge and Blackstone Edge Road, Scot-
tish North Eastern and Scottish Central Railway Compa••
vies, Scottish North• Eastern Railway (Dundee and Forfar
Lice), South Eastern Railway (No. 1), South Eastern
Railway (No. 3), Wallingford and Watlington Railway,
and Wellington (Salop) Markets.