, 1875-05-19

he had positive proof that the Chief Justice.
Sir Alexander Cockburn, in society, while the
trial was in progress, said be would give the
claimant fifteen years Imprisonment.
he spoke in severe terms of the Pittendreigh
torgerles, and stated that the claimant was un-
able to call more witnesses for lack of funds.
The penalties for contempt of court had been
directed against one side only. The witnesses
were brow beaten, and the p~artiaIity of the
Bench was patent throughout the proceedings.
DR.. Kenealy declared that he had sacrificed
himself to his sense of honor and duty and had
been irretrievably ruined in his profession.
He believed the motion before the House
would never be renewed in it's present form.
1t was Impossible to predict the result if this
commission should be refused. The defeat of
the motion would spread dismay throughout the
country.
DR.. KeneaIy spoke for three hours.
ne was followed by Mr.. Whalley, who Sec
onded the motion.
Sir Richard BaggaIIay opposed the appoint
ment of a commission, for which there was not
the slightest ground of justification. The OBJ
servatlons alleged to have been made by the
Chlet Justice We're grossly misunderstood and
mlsinterpreted.
Sir Henry James, who was Attorney Gener-
al under the last Gladstone Ministry, denounced
'io nlotioi aS dl dtlack on the Jury system,
and declared the commission asked for unpreoe.
denied.
Mr.. WhalIey remarked that the House seem.
ed to be interested in the suppression of an in.
quiry which would lead to the exposure of a
Catholic conspiracy against the Tichborne
claimant.
-llr. Disraeli said DR.. Kenealy's speech wasa
thrice told tale. The charges of misconduct
made against the Chief Justice were entirely
unsupported. Abiding to DR.. Kenealy, he re-
GREETED that " a talented man under hallucina-
ton had destroyed bis own reputation"
Mr.. John Bright reviewed the evidence in
The Iichborne trials and declared that he could
not but agree with the jury in their verdiots.
The motion of DIR. Kenealy was then rejected
by a vote Of 433 nays to l yea.
April 23.-ln the House of Commons this
evening Mr.. Sullivanstated that he had been as
sured by the Marquis of Harrington that a
resolution would soon be introduced regulating
the position Of reporters for the press in tia
House. In view Of this promise be said he
would not carry out his intention of calling
attention to the presence Of strangers in Parlia.
ment.
This was a great relief to the spectators
VINO mad crowded the gallery in expectation Of
an exciting debate on the Tichborn8 case.
April 28.-Tho ceremony of the installation
OF the Prince Of Wales as Grand Master Of
the United Grand Lodge of MaSJns Of Eng
land took place to-day, in the presence Of an
immense concOurse OF Masons.
Great enthusiasm was manifested.
AT a reception given to NJ. Cheyalier, tho
distinguished French economist, in Birmingham,
this evening, Mr. John Bright made some re-
marks on free trade, in the course of which he
said it was " Ludicrous for the United States
to invite foreign manufacturers to compete
at an Exhibition when q protective tariff pre-
vented them from competing in American mar
kets.'
FRANCE.
PARIS, April 23-M. WALTON, Minister of
Public instruction, has designated Judge
Cambegt rs special Commissioner to examine
and repoct on the American systems of edu-
cation.
NJ. oambort will visit Washington and
New York, and will also attend the Phila-
delpbia Exhibition, in connection with which
ne wiz receive special instructions from Minis
ters Decazes and De- Meaux.
PARIS, April 26.-L' UniOers publishes let
ters of sympathy from Roman Catholic
bishops of Great Britain to the bishops of
Germany and Switzerland.
The letters to the Swiss bishops are es-
pecially severe in condemnation of the Old
Catholic movement.
PARIS, April 27.-M. de Lafayette, Presi.
dent of the French Commission for the Phila-