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raeli , in spite of a further appeal from Mr . Gladstone and others , would only consent to an adjournment of the debate till that day week , and this was assented to by the House . On Tuesday leave was given to Mr . Hubbard to introduce a Bill explanatory of the law relating to crossed cheques ,

after which occurred tho first division of the Session , on the second reading , moved by Mr . Rathbone , of the Municipal Officers' Superannuation Bill , which was carried b y 101 to 94 . On Wednesday , Mr . Beresford Hope moved the second

reading of the Increase of the Episcopate Bill , the debate on which stands adjourned till some day in July . On Thursday a Bill to allow Her Majesty to add to her titles was introduced by Mr . Disraeli , and read a first time . The Merchant Shipping Bill passed its second reading .

There is little to record of the further progress of H . R . H . the Prince of "Wales in his Indian tour . He has visited Jeypore , and , by tho latest advices , is enjoying a shooting excursion in Kumaon and the Nepaul Serai . The Royal party are advancing by easy stages towards Nepaul , and

strike camp daily . On Tuesday the Prince and Lord Aylesford each , shot a fine bear . It is gratifying to hear that all are in excellent health , and still more gratifying to know that His Royal Highness , no long time hence , will be back again among us . The Bill for adding to the titles

of the Queen , which is tbe first " outcome" of tbe grand reception the Prince has met with in India , is now before the public , and if , as we doubt not , it passes the two Houses , Her Majesty , we presume , will henceforth be known as Empress of India as well as Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , & c , & c .

His Grace tbe Duke of Abercomwas present at the Lord Mayor of Dublin ' s banquet , and took that opportunity of congratulating the assembled company on the manifest improvement in Irish affairs which had occurred of late . Among other matters he noticed as subject matter for

congratulation was the diminution of emigration . He also announced that it was in contemplation by the Government to establish a museum of art and science in Dublin similar to that now existing in Edinburgh . His Grace is nothing if not

genial , and the whole tenour of his speech was marked by the most perfect geniality . The sovereign is certainly fortunate who can point to so admirable a representative of her rule as is our respected brother the M . W . G . M . of Grand Locige , Ireland .

_ On Wednesday next the Oxford Masons will hold hi gh fes tival . On that day , His Royal Highness Prince Leopold will be installed Provincial Grand Master of Oxford . This will no doubt materially strengthen the position of the

Craft in that province , and our Oxford brethren are to be congratulated on having so illustrious a personage for their chief . The event will be fully chronicled in these columns next week , and we doubt not the record will be a hi ghly interesting one .

His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh presided , on Wednesday evening , at the annual dinner , held at the City Terminus Hotel , Cannon-street , of the friends and supporters of the Warehousemen and Clerks' Schools . The Lord Mayor , the Sheriffs , ancl other notabilities were

present , and an agreeable evening was spent . The usual loyal toasts were given and responded to very heartily , that of Prosperity to the Institution being specially honoured . Towards the close of the entertainment , a subscription list was announced , amounting to the very handsome sum of 2 , 700

guineas . Tho annual dinner , held the same evening , at the Westminster Palace Hotel , of the Associated Chambers of Commerce , was presided over by Mr . Sampson Lloyd , M . P ., and among the guests were tho Marquis of Salisbury ,

Secretary of State for India , Lord Tenterden , General Schenk , the United States' Minister , and a number of other influential gentlemen . The Marquis of Salisbury replied to the toast of Her Majesty ' s Ministers , eschewing party politics ,

of course , but speaking at some length on the importance of our commercial interests in India , and expressing equally , of course , a feeling of satisfaction at tho purchase of the Suez Canal shares .

Several elections for vacant seats in Parliament have recently taken place . The most important being that for Manchester in the room of our late Bro . Callender , who is succeeded by Mr . Jacob Bright , a staunch adherent of the

Liberal party . Other elections are still pending . Mr . Hurst , lately returned , after a sharp contest , for Horsham , in place of Sir S . Fitzgerald , has been unseated on a petition by Mr . Justice Quain , so that a second contest looms in the neav future .

