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the clause was put to the committee another discussion arose , and so far as Lancaster and Yarmouth were concerned , it was urged that the punishment would be sufficient if the writs were suspended for a long time . Mr . Baxter moved an amendment , tlie effect of whieh would bo to suspend the writs for fifteen years . This and other amendments were ,

however , negatived , and tho clause was carried aud stau . ls part of the hill . On the 31 st ult ., the House did a fair amount of work at its morning sitting . At tho evening sitting there was a long and interesting dismission on the position of the Queen ' s University in Ireland . In tho House , on the 3 d inst ., Lord Stanley , in reply to a question put to him , said he , had no

information as to the alleged shooting of the ex-Emperor Maximilian . He thought that in the disturbed state of Mexico despatches had very likely been intercepted . In reply to another question , Lord Stanley said he had not joined in any identical note to the Porte in reference to Crete . —There was a small squabble about the appointmens of a committee to inquire into

the operation of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill . Mr . A ance and his friends insist that the committee named by Mr . McEvoy is one-sided ancl unfair , and the Chancellor of the Exchequer declines to interfere . Mr . McEvoy , however , offered , if the objectors would put forward names of their own , to take them into consideration . On the 4 th inst ., the House hacl a

morning sitting , beginning at two o ' clock . It was proposed to read a third time and pass the North British Railway ( Carlisle Deviation ) Bill , to ivhich an objection was taken on a previous occasion , and repeated to-day by Mr . Hadfield and Mr . D . Griffith , because it contains a provision for the erection of preference stock . It was proposed by Mr . Hadfield that the motion for the third reading should be postponed for a fortnight , thus giving an opportunity lor settling the matter amicabl y .

During the discussion that ensued Colonel W . Patten urged that no benefit could arise from resisting the progress of the bill . Afc the same time he felt bound to say that he supported the bill with regret , in consequence of the objectionable proposal contained in ifc respecting the creation of pre-preference stock . The bill was ultimately read a third time and passed . At the evening

sitting , Lord Enfield moved for a select committee to inquire into the law and practice relating to special and common juries-The Government assented to tho appointment of a committee , and tho motion was carried . A ' arious other subjects wore subsequently discussed . On the 5 th inst . tho Speaker was iu attendance at noon , but nearly a quarter of an hour elapsed

before tho Houso was complete . Several petitions wero presented , including ono by Mr . Bright from Joseph Cartwright , praying tho Houso to interpose its moral weight to prevent tho recurrenco of tho barbarities committed by tho Turkish troops in Candia . Mr . Mill gave notice , on tho part of Mr . Ayrtou , of a proposed amendment in tho Bankruptcy Bill , declaring it to be unjust that

a person owing £ 50 in one debt , or several debts amounting to £ 100 , should bo entitled to his discharge from all liabilities , except as to future acquired property , on payment of one-half of tho amount duo , while persons becoming-insolvent for a less amountshould bo liable to continual imprisonment unless thoy should pay the full amount . The second reading of the Oxford and

Cambridge Universities Education Bill was moved by Mr . Ewart , who explained it sohjecfc to be to open up the universities , restore the ancient university system , and encourage competition in letters and science . By this means he anticipated that university education would be rendered cheaper than at present , and therefore attainable by persons now excluded from its

advantages . Mr . B . Hope moved thafc the hill be read a second time that day six months . He objected to the measure , be- ( cause he considered it reactionary , and that it would prove '

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either futile or mischievous . The gist of the bill lay m a few words—providing that any person might be matriculated without being entered as a member of any college , and might , if he should think fit , join himself to any college or hall wifch the consent of the head , but without being obliged to reside within tho same , and that such persons should in all respects be

considered members of the universities . The amendment was secoudccl by Mr . Powell , who remarked that thoro was no provision in tho bill for keeping terms . Mr . Neato , Sir AV . Heathcote , Mr . Evans , and Mr . Fawcett took part in tho dobato . Mr . Lowe earnestly supported tho second reading of tho bill , but declined to affirm all its principles , and recommended that it

should bo referred to a select committee . Mr . Honloy admitted tho subject should bo inquired into , but should not bo decided in such a bill as that before the Houso . Mr . Gladstone considered that what Mr . Honloy thought was objectionable in tho bill was a merit in it , and spoke in favour of tho measure . Eventually tho bill was road a second time by 1 G 4 votes to 150 , and was

ordered to bo referred to a select committee . —Subsequently there was rather a warm discussion between Mr . Ncwdegato and the Speaker . It had been moved thafc tho second reading of a bill in reference to Roman Catholic churches and schools in Ireland should bo postponed to tho 3 rd of July . Mr . Newdegato wished thereupon to discuss the merits o £ tho bill , but the

Speaker insisted that ho was not entitled to do so . Eventually tho bill was postponed . GENERAL HOME NEWS . —The statue of thafc honest statesman and good man , the late Lord Herbert of Lea , was unveiled in front of the War Office in Pall-mall on the 1 st inst . The Duke

of Cambridge and Mr . Gladstone both took part in the proceedings , which were of an extremely interesting character , although there was an absence of all ostentation or show . After the Duke of Cambridge had unveiled the statue of the late Sidney Herbert , he went to the Lock Hospital aud opened a new wing of that institution . The Hon . A . Kinnaird has interested himself greatly in procuring funds for the

extension of the hospital , and had on Saturday the gratification of seeing his labours nobly crowned . The institution does a great work well . The corner-stone of the Holborn Viaduct was laid on the 3 rd inst . by Mr . Deputy Fry , chairman of tho City Improvements Committee . This groat work , when completed , will undoubtedly bo one of tho most splendid

improvements which London has over had . Tho City authