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the whole. He did not think it necessary to make the alte-
rations which the noble lord had suggested.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.

Mr. WARNER asked the First Lord of the Treasury
whether it was intended to introduce any measure for amend-
ing the constitution or procedure of election coromitt,3es ?
Sir• G. C. LE WIS said he might state that the expediency
of altering the constitution of election committees had been
considered at sonic length by the committee appointed to in-
quire into the Corrupt Practices Act, and a great deal of
evidence had been taken upon the subject, and which wns
now upon the table of the house. The result was that they
did not recommend any alteration in the constitution of such
committees, and thsrefore he was not prepared to state that
the Government had any intention to propose a bill to that
effect. But it would be necessary to deal with the act to pre-
vent corrupt practices with a view of renewing it this ses-
sion.

COLONIAL MILITARY EXPENDITURE.
Mr. CHILDERS asked the Secretary of State for War
whether Government would propose to refer to a select
committee the subject of colonial military expenditure.
Mr. S. HERBERT said he thought the Government
would be able to deal with the question without referring
it to a select committee of Qachouse.
lIIGHLEIGH PREBENDAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Mr. FREELAND asked the Secretary of State for the
Home Department when the retutn from the Rev. Thomas
Brown with reference to the ilighleigh Prebendal Grammar
School, for which an address was ordered on the 9th day of
February last, would be presented.

Sir G. C. LEWIS said, in consequence of the address to
her Majesty for a return, a communication was addressed
to Mr. Brown soon after the address was presented, but no
notice had been taken by Mr. Brown of the letter of the Sec-
retary of State. No doubt there was an intentional omission
to notice the letter, and therefore no further application
would be made to the rev. gentleman. (Laughter.)
MILITARY ATTACHES TO FOREIGN COURTS.
Mr. 0. STANLEY asked whether it was true that Col.
Hamilton had been appointed Military Attache to the Court
of Prussia, and whether it was the intention of the Govern-
ment to appoint military attaches to the other Courts of
Europe.

Lord PALMERSTON said he would answer those ques-

tions. The Government of France had appointed military
attaches to all their missions at the principal Courts of
Europe, and the British Government had long had a military
officer at Paris. It had been thought expedient to appoint
an officer to the mission at Berlin. But he could net state
to what extent his noble friend at the head of the Foreign-
office intended to carry out these appointments. (Hear.)

Sir J. PAKINGTON wished to ask the noble lord
whether the Government of France had lately attached a
naval officer to its mi,sion in this country, and if so whether
the British Government intended to send a naval officer to
Paris.

Lord PALMERSTON said the Government of France
had recently attached a naval officer to its mission in this
country, but he did not know whether his noble friend would
appoint a naval officer to reside at Paris.
THE CENSUS BILL.

Sir C. DOUGLAS asked whether it was intended to go
on with the Census Bill to-morrow, and whether the Go-
vernment were prepared to give up the clause so much oh-

looted to.

Sir G. C. LEWIS said as to going on with the bill to-
morrow, that would depend upon what time was previously
occupied. He could not, therefore, state whether it would
be in his power to bring on the bill, but his wish was to do
so. With regard to the provisions of the bill to which
.the hon. baronet had alluded, he had already stated his
readiness to withdraw the penalty which he had proposed
to introduce for the purpose of obtaining information
respecting the religious profession of each individual. Ho
would be ready to withdraw it in committee. Ho must
take exception to one remark which had been made, that it
was intended by the Government to ask for the religious
opinions of each individual ; that was not proposed to be
done, but to ask for the religious profession of each person.