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Tho ex-judge , Sir John Coleridge , to whoso illness wo alluded in our last issue , died before the week was out , at his residence , Heath Court , Ottery St . Mary , Devon , at the ripe age of eighty-five . The learned judge was a nephew of the celebrated poet , Samuel Tayler Coleridge ,

and several members of the same family enjoyed more or less literary reputation . He was born at Tiverton , in 1790 , and was educated at Eton , which he left for Oxford , where he carried off the Chancellor ' s prizes , for Latin verse , and for the English and Latin essays , and took first-class

Classical honours . He was called to the bar in 1819 , became Recorder of Exeter and a Serjeant-at-law in 1832 , and was raised to the Bench 1835 . On his retirement , iu 1858 , he was made a member of Her Majesty ' s Privy Council . Eor a short time Sir John Coleridge was Editor

of the Quarterly , and author of " Recollections of the Poet Keble . " He also brought out an edition of Blackstone ' a Commentaries , in 1825 . One of his sons is Lord Coleridge , Chief Justice of the Common Pleas , and one of his daughters is married to the present Bishop of Oxford .

On Wednesday Mr . Gladstone was presented with the freedom of the Turners' Company . The Master of the Company , Mr . Edward Caffin , presided , and Mr . Jones , in obedience to the chair , addressed Mr . Gladstone in a very flattering speech , after which the ceremony of induction

was gone through with the usual formalities . The Right Hon . gentleman expressed his thanks for the honour conferred upon him that day , in a long and very genial speech , which was frequently interrupted by loud and hearty

applause . A few words from the Lord Mayor , who , with the Baroness Burdett-Coutts , Lady Pollock , and several other ladies , was present , and sundry complimentary votes brought the proceedings to a close .

As the year gets older , a great amount of activity is noticeable- in the sporting world . At Oxford and Cambridge the crews are working hard , and will , in a short time , enter on a strict course of training . There were a number of athletic contests at the Agricultural Hall on

Saturday ancl Monday . Then there has been the grand coursing event of the year ( contest for the Waterloo Cup ) , the result of which we are unable to give . We note besides a somewhat warm discussion is going on as to the merits or demerits of football , owing to a player having died from

injuries received when playing the Rugby Union game . We are the last people in the world to encourage games of violence , but one fatal accident no more justifies the abuse so freely lavished on this popular game than a single death in a railwav accident wonld justify wholesale abuse of

railway travelling . Athletic exercise is an essential part of a man ' s early training , and the more—in reason of coursewe have of it the healthier , both in mind ancl body , are wo likely to be . Athleticism may be carried too far , as , on tho other hand , it may be carried not far enough . The question

is not one of excess or defect , but whether games in which nasty accidents occasionally , but very rarely , occur , should be encouraged . Anything like brutal violence in football or any sport must be sternly put down , but our English youth will have to be made of different stuff ere they give

up a healthy game because of a solitary fatal accident . The kind of athletic feats we feel most inclined to discourage are of the class to which belong the recent so-called International Walking Matches , where men back themselves to accomplish feats which they are never likely to be called

upon to repeat in their every clay life . What good end does it serve that Weston can walk his 110 or 115 miles in twenty-four hours ? He shows , of course , that ho has great powers of endurance , and no doubt he makes a comfortable penny out of the enthusiasm of his supporters ,

but will he ever be called upon to put his walking powers to such a test as this ? These very big feats are well enough ouce in the way , but again and again repeated , they become a nuisance , and may , moreover , be harmful by inducing men to over-exert themselves .

The charge of fraudulent bankruptcy brought against a bootmaker of Hackney Road , has resulted in the committal for trial of the defendant . The case for the prosecution of the Eupion Gas Company is concluded . Council have addressed the iury in defence of their respective clients .

The Lord Chief Justice has concluded his summing up , and the verdict which the jury have recorded is that of guilty against certain of the defendants , two being acquitted . We wish these charges and prosecutions were a less conspicuous feature of the age , and that people thought a little more of the old maxim about honesty being the best policy . A deputation from the London Trades' Council , accom .