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thought the time had arrived when all Irish State prisoners might be released , but the Government differed with the honourable gentleman , so , for the present at least , the State prisoners will remain in state-u quo . The remaining item of importance was a motion by the
Home Secretary for the introduction of a Bill to enable the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to create a new Bishopric of St . Albans . The motion and subsequently the first reading were agreed to , and soon after the House adjourned till Monday , on which day the most important business
transacted was the partial advancement through Committee of Mr . Hardy ' s Regimental Exchanges Bill . Great opposition was offered to its progress , but the Government were too strong , and the various amendments were in turn defeated , the debate being adjourned to a morning" sitting
on Tuesday , when the Committee resumed the consideration of the measure at 2 o ' clock , as arranged . The debate ¦ was very animated , and Mr . Gladstone took a very conspicuous part in it , speaking with his wonted fervour . Mr . Hardy replied , and , on division , the Government carried
the day by 259 to 168 . Clause 2 , which had been so bitterly fought over was then agreed to , as after another division was clause 3 , and the Bill emerged from Committee , and was ordered to be reported . At the evening sitting Mr . Anderson moved for a Royal Commission to
inquire into the Currency , but his views found little favour with the House , and his motion was rejected by nearly 3 to 1 . On Wednesday , Mr . Goschen , who , if not a high authority on Naval tactics , has a sound knowledge of Banking , moved the second reading of the Bankers' Act
Amendment Bill . The importance of the subject was fully recognised , and the debate was a highly instructive one , all the most eminent financial members of the House , Mr . Gladstone , Mr . Lowe , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Sir J . Lubbock , Dr . L . Playfair , and others , taking part in
it . It was afterwards arranged , at the instance of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , that the Bill should stand over for the present aud that meanwhile a Committee of the House should be appointed to inquire into the matter . On Thursday the House went into Committee on
the Artizans' Dwellings Bill after an abortive attempt of Mr . Cawley to get it referred to a Select Committee . Several amendments were offered , but Avere rejected , and when sundry of the clauses had passed , the Chairma , n reported progress , and the House resumed . The Regimental
Exchanges Bill was then read a third time . In Committee on the Mutiny Bill , some twenty-five clauses were agreed to , and the Chairman again reported progress . A Select Committee on the Corrupt Practices Prevention and Election Petitions Acts was then appointed , and soon after the House rose .
Last week we chronicled the death of an eminent military officer , Sir J . Hope Grant . This week the same duty again devolves upon us , but in the case of P . M . Sir William Gomm , there is this consolation , that he had long passed tbe allotted span of life , and had attained the very
highest rank in his profession . He died , in fact , full of years and full of honours , having been born in 1784 , joined the Army in 1794 , at the early age of ten , and baring seen his first active service in the Expedition to the Helder in 1799 when he was yet only fifteen years of age . He
became Captain in 1803 , served at the siege of Copenhagen in 1807 , and was actively engaged during the whole of the Peninsular War , for his services in Avhich he had received the gold cross , with one clasp for Badajos , Salamanca , Vittoria , San Sebastian , and the Nive , and the silver
war medal with six clasps , for Roleia , Vimiera , Corunna , Busaco , Fuentes d'Onoro and Nivelle . Sir William also served in the Waterloo Campaign , as assistant Quartermaster General to Pieton ' s division . For these services he was made a K . C . B ., received the medal and the second
class of St . Ann of Russia . He subsequently held commands at Jamaica , at the Mauritius , and as successor to Sir Charles Napier in India . In 1803 he became Colonel of the Coldstream Guards , to which regiment he had been transferred in 1814 for his distinguished services in Spain
and Portugal . Iu 1868 he received the baton of Field Marshal , and in 1873 succeeded Sir George Pollock as Constable of the Tower of London . Though in his 91 st year , Sir William Gomm was an active and vigorous man
both mentally and physically . Thus has passed away one , of the few remaining survivors of tho great Avar , the brother-in-arms of the late Duke of York , Earl Cathcart , Sir John Moore , Duke of Welliii : ;' .. n , Sir W . Picton , and who entered the service when it . yet contained men who
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had fought under George II . at Dettingen , Clive at Plassejj and Wolfe at Quebec . The crisis of our annual Blue fever terminates to-day . For years past it has been the duty of journalists to record that London just before Easter is blue all over . The male
section of London humanity , indeed , may be said to be black-and-blne all over , to a greater extent even , though more agreeably so , than a Avhole host of railway passengers Avho have been just a little shaken and contused . In most years , even the Winds oleic , as in duty bound , at the period
of the Vernal Equinox . However , the symptoms are not by any means unpleasant . As to the fair sex , the more blue they look , the more we admire them—Masonically
and PJatonically , of course . No need for the Frenchman of Leicester Square to exclaim , either in anger or in Avonderment , Morbleu ! for a fresh crop of Indigo Avould almost be needed in order to make us seem more blue than Ave
are . There has even been more blue sky than usual in this somewhat melancholy climate of ours . As to the cause of all this blue mania—the aquatic rivalry of Oxford and Cambridge—we can only repeat Avhat Ave said last Aveek in the Avay of prophecy—Blue wins , that ' s certain .
