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MARCH. ,

3d. Mr. Layard called attention to the state of
our relations with Persia. The-army estimates in
supply.
4th. E irl Stanhope proposed an address to her
Majesty on the subject of a national portrait gal-
lery, which was agreed to. Sir De L. Evans moved
for a select committee to report upon the expedi-
ency of abolishing the sale of commissions in the
army ; but, after a debate, withdrew his motion.
sth. Sir W. Clay carried the second reading of
hi 4 bill for the abolition of Church rates by 221 to
178.
6th. Lord J. Russell moved a series of resolu-
tions on the subject of national education ; but
after a lengthened debate withdrew them, in order
to their being discussed in a committee of the whole
House on the 10th of April next.
10th. The Government carried the second read-
ing of the Counties and Boroughs Police Bill by
239 to 106. Lord Palmerston consented to the
appointment of a committee to inquire into the
Local Dues on Shipping Bill ; and Mr. Lowe, in
consequence of an informality, withdrew his Part-
nership Amendment Bill.
13th. Sir C. Napier brought forward his long-
threatened motion for a committee to inquire into
the operations of the Baltic Fleet. The gallant
Admiral had considerable difficulty in finding a
seconder ; but at length Admiral Walcott "threw
him out a tow rope." After a speech deprecatory
of discussion from Sir C. Wood, an answer to the
'charges of the gallant Admiral by Sir J. Graham,
and a brief subsequent discussion, the motion, was
withdrawn.

14th. Parliament adjourned for the Easter recess.

31sb. Parliament re-assemPled, and Lord Pal-
merston announced that a Treaty of Peace had been
signed on the previous day at Paris.

APRIL.

Lt. Mr. Roebuck brought on a motion with re-
spect to the salaries of the County Court Judges ;
but ultimately withdrew it. Sir G. Grey intro-
duced a bill for the Reform of the Corporation of
London.

4th. Sir J. Graham having brought and©r re-
view the conduct of Sir C. Napier at Acre, the
house went into Supply, and continued upon the
Estimates all the evening.
Bth. Mr. Muntz proposed a resolution with re•
spect to the equitable adjustment of the income
tax, which was lost by 191 to 63. The Lord Ad-
vocate introduced his Scotch Education Bills.

9th. Mr. M: Gibson moved the second reading
of his Oath of Abjuration Bill. Sir F. Thesiger
proposed as an amendment that it be read a second
time that day six months. After an able debate
the bill was read a second time by 230 to 195.
10th. A long debate upon the first resolution in
Lord J. Russell's Education Bill took place in
committee, Mr. Henley having moved as an
amendment " that the Chairman do leave the
chair." The debate was adjourned.
11th. The adjourned debate was resumed, and
after a protracted discussion Mr. Henley's amend-
ment was carried by 260 to 158.
14th. The subject of torture in Madras was dis-
cussed in the House of Lords, at the instance of
the Earl of Albemarle.

15th. Mr. Spooner carried his motion that the
house should go into committee to consider the
grants relating to the endowment of Mayaooth by
159 to 133 ; and he subsequently obtained leave by
159 to 142 to bring in a bill upon the subject.
16th. Mr. Fagan lost his Ministers' Money (Ire-
land) Bill, on second reading, by 201 to 121.
18th. The Marquis of Salisbury brought forward
the question of secondary punishments, which was
briefly discussed in the Lords. Sir Erskine Perry
drew attention in the Commons to the increasing
annual deficits in the revenue of India ; and the
house afterwards went into supply.
21st. The Lord Chancellor's Church Discipline
Bill was lost in the Lords by 41 to 33, the amend-
ment having been moved by the Archbishop of
Canterbury. Parliament adjourned over two days,
in order to be present at the naval review at Spit-
head.

2 tth. Severe onslaughts were made on the Ad-
miralty in both houses for alleged inadequacy of
arrangements at the naval review. In the Com-
mons Lord Goderich carried an address to her
Majesty on the subject of admissions to the civil
service by 108 to ST.
25th. In the Lords Earl St. Germans lost his
Marriage Law Amendment Bill on the second read-
ing by 43 to 24. In the Commons Sir C. Wood
vindicated the Admiralty arrangements at the re-
view. The Police (Counties and Boroughs) Bill
was proceeded with in committee.
28th. Mr. Whiteside brought on a motion con-
demnatory of the conduct of the Government in
relation to the fall of Kars. The debate was ad-
journed.
29th. The Kars debate was resumed, and again
adjourned. _ _

MAY.

Ist. The Kars debate was brought to a close by,
the defeat of the motion by the exemplary majo-
rity of 303 to 176.

2d. The bands in the parks on Sunday attracted
some attention in the Commons, and the Police
Bill was proceeded with in committee.
sth. The address to her Maje-ty on the Treaty
of Peace was moved in the Lords by the Earl of
Ellesmere, seconded by Lord Glenelg ; and in the
Commons it was moved by Mr. Evelyn Denison,
and seconded by Mr. H. Herbert. In the latter
the debate was adjourned.
6th. The debate on the address was resumed,
and the motion was ultimately agreed to without
a division.

