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BENEFICES IN PLURALITY BILL.

On the motion that the Lords' amendments to this Bill
be agreed to,
Mr. GLADSTONE said the Lords hall made an al-
teration in the Bill as to the value of benefices that
might be held in plurality. but in that alteration he saw
nothing objectionable. With regard to the contiguity
of benefices, however, they had made a change of which
he did not approve. Instead of the arrangement agreed
to in that House, the Lords had made it necessary only
that the churches of two contiguous parishes held in
plurality should not be more than three miles distant
from each other. This he considered fatal to unity of
charge, and therefore he would move there-insertion.of
the words containing the principle of contiguity.
Mr. FREWEN hoped the Right Honourable Gentle-
man would not press his amendment. Much considera-
tion had been given to the subject by the bishops in the
other House.

Mr. GLADSTONE said he withdrew his amendment
with considerable reluctance. _ _ .

The Lords' amendments were then agreed to with an
unimportant exception in the 9th clause.
The Engines for Taking• Fish (Ireland) Bill went
through Committee.
The Duke of Cambridge's Annuity Bill was brought
in and read a first time.

The House adjourned at Two o'clock to Monday at
,welve.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Conunotu.)
FRIDAY, JULY 26.
SUPPLY.
(IN THE COMMITTEE.)
Motion made, and Question proposed, " That a sum not
exceeding 41,0001., being part of a sum of 81,000/. (of which
40,0c01. has been granted on account) be granted to her
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Volunteer Corps, which
will come in course of payment from the Ist day of April,
1850, to the 31st day of March, 1851, both days inclusive."
The Committee divided:

MAJORITY—AYES, 147.
Anson, Colonel Ferguson, Sir R. Newdegate, C. N.
Arkwright, George Fitzpatrick, J. W. Nicholl, John
Bagot, William Foley, J. 11. Nugent, Sir Percy
Baines, M. T. Forster, Matthew Paget, Lord A.
Baldock& E. H. Freestun, Colonel Paget, Lord C.
Baring, Sir F. T. Frewen, C. H. l'aget, Lord G.
Barnard, E. G. Gladstone, W. E. Pakington, Sir J.
Bass, M. T. Goddard, A. L. Palmerston, Viscount
Bellew, R. M. Granby, Marquis Parker, John
Berkeley, Admiral Grey, Sir G. Pelham, Hon. D. A.
Blair, Stephen Grey,:lt. W. Pennant, Hon. Col.
Boldero, IL George Grogan, Edward Pigot, Francis
Booth, Sir R. G. Grosvenor, Lord R. Portal, Melville
Bouverie, E. P. Guernsey, Lord Price, Sir R
Bowles, Admiral Gwyn, Howel Prime, Richard
Boyle, Colonel Hallyburton, Lord Rawdon, Colonel
Bramston, T' W. Halsey, T. P.' Reid, Colonel
Bremridge, Richard Hamilton, Lord C. Rich, Henry
Broadley, H. Hatchell, John Homily, Colonel;
Brocklehurst, John Hawes, Benj. Romilly, Sir John
Brown, W. Hayes, Sir E. Russell, Lord J.
Burghley, Lord Heald, James Sandars, George
Buxton, Sir E. Healey, J. W. Seaham, Viscount
Campbell, W. F. Herbert, Henry A. Seymour, Lord
Carter, John B. Herbert, Sydney Sibthorp, Colonel
Chatterton, Colonel Hervey, Lord A. Simeon, John
Childers, J. W. Hobhouse, Sir John Smith, J. A.
Cholmeley, Sir M. Hodges, T. L. Smyth, John G.
Clay, James Holland, Robert Somerville, Sir W.
Clements, Charles Howard, Lord E. Sotheron, T. H.'S.
Clerk Sir G. Howard, Sir R. Spearman, Henry
Clive, R. H. Jollhre, Sir W. H. Spooner, Richard
Cobbold, J. C. Knox, Colonel Stafford, Augustus
Cole, Hon. H. A. Labouchere, Henry Stanford, J. F.
Corbally, M. E. Lascelles, W. S. Stanley, W. 0.
Cowper, W. F. Lennard, T. B. Stuart, J.
Craig, Sir W. G. Lennox; Lord H G. Start, Henry G.
Dodd, G. Lewis, G. C. Taylor, T. E.
Douglas, Sir C. E. Lindsay, Colonel Tenlson, Edward K.
Duncuft, John Littleton, E. R. Townley, R. G.
Dundas, Admiral Lygon, General Wellesley, Lord C.
Dundas, Sir David 31agan, W. H. Willoughby, Sir 11.
Dunne, Colonel Manners, Lord J. Wilson, James
Ebrington, Viscount Matheson, Colonel W4aqd, Sir Charles
Edwards, H. Maule, Fox Wortley, S.
Egerton, W. T. Milner, W. M.' 'Wrightson, W. B.
Elliot, John Monsell, William Wyld, James
Estcourt, J. B. Morris, David TELLEas.
Evelyn, W. J. Mostyn, E. M. L. Hayter, W. G.
Ferguson, Colonel Mullings, J. R. Hill, Lard Marcus

