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Topics Of The Day.

TOPICS OF THE DAY .

IN Parliament considerable progress has been made with sundry measures of importance . On Friday , in the House of Lords , Earl Delawarr moved the appointment of a select committee of inquiry as to the state of the law regarding the transport of cattle by sea and land . The Duke of Richmond pointed out , however , that the motion

was unnecessary , and that the Privy Council possessed ample powers , whereupon , after a few remarks from Lord Carlingford , the motion was withdrawn . The Exeter Union of Benefices Bill was also withdrawn at the suggestion of the Lord Chancellor , the Archbishop of Canterbury ,

and others . On Monday , the principal subject that engaged the attention of the House , was that on Out-door Relief , to which Lord Lyttelton drew attention . The

motion was withdrawn , however . On Tuesday , the Bishopric of St . Albans Bill was read a second time , after which their Lordships went into Committee pro forma on the General School of Law Bill . The Sale of Food and

Drugs Bill was then discussed clause by clause , and ultimately emerged from Committee without amendment . The House then adjourned till Thursday , when the Artisans ' Dwellings Bill was read a third time , after a few remarks from the Earl of Roseberry and Earl Nelson . On the

question that the Bill do pass , Lord Redesdale proposed an amendment , limiting the power of local boards in certain cases to take compulsory possession of property . Earl

Beauchamp at first objected , but on the recommendation of tbe Duke of Richmond and the Lord Chancellor , it was ultimately accepted , and the Bill passed . The second reading of the Public Health Bill is fixed for Monday week .

In the House of Commons Mr . Butt ' s resolution for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the operation of the Irish Land Act of 1870 was negatived b y a considerable majority , Sir M . Beach opposing the motion on behalf of the Government . Mr . Whalley gained nothing

by his motion on the subject of Contempt of Court . The House then went into Committee of Supply , and voted sundry of the estimates for the Civil Service . One or two votes were opposed , but unsuccessfully , the vote for the Privy Seal being carried by a majority of 80 in a

comparatively thin House . On Monday , the adjourned debate on the Supreme Court of Judicature Bill was resumed by Mr . Forsyth . Messrs . Lowe and G . Hardy , Sir H . James , the Solicitor General , Lord Elcho , and others took part in the discussion that followed , and in the end Mr . Williams

withdrew his amendment , and the Bill passed its second reading . The consideration of the Offences against the Person Amendment Act , on its second reading , occupied nearly the whole of the rest of the sitting , Mr . P . A . Taylor moving its rejection . The debate was adjourned , and so too , after voting further supplies in Committee , was the House . On