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irritation.
Their lordships divided—
For the amendment ,

Against.

VA.
Majority against
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A clause was then submitted by the Archbishop of
CANTERBURY to authorise the commissioners to pny
£500,000 on the Ist of May, 1371, in lieu of the private
benefactions.
Earl GRANVILLE declined to accept the clause except
on the conditions which he had announced, intimating
that the house could agree to it if it so pleased.
The clause was agreed to.
The report was then received,
The Earl of CLANCARTY gave notice that, on the
third reading, he should move that the bill be read that
day three months.
Their lordohips adjourned at 20 minutes past nine.

HOUSE OF COSIAIONS.—LAsT EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at two o'clock.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) BILL.
The house wcut into committee on this bill, the pro-
ceedings were confined to the amendment of the various
clauses, and they occupied the entire of the sittitig up to
the hour at which it was suspended.
On resuming at nino o'clock,
Mr. HERBERT moved th tt, in the opinion of this
house, the grating in front of the ladies' gallery should be
removed.
Mr. L IYARD opposA the motion, and read a letter
from a lady describing in graphic terms the inconveni-
ence which the removal of the grating would entail upon
the occupants of the ladies' gallery, who in that case
would be obliged to "play propriety" during dull speeches,
and be compelled either to come in evening dress or not

The motion was withdrawn.
In reply to a question from Captain White, who called
attention to the recent charge of furious riling, in Hyde-
park,

Mr. BRUCE declined to order an investigation to be
made, ou the ground that it was not the duty of the house
to sit in review upon the decisions of the metropo-
litan police magistrates.
The motion for going into committoo of Eupply was
then withdrawn.
The orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
house adjourned.

Miss Mildred Catherine Hawley, eldest daughter of Sir
Joseph Hawley, was married on Wednesday morning to
Captain Barrington B. D. Campbell, at St. George's,
Hanover-square. The Rev. H. C. Hawley, rector of Ley-
bourne, Kent, officiated. After the breakfast, the newly-
married couple left for Hungerford.
The training establishment, with the dwelling-house,
paddocks, &c., at Newmarket, known as Lowther House,
at present occupied by Sam Rogers, was put up for sale by
auction, on Wednesday, by Mr. E. Feist, but there being
no bid up to the reserved price (£4,000), it was not sold.
The following horses, the property of M. Bower, have
left La Morlaye, and will ce trained by C.Thorpe, at New-
market :—Gaulois and Drone (6 yrs and aged); Anthee,
Benevolence, and Witchcraft (4 yrs); Boston and Chetah
Lterault (3 yrs); Bretville, Florien 11., La Trocien, and
Lavandiere (2 yrs).
The following horses have been bought by Mr. W. H.
Mansur and sent to Mr. J. Sones's stud at Moscow :—Re-
compense (5 yrs), Artemis (3 yrs), M'lan and Applause
(2 yrs), and the yearling filly by Parmesan out of Myrtle;
also the brood mares Zoraide (with a colt foal by Win-
grave), Lady Lincoln, and Mystery.
The chestnut filly Masquerade (2 yrs), by Loiterer out
of Media Noce, which was bought by Mr. Gill, at New-
market, on Wednesday, has been renamed " Midnight."
ART IN FURNITURE.-IVe are accustomed to
(' plausible advertisements of pushing manufacturers, in-
viting the public to buy their ugly and ricketty fabrica-
tions, that one is almost sick of the word furniture.
Happily, however, in this age of shams and meretricious-
ness there are honest firms who wisely consider character
the first and surest condition of commercial success.
While sauntering along that improved and improving
thoroughfare, Leicester-square, we were attracted by
superb specimens of skill and workmanship in the noble
shop windows of one of the monster establishments in
London. We sought and politely obtained permission to in-
spect the spacious show rooms and galleries on the ground
and upper floors of these commanding premises. Here,
indeed, art, dating her new sovereignty from the period
of the Great Exhibition, reigns supreme; for in all
that is seen around her influence is apparent. If the match-
less beauty of the various woods elicits admiration, equally
so does that judgment and taste which has selected and
given them graceful form; while the scrutinising eye ap.
predates the durability given to those pleasing forms by
patient and positive skilled labour. From these peerless
galleries, the nobleman, the man of correct taste, may
furnish his residence with articles of the most refined
design or finish, whether chaste or florid, such as side-
boards in pollard oak, in polished walnut, and in glow-
ing mahogany ; tables for every purpose, magnificent
or plain ; couches of almost cloud-like elasticity and
gracefulness of outline ; chairs, sumptuous or severe;
elegant whatnots, dainty cheffoniers in bull or marque-
Ode, wardrobes, end other appurtenances for replete
house furnishing. In a matter so important as this it be-
comes a duty towards those who seek excellence to direct
them to such good upholsterers as Messrs. R. Russell
and Co., whose furniture possesses all the finish of the
French, the expression of the Austrian, and the solidity of
the best English. Wo therefore close this brief review by
noticing their British, European, and Oriental carpets,
many of the latter being unique in design, in brilliancy of
colour, and in texture. The different patterns and designs
submitted to our inspection could not fall short of 1,000,
and iu value £15,000; in fact, the total value of the entire
stock on the premises could not fall short of £lOO,OOO.
Some Persian specimens shown us—of which Messrs.
Russell are, we believe, importers—are perhaps unequalled
in this country or on the Continent, a fact recognised by
their being the outfitters of the Royal Italian Opera House,
Her Majesty's Theatre, and all the principal theatres in
the metropolis, and honoured by the most distinguished
members of the nobility.—Courl Journal.

