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Our Weekly Budget.

OUR WEEKLY BUDGET .

THERE lias been considerably less excitement in Parliament . Tins may be partly owing to the fact that every day Great Britain becomes stronger from a naval and military point of view , and therefore better prepared to meet all eventualities . It is partl y due , likewise , to the

knowledge that the question of peace is only a matter of a few clays , and though the terms will not be known officially till the ratification takes place at St . Petersburg , enough has leaked out since Sunday , when the preliminaries wero signed , to enable us to judge of their character . Of

this , however , we shall have a word or two to say anon . As regards Parliamentary news , thero has been but little work done in the House of Lords . On Thursday last , Lord Dorchester asked for information as to the position of the vessels comprising the Turkish fleet , and the Earl of

Derby replied that while he believed he had accurate knowledge of their whereabouts , he did not consider himself at liberty to say what he knew , as there was onl y an armistice between Russia aud Turkey , aud peace had not been sio-ned . Half-an-hour sufficed for the transaction of business on

Friday , but there was a tolerably long and livel y debate on Monday , on a motion , by Lord Midloton , to the effect that tho House should meet at 4 p . m . instead of 5 p . m . Ex-Lord Chancellor Selborne was favourable to the motion , and so , later in the evening , wero Earl Granville , the Earl

of Morley , and Lord Kosebery , while the Lord Chancellor opposed , and was supported by the Earl of Beacon sfield , who mot the principal arguments of the mover , and concluded by suggesting that their lordships , whenever there was a great pressure of business , might adopt tho practice of the Commons , and fix au earlier hour of meeting , ns occasion might require . The motion was withdrawn . " On Tuesday , there was a debate on the second reading of the

Our Weekly Budget.

Contagions Diseases ( Animals ) Bill , to which the principal contributors were the Marquis of Ripon , Lord Dunsany , Earl Spencer , Earl Eortescuo , the Earl of Belmore , and the Duke of Richmond and Gordon . The Bill was read a second time .

In tho House of Commons on Thursday last , the House resumed tho Committee on the Factories and Workshops Bill , and made such progress , that the last clauses wero reached and additional ones proposed , but this stage of the Bill was not completed , as , on the suggestion of the

Chancellor of the Exchequer , progress was reported , in order that tho new Chief Secretary for Ireland might move for leave to introduce the Grand Jury Law Amendment Bill in Ireland . The measure was criticised by a number of Irish members , but the desired leave was given , and the

Bill was brought in and read a first time . On Friday , after the usual preliminary questioning of Ministers , Mr . Hibbort , on the motion for going into Committee of Supply , moved for a Select Committee of Inquiry as to the election of Poor Law Guardians . No objection was raised by Mr .

Sclater-Booth , on behalf of the Government , but that right honourable gentleman suggested its postponement for tho present , and Mr . Hibbcrt , on the understanding that it should be introduced and acquiesced in by the Government , subject to ono or two modifications , consented to this

arrangement , and the motion was withdrawn . A motion by Mr . Cartwrig ht on the Wine Duties , was defeated by 85 votes to 6 b votes , after which tho House went into Committee again on the Factories and Workshops Bill , and further progress Avas made . On Monday , the new member

for Canterbury , Mr . A . E . Hardy , son of the War Minister , took the oaths and his seat . On the motion for going into Committee on the Army Estimates , several questions affecting our land forces , and one in particular , relating to adjutants of Volunteers , were brought under the notice of the

House , after which Mr . Hardy rose to move the Estimates in question , and in doing so entered into along , exhaustive , and comparative statement of the various votes that would be required for the service of the year 1878-9 on a peace footing . Mr . Holms and other members having criticised

the policy and statements of the right honourable gentleman , the votes for the number of men and for the cost of their maintenance were agreed to , as also were those for Divine Service , and the administration of military laws . On Tuesday , the preliminary skirmishing ivas folIoAved by

a motion , by Mr . Bcresford Hope , on the National Portrait Gallery , South Kensington , which Avas AvithdraAvn , on Col . Stanley promising that there should be a temporary arrangement of the pictures ; after which Mr . Bright moved , and Mr . Chamberlain seconded , that an address be presented

to the Queen requesting Her Majesty to withhold her assent from the scheme of the EudoAved Schools Commissioners for tho management of King EdAvard VI . ' s Free Grammar School , Birmingham , and of the foundations of John Mill ward and Joanna Lench in the county of

Warwick . Mr . W . E . Forster and Mr . Muntz supported it , but Mr . S . Lloyd , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , and others opposed , and on a division , the resolution Avas lost by a majority of 120 to 70 . Shortly afterwards the Houso Avas counted out , but it met again at 2 p . m . on Wednesday

—OAving to its being Ash Wednesday—Avhen Major O'Gorman moved the second reading of the Municipal Franchise ( Ireland ) Bill , and , though he Avas opposed by the Government , he failed to carry the day , by five votes only , the numbers being 165 against , and 1 ( JO for the second reading .

On the motion for tho second reading of the Town Councils , Local Boards , and other Local Governing Bodies Bill , a motion for the adjournment of the debate Avas defeated by the narrow majority of 9 . However , the motion Avas renewed , aud ultimately the House Avas adjourned by the rules of the House , at ten minutes to six o ' clock .

The Queen returned to Windsor Castle from Buckingham Palace on Friday , but previous to her leaving , the Italian Ambassador had an audience of Her Majest y , and presented his credentials on appointment as ambassador . The Earl of Derby , as Secretary of State for Foreign

Affairs , Avas present . The Earl of Beaconsfield also had an ludience . Ou Saturday , tbe Duke of Connaught arrived it tiic Castle , and later , the Chancellor of the Exchequer md Lady Northcote arrived , and AVCIO included in Her

Majesty ' s dinner party , asAvell as Sir Howard El phinstone , in attendance on His Royal Highness . The Duke left for Buckingham Palace on Sunday afternoon , and started thence for Ireland in the evenirg , in order to resume his military duties at the Cuiragb . The Clianctllur of the Ex-