MINORITY—NOES, 25.
Anderson, Arthur Heyworth, Lawrence Thompson, Colonel
Bright, John Jackson, William Thornely, T.
Brockman, E. D. Kershaw, James Wakley, Thomas
Brotherton, Joseph Mangles, R. 1). Walmsley, Sir J.
Cobden, R. Mclgtuad, Viscount Williams, John
Duncan, George Pechell, Sir G.
Greene, John Pilkingten, James
llardcastle, J. A. Reynolds, John
Elastic, Alexander Robartes, T. J.
Headlam, Thomas Stuart, Lord D.

TELLERS.
Ilerkeley, H. F.
Hume, Joseph

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNI, FRIDAY.

The Queen and Prince took their usual early walk
this morning in Osborne-park and grounds.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, and the
younger members of the Royal Family walked and rode
as usual.

Colonel and Lady Katherine Harcourt had the honour
of j oining the Royal dinner party yesterday.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at
Gloucester House.
The Duke and Duchess de Nemours and Prince Leo-
pold of Saxe Coburg Gotha visited her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St.
James's.

The Duchess of Gloucester visited their Royal High-
nesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on Thursday,
at Cambridge House.
The Commission for promoting and encouraging the
Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster
met yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, in the new Pa-
lace of Westminster. The Commissioners present were
L-,rd John Russell (in the chair), the Marquis of Lans-
downe, the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Colborne, the Right
Hon. Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. T. B. Macau-
lay, Sir Robert H. Inglis, and Mr. B. Hawes. The Se-
cretary, Mr. Eastlake, was in attendance.
The Commissioners for Auditing the Public Accounts,
with their Secretary, Mr. Bromley, attended the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at the half-yearly de-
claration of accounts.

The Royal Commission for the promotion of the Ex-
hibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, to be
held in the year 1851, met at three o'clock yesterday
afternoon, in the new Palace of Westminster. The
Commissioners present were Earl Granville (in the
chair), the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir Richard
Westmacott, Sir Charles Lyeil, Mr. Barry, Mr. Baxley,
Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Eastlake, Mr. John
Gott, Mr. limey, M.P., and Mr. John Shepherd (Chair-
man of the East India Company). Mr. Scott Russell,
Secretary to the Royal Commission, was in attendance,
Colonel Reid, Chairman of the Executive Committee,
was present.
The Building Committee of the Royal Commission
had a meeting yesterday morning, in the new Palace of
Westminster.
Mr. Tidd Pratt had an interview yesterday with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo-
nial-office for the Governor of Canada, and also for the
Governors of the other North American colonies.

ARRIVALS ' AT MIVART'S HOTEL. - The Prince
Barietinsky and suite, from Naples ; the Count d'Oberscoff,
from St. Petersburgh ; the Baron Kleist, from .Berlin ; the
Count Alvensleben, Minister d'Etat, from Prussia; M. and
Madame Montgomery, from the United States. Departures
—the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, for Alton Towers ;
the Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford, for Curragh-
more ; the Dean of Worcester and Mrs. Peel, for the Isle of
Wight ; Colonel and Mrs. White, for St. Helen's, near Dublin ;
Lord and Lady Farnham, for Gray's, near Henley-on-
Thames.

CITY or LONDON SCHOOL.—The annual distribu-
tion of prizes and examination of the pupils of the City of
London School, took place yesterday afternoon, in the theatre
of the institution. The Lord Mayor was in the chair, sup-
ported by Sir Chapman Marshall. Mr. Under-Sheriff Wire,
several aldermen, and a number of common council members.
Declamations in praise of the founder were delivered by John
Robert Oesley, in French ; by Wm. Cornell in Latin ; by
Wm. Woodward Mills, in English ; by Earnest Abraham
Hart, in Greek; and by Robert Chapman Noble, in German.
Prizes were afterwards distributed to the successful competi-
tors, consisting of scholarships, some of the value of 501.
per annum each ; gold medals, some worth 101. 103. ; silver
medals, valued each at U. ; and parcels of books, some worth
five guineas. At the conclusion of the distribution, votes of
thanks were passed to the benefactors, masters, and others
interested in the institution, and a similar compliment to the
Lord Mayor, closed the proceedings.