IMPERIAL PARL IA Al ENT

HOUSE OF LORDS.— LAST EVENING.
The LORD 011ANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.
The Commons' amendments to the Park Gate Marriages
Bill wore considered and agreed to.
IRISH CHURCH BILL.
Earl GRANVILLE brought up the report of the com-
mittee on this bill, and moved that it be received.
The Earl of CARNARNON moved that the date of the
time for the bill coining into operation should bo altered
from January, 1872, to 1871, as he considered it would be
unwise to persevere with the amendment that had been
made, because the more delay that was made in bringing
the bill into operation, the more difficult would be the
operation.
The Earl of LONGFORD said he did not agree with his
noble friend. He thought the amendment that had been
made a very judicious on and ha hoped it would not
be altered.
Lord CAIRNS said under the circumstances be thought
it would be as well if the date was made the Ist of May,
1871, and lie hoped the noble earl would not object to
adopt that in place of the I,t of January, 1872.
The suggestion of I,Jrd Cairns was agreed to.
Earl GRANVILLE said there was another amendment
which he thought was very objectionable, viz., that en-
abling the Irish bishops to retain their seats in the house
after the Church of Ireland bad been disestablished. He
would not himself move that it be struck out of the bill,
but if any noble lord made such a motion he would support
him.

Lord REDESDALE said he had had an amendment on
that part of the bill. He thought the provision of the
bill as it left the House of Commons was a decided breach
of the privileges of their lordships' house, and if the
house accepted the bill in that form, it would prove a very
dangerous precedent.
The amendment made by their lordships was retained
and the clause agreed to.
Earl STANHOPE then moved to insert a clause after
clause 68, the effect of which was that compensation should
be paid by the commissiocors to the trustees of the Ob-
servatory at Armagh, as the lease they at present held of
the Carlingford tithes after the passing of the bill would
be extinguished. It had been renewed year by year since
1794, and he hoped that under the circumstances the
Observatory had done good service to the cause of science,
no objection would be offered to his amendment.
Lord DUFFERIN said it was quite out of the power of
the Government to accept such a proposal.
Lord REDESDALE thought the amendment had the
general approval of the house, and therefore he hoped it
would be accepted by the Government.
Earl DE GREY said if the Observatory had a valid
claim to compensation Government were not indisposed
to take the matter into consideration, although the amend-
ment was not inserted in the till.
On clause 27, Lord CAIRNS moved and carried an
amendment giving, together with the church and sur-
rounding burial grounds, burial grounds also merely sepa-
rated by a highway.
The Marquis of CLANRICABDE moved to restore all
the terms of payment as originally proposed to be made
by the Church body for the ecclesiastical residences,
glebes, &c.
The Marquis of SALISBURY said that in moving the
amendment lie had contemplated giving glebes as well to
the Roman Catholic and Presbyterian clergy. He would
remind the noble marquis that this was the original pro-
posal of Mr. Bright, which had also been endorsed by Mr.
Gladstone. He denied that the proposal to allow the Irish
Church to retai❑ its own glebes was unfair.
Earl GRANVILLE said that the retention of the resi-
dences would be the most obvious sign of inequality. He
pointed out that Mr. Gladstone had carefully guarded
himself against giving precise pledges on the details of
tha bill. They ought to insist on some, although a mo-
derate, payment for the residences and glebes. If they
did not they would maintain the most obvious causa of