Bth. Both houses met early and proceeded to
Buckingham Palace to present the address to her
Majesty. Subsequently, Lord Panmure in the
Lords, and Lord Palmerston in the Commons,
moved the thanks of Parliament to the army, navy,
and marines employed in the late war, and to the
embodied militia. The motions were unanimously
agreed to. A message from her Majesty informed
both houses that she had been graciously pleased to
confer upon General Williams the dignity of
baronet and recommending the bestowal upon him
of a pension of 1,0001. a year. The Marquis of
Clgalricarde brought before the house the pro-
posed pension of 5,0001. per annum to the Marquis
of Dalhousie, late Governor-General of India.

9th. Her Majesty's message with respect to Ge-
neral Williams was considered in both houses, and
addresses agreed to. In the House of Commons
Lord Palmerston announced that her Majesty had
granted an amnesty to all political offenders.. Ad-
journed for the Whitsuntide recess.

13th. Parliament reassembled after the holidays.
The Chancellor of the E.xchequer made his financial
statement.

20th. The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Bill
was, at the instance of the Lord Chancellor, read a
second time and sent to a select committee. Mr.
H. Berkeley's attempt to bring in a bill for the
Ballot was defeated by 151 to 111.
21st. Mr. Packe withdrew his Church-ratcl Bill.
22d.
.Lord Colchester Moved a series of resolu-
Cons condemnatory of the declaration respecting
international maritime law, signed by the Pleni-
potentiaries at. Paris. A long and important debate
ensued, which resulted in the resolutions being ne-
gatived by 156 to 102.
26th. The Joint-Stock- Companies Bill went
.through
.committee, and the Partnership Amend-
ment (No. 2) Bill was read a second time in the
Commons.

27th. The Earl of Elgin brought under conside-
ration the, subject of military establishments in the
North American colonies, which led to a brief but
'not unimportant debate.

29th. In cousequenceof the peace rejoicings, Par-
iamcket did not meet.

30cli. The Cambridge University Bill got into
committee in the Commons, and several- clauses
were agreed to.

JUNE.

4th. Mr. G. Moore carried, in an unexpected
manner, the second reading of his Irish Tenvit
Right Bill by 88 to 59.
sth. Mr. S. Herbert called attention to the edu•
cation and instruction of officers in the army,
which led to an interesting, but not very pro-
tracted debate.

6th. The Appellate Jurisdiction Bill, after a de-
bate.and a division, passed the `Lords.
9th. Mr. Milner Gibson's Oath of Abjuration
Bill passed the Commons, an amendment which
was moved by Sir F. Thesiger beinglost by 159 to
110. The Cambridge University Bill went through
committee, divisions being taken upon several
points of importance.
10th. Mr.
_Evart brought on his annual motion
for a committee to inquire into the operation of the
system of punishment of death, which was lost by
168 t 0.64.
12th. Sir G. Grey proposed the educational esti-
mates in Committee of Supply.
13th. Sir C. Wood proposed the navy estimates
in: Committee of Supply.
.16th. In the Lords the Joint-Stock Companieg
Bill was, after *nit) objections raised by Lord
ovetstoue, -read a *end time by .18 to bf .411 tht

I Commons the question of our relations with the
I United States was raised by Lord J. Russell.
17th. Mr. Walpole moved an address to the
Crown on the subject of education in Ireland, awl
Icarried it, against the Government, by 113 to 103.
20th. Lord Palmerston withdrew the Agricul-
tural Statistics Bill.
23d. Lord Lyndhurst moved the second reading
of the Oath of Abjuration Bill in the Lords ; but
was defeated by a majority of 110 to 78. In the
Commons Mr. Fortescue succeeded in carrying a
motion relative to Irish education, which was in-
tended to alter the decision at which the House
arrived on the 17th. Mr. Walpole, however, did
not oppose it.

25tji-. An attempt of Mr. H. Herbert's to defeat
the-second reading of Mr. Spooner's Maynooth Bill
proved unsuccessful, his motion for "this day six
months" being lost by 174 to 168.
26th. In the Lords the Matrimonial Causes and.
Divorce Bill, after some debate, went through
committee. Sir G. Grey withdrew the London
Corporation Bill ; and Mr. Spooner withdrew his
Maynootli Bill. _ _

27th. Lord Lyons (late Sir E. Lyons) took his
seat in the House of Peers. In the Commons Lord
Elcho carried a motion for a commission to deter-
mine the site of the National Gallery, against the
Government, by 153 to 145. Mr. Bouverie with-
drew the Scotch and Irish Pauper Removals Bill.
The Juvenile Offenders (Ireland) Bill, the Educa-
tion (Scotland) Bill, and Sir W. Clay's Church-
rastes Abolition Bill were likewise withdrawn.
30th. The Earl of Derby withdrew his Oath of
Abjuration Amendment Bill. Mr. G. H. Moore
brought on the " American question," and, after
a lengthened discussion, the debate was adjourned.