The important question is , Avhich Blue ? We will answer this question next week—if , at least , any one is still ignorant of the result of to-day ' s contest . Testerday , of course , Lillie Bridge had its special dose of the fever , but at the moment of Avriting the exact nature of
tbe symptoms , Avhether favourable to the Light or the Dark , cannot be recorded . There has also been a blue Chess contest—result , as to ourselves , not yet knoAvn ; and we presume there will be the usual blue Billiards and blue Racquets , though doubts exist as to the former , at least as a public contest .
On Friday last Professor Abel lectured at the Royal Institution , on the very important subject of " Accidental Explosions . " In the course of his observations the learned Professor pointed out that most accidents of this kind Avere traceable to causes Avhich might have been foreseen tor
guarded against . This is so , undoubtedly . A man sits smoking his pipe on a barrel of gunpoAvder , and people are not all surprised at his being blown up . A miner goes to work with a naked light , and balf-a-score , or , it may be , half-a hundred poor fellows are blown into eternity . It is
a great service , of course , to show Avhy it is m these and similar circumstances that explosions occur . It Avould bo a still greater service if anyone could point out a means of compelling people who have to do Avith explosives to be more careful . What Ave should like to know is , not how or
why explosions occur , but how to make them , humanly speaking , impossible . One class of explosions Professor Abel did not touch upon—explosions of temper . This is a subject of great interest , especially to married people . Given , for instance , a Xantippe for a wife , will the learned Professor tell us the amount of suasive force tbat must be
expended by the husband in order to prevent her temper from exploding more than once a day , or , if possible , not at all . Again , does good come from bloAving people up ; if so , how much , of Avhat kind , and to Avhom—the blower up or the blowee up ?
Mr . Macfarren has been appointed to succeed Sir Sterndale Bennett , both as Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge , and as Principal of the Royal Academy of Music . At the first concert , in St . James ' s Hall , of the latter since the accession of the new principal ,
the programme , out of respect for Sir S . Bennett , Avas composed entirel y of his works . The performances of the students , both vocal and instrumental , both choral and solo , showed a very high degree of culture . The Hall was Avell filled , and tho audience Avere highly pleased both with the programme selected and its interpretation .
Dr . Manning , and certain other ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church , have been raised to the dignity of Cardinals . It is even rumoured , on Avhat authority we know not , that Cardinal Manning may attain a still greater
eminence , and succeed the present occupant of the Papal Throne . In such a case he would be the second Englishman Avho has achieved such a distinction . The first was Adrian IV . ( Nicholas B rakospeare ) , AVIIO was elected in 1154 , and died , after a brief reign of five years , in 1159 .
The chief item of news from France is not political , but commercial . There have been some heavy speculations on the Bourse , and heavy losses in the matter of rime bargains . One speculator is said to have lost upwards of half a million sterling . The Duke d'Audiffret-Pasquier has succeeded M . Buffet , the new Premier , in tho
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thought the time had arrived when all Irish State prisoners might be released , but the Government differed with the honourable gentleman , so , for the present at least , the State prisoners will remain in state-u quo . The remaining item of importance was a motion by the
Home Secretary for the introduction of a Bill to enable the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to create a new Bishopric of St . Albans . The motion and subsequently the first reading were agreed to , and soon after the House adjourned till Monday , on which day the most important business
transacted was the partial advancement through Committee of Mr . Hardy ' s Regimental Exchanges Bill . Great opposition was offered to its progress , but the Government were too strong , and the various amendments were in turn defeated , the debate being adjourned to a morning" sitting
on Tuesday , when the Committee resumed the consideration of the measure at 2 o ' clock , as arranged . The debate ¦ was very animated , and Mr . Gladstone took a very conspicuous part in it , speaking with his wonted fervour . Mr . Hardy replied , and , on division , the Government carried
the day by 259 to 168 . Clause 2 , which had been so bitterly fought over was then agreed to , as after another division was clause 3 , and the Bill emerged from Committee , and was ordered to be reported . At the evening sitting Mr . Anderson moved for a Royal Commission to
inquire into the Currency , but his views found little favour with the House , and his motion was rejected by nearly 3 to 1 . On Wednesday , Mr . Goschen , who , if not a high authority on Naval tactics , has a sound knowledge of Banking , moved the second reading of the Bankers' Act
Amendment Bill . The importance of the subject was fully recognised , and the debate was a highly instructive one , all the most eminent financial members of the House , Mr . Gladstone , Mr . Lowe , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Sir J . Lubbock , Dr . L . Playfair , and others , taking part in
it . It was afterwards arranged , at the instance of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , that the Bill should stand over for the present aud that meanwhile a Committee of the House should be appointed to inquire into the matter . On Thursday the House went into Committee on
the Artizans' Dwellings Bill after an abortive attempt of Mr . Cawley to get it referred to a Select Committee . Several amendments were offered , but Avere rejected , and when sundry of the clauses had passed , the Chairma , n reported progress , and the House resumed . The Regimental
Exchanges Bill was then read a third time . In Committee on the Mutiny Bill , some twenty-five clauses were agreed to , and the Chairman again reported progress . A Select Committee on the Corrupt Practices Prevention and Election Petitions Acts was then appointed , and soon after the House rose .
Last week we chronicled the death of an eminent military officer , Sir J . Hope Grant . This week the same duty again devolves upon us , but in the case of P . M . Sir William Gomm , there is this consolation , that he had long passed tbe allotted span of life , and had attained the very
highest rank in his profession . He died , in fact , full of years and full of honours , having been born in 1784 , joined the Army in 1794 , at the early age of ten , and baring seen his first active service in the Expedition to the Helder in 1799 when he was yet only fifteen years of age . He
became Captain in 1803 , served at the siege of Copenhagen in 1807 , and was actively engaged during the whole of the Peninsular War , for his services in Avhich he had received the gold cross , with one clasp for Badajos , Salamanca , Vittoria , San Sebastian , and the Nive , and the silver
war medal with six clasps , for Roleia , Vimiera , Corunna , Busaco , Fuentes d'Onoro and Nivelle . Sir William also served in the Waterloo Campaign , as assistant Quartermaster General to Pieton ' s division . For these services he was made a K . C . B ., received the medal and the second
class of St . Ann of Russia . He subsequently held commands at Jamaica , at the Mauritius , and as successor to Sir Charles Napier in India . In 1803 he became Colonel of the Coldstream Guards , to which regiment he had been transferred in 1814 for his distinguished services in Spain
and Portugal . Iu 1868 he received the baton of Field Marshal , and in 1873 succeeded Sir George Pollock as Constable of the Tower of London . Though in his 91 st year , Sir William Gomm was an active and vigorous man
both mentally and physically . Thus has passed away one , of the few remaining survivors of tho great Avar , the brother-in-arms of the late Duke of York , Earl Cathcart , Sir John Moore , Duke of Welliii : ;' .. n , Sir W . Picton , and who entered the service when it . yet contained men who
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had fought under George II . at Dettingen , Clive at Plassejj and Wolfe at Quebec . The crisis of our annual Blue fever terminates to-day . For years past it has been the duty of journalists to record that London just before Easter is blue all over . The male
section of London humanity , indeed , may be said to be black-and-blne all over , to a greater extent even , though more agreeably so , than a Avhole host of railway passengers Avho have been just a little shaken and contused . In most years , even the Winds oleic , as in duty bound , at the period
of the Vernal Equinox . However , the symptoms are not by any means unpleasant . As to the fair sex , the more blue they look , the more we admire them—Masonically
and PJatonically , of course . No need for the Frenchman of Leicester Square to exclaim , either in anger or in Avonderment , Morbleu ! for a fresh crop of Indigo Avould almost be needed in order to make us seem more blue than Ave
are . There has even been more blue sky than usual in this somewhat melancholy climate of ours . As to the cause of all this blue mania—the aquatic rivalry of Oxford and Cambridge—we can only repeat Avhat Ave said last Aveek in the Avay of prophecy—Blue wins , that ' s certain .
The important question is , Avhich Blue ? We will answer this question next week—if , at least , any one is still ignorant of the result of to-day ' s contest . Testerday , of course , Lillie Bridge had its special dose of the fever , but at the moment of Avriting the exact nature of
tbe symptoms , Avhether favourable to the Light or the Dark , cannot be recorded . There has also been a blue Chess contest—result , as to ourselves , not yet knoAvn ; and we presume there will be the usual blue Billiards and blue Racquets , though doubts exist as to the former , at least as a public contest .
On Friday last Professor Abel lectured at the Royal Institution , on the very important subject of " Accidental Explosions . " In the course of his observations the learned Professor pointed out that most accidents of this kind Avere traceable to causes Avhich might have been foreseen tor
guarded against . This is so , undoubtedly . A man sits smoking his pipe on a barrel of gunpoAvder , and people are not all surprised at his being blown up . A miner goes to work with a naked light , and balf-a-score , or , it may be , half-a hundred poor fellows are blown into eternity . It is
a great service , of course , to show Avhy it is m these and similar circumstances that explosions occur . It Avould bo a still greater service if anyone could point out a means of compelling people who have to do Avith explosives to be more careful . What Ave should like to know is , not how or
why explosions occur , but how to make them , humanly speaking , impossible . One class of explosions Professor Abel did not touch upon—explosions of temper . This is a subject of great interest , especially to married people . Given , for instance , a Xantippe for a wife , will the learned Professor tell us the amount of suasive force tbat must be
expended by the husband in order to prevent her temper from exploding more than once a day , or , if possible , not at all . Again , does good come from bloAving people up ; if so , how much , of Avhat kind , and to Avhom—the blower up or the blowee up ?
Mr . Macfarren has been appointed to succeed Sir Sterndale Bennett , both as Professor of Music at the University of Cambridge , and as Principal of the Royal Academy of Music . At the first concert , in St . James ' s Hall , of the latter since the accession of the new principal ,
the programme , out of respect for Sir S . Bennett , Avas composed entirel y of his works . The performances of the students , both vocal and instrumental , both choral and solo , showed a very high degree of culture . The Hall was Avell filled , and tho audience Avere highly pleased both with the programme selected and its interpretation .
Dr . Manning , and certain other ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church , have been raised to the dignity of Cardinals . It is even rumoured , on Avhat authority we know not , that Cardinal Manning may attain a still greater
eminence , and succeed the present occupant of the Papal Throne . In such a case he would be the second Englishman Avho has achieved such a distinction . The first was Adrian IV . ( Nicholas B rakospeare ) , AVIIO was elected in 1154 , and died , after a brief reign of five years , in 1159 .
The chief item of news from France is not political , but commercial . There have been some heavy speculations on the Bourse , and heavy losses in the matter of rime bargains . One speculator is said to have lost upwards of half a million sterling . The Duke d'Audiffret-Pasquier has succeeded M . Buffet , the new Premier , in tho