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London, England, 1869-08-11 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARMA DIEN

HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING.

The LORD CirANcELLon took his seat on the wool BO
at three o'clock.
The Commons' amendments to the Presentation of
notices Belonging to Roman Catholics Bill, and to,
Charity Commissioners Bill, were considered and acre el
The Sanitary Act (1866) Amendment (Ireland) )3`"
the Canada (Rupert's Land) Bill, and the Motrop
Board of Works (Loans) Bill were read a third titau

passed.
Lord DENMAN called attention to the report ,of
select committee of the House of Commons on the ne ev Is,
courts, deprecating the removal of the courts from 'W
minster and Guildhall as unnecessary, an entirely, az'l
it seemed to him, a useless and wasteful expenditure. y
Lord REDESDALE moved that the Parochial S cb
(Scotland) Bill be re-presented with the atuendinentS
troduced by the Commons, in order to show what Fit
that each house had introduced into the bill.

The motion was agreed to. el
Lord DENMAN then called attention to the ste to
Ireland. Ile could not understand the importance of iy
laud questi3n.
After the transaction of some general business, the 7aC .01
adjourned.

HOUSE OF COININIONS.—LAST ETENINCI.
The SPEAKER took the chair at threo o'clock. _

WEST COAST OF AFRICA SQUADRON.
Mr. CIIILDERS, in reply to Mr. Rylands, said it-
the desire that this squadron should bo curtailed as 1321;"
as possible, and that arrangements had been going 0u.,',)
some time. The present force was 12 ships, each ",0
the usual crew. The reduction would be carried ea
far as possible, but it would always be requisite to keep,„o
certain number of vessels on the station for the protecia"
of commerce.

BRITISH PILOTS.
Mr. LEFEVRE said that the complaint of British Pl'd
visiting Falmouth and taking ships from that port had be
to
inquired into; but the Trinity Board did not think Oleo
was any necessity for interfering, as there was no aide°
that vessels were in consequence of such a step detail"'
off Lundy Island.

THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.
Mr. LAYARD, in reply to Mr. Williams, said the rae-iit
politan Railway had the right to erect a: station, Vi! is
the centre of the land reclaimed from the river; bus
the event of the Courts of Justice being erected on to
Embankment, the railway company had consented t;
move their station higher up near the end of Esses-str-0
but, in either event, the erections would not interfere
the space devoted to recreative purposes.

THE COINAGE.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in /eP,P,
to Mr. Lawrence, said in what he stated the other ea
04
ing, he meant it to be understood that in the suggetitto
he then made that a bar of gold was taken to the
be coined into 100 sovereigns, those sovereigns 54°1-00
each be a grain lighter than the present coin rthe
of the 100 grains being paid to the account of the o°c°.pg
ment. The object of such an arrangement, cf course, bet. lbol
to lighten the weight of the sovereign a: grail), bu' t
would prevent its being melted down, as was 13°11
common on the continent.

FOREIGN OFFICE AGENCIES. LtUa
Mr. BRUCE appealed to the right hon. barooelog
member for Tamworth, to postpone his intention of °eV
the attention of the house to the subject of the Vrol
Office agencies until after the orders of the day had

disposed of.

Sir H. BULWEII said looking at the lateness "ot to
session and the appeal that had been made to bin' 13,-jat It
proceed with the notice he had on the paper he the
would be useless to proceed with it, but he hoped 7ti:ie
the recess that some alteration would be made
spoct to the appointment of Foreign Office agencie6,ool:
what had been done dissatisfaction had become g',.-0110:
Mr. OT WAY said the Foreign Office agencies We' Die
in a satisfactory state, and before Parliament re-o°ll,oo
he hoped there would lie a change which would
satisfactory.
10
EPPING FOREST. 0.
Mr. LOCKE gave notice that next session ba be°ia
bring in a bill to prevent the rights of the Crown

assumed by private persons.
SCOTCH EDUCATTON.
The LORD ADVOCATE, in reply to gr. "e :
pec/
said the unlooked for result in an otherplace ithrt—bo/
to the Parochial Schools Bill had caused much regr",losll
what would be done on a future occasion he could n°4lloo
beyond that they were not dispirited by the Pr°°e-
in another place. R
i psi°
The Lords' amendments to the Bishops' es
Bill and Titles to Land Consolidation (Scotia
"'

Amendment Bill were considered and agreed to•

The house then adjourned.

i;OURSE OP EXCHANGE•
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Amsterdam
Do
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Rotter(ltm
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Autwerp — ... 23 40 ••• .25 ill
Brussels
Hainburgb.
Paris - 0
Ditto . 3 Ms. ~. 25 34 ... 0 ,I,
Marseilles
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Frankfort-ou-the-Main: ... 1214 ••• oed
Vienna — ... 12 65 ••• 0 ,
Trieste - ••• 12 65 ••• 29W3
Petersburg
Copenhagen...
Berlin
4441
Madrid.. - ,lo
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