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adoption of such a system as would conve
them into mere nomination boroughs. He con
sidered that the whole, tendency of the bill was to
give influence to the landed interest and to take it
away from the trading and commercial interests of the
country. Ha thought that the Government should have
adopted the resolution of the noble lord the member for the
City of London, and modified their bill in committee, instead
of which the noble lord (Lord Stanley) said they must
accept the bill as it was at present constituted—(hear)--
and pries of "No, no.") Ho thought, therefore, that that
course effectually closed the door against those who agreed
with him (Mr. Wilson) consenting to the second reading
of the bill. There was no guarantee that, if they went
into committee, they could alter the bill so as to make it
acceptable to the country or the house. He regarded the
question before the house as one of the most important that
could be brought under their consideration, and that the
present crisis was one of the gravest that could be selected
for bringing such a question forward ; and he would be
most happy, therefore, if the Government could settle the
matter. He was therefore actuated by no further motive
in offering the present bill his strenuous opposition, and
supporting the resolution of the noble lord the member for
the City of London. He thought that, under the present
circumstances, the Government were bound, at the earliest
period possible, to bring this question to a satisfactorry con-
clusion. (Cheers.)
Sir E. BULWER LYTTON supported the second
reading of the bill. There was no doubt that if they did not
agree to the second reading that the question must pass out
of the hands of Government. But into whose hands would
it pass, or what chance of their obtaining a bill on the sub •
ject of Reform at all ? The hon. member for Sandwich and
the hon. member for Bfrmingham had said that
they would consent to the postponement of a bill on the
subject until a proper bill could be introduced with refer-
ence to reform. It conid not be expected that a Conserva-
tive Government would introduce the same description of
bill on a matter of organic alteration of the constitution of
the country that would be brought forward by gentlemen
on the Opposition side of the house.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

LONDON GAZEIFE--(THIS EVENING)

DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 19.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to direct that
letters patent be passed under the Great Seal, granting and
declaring that the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of
Arts, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Laws, Doctor of
Laws, Bachelor of Music, and Doctor of Music, already
granted or conferred, or hereafter to be granted or conferred
by the University of Melbourne, in the colony of Victoria,
shall be recognised as Academic Distinctions and Rewards
of Merit, and be entitled to rank, precedence, and considera-
tion, in the United Kingdom, and in the colonies and pos-
sessions of the Crown throughout the world, as fully as if
the said degrees had been granted by any University of the
United Kingdom.
DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 21.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Hunter
Cary, Esq., to be Attorney-General for the colony of
British Columbia.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 22.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Jules
Barthelemy Lombard as Consul at Calcutta ; M. Pierre
Victor Mauboussin as Consul at Liverpool ; M. Edouard
Adolphe Josep Cassimir Tippel as Consul at Edinburgh;
and of M. Henri Patri •.e Hippolyte Vermot as Consul at
Glasgow; for his Majesty the Emperor of the French.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don
Hipolito de Uriarte as Consul at St. John's, Newfoundland,
for her Majesty the Queen of Spain.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Robert Dowling as Consul at Cork for the United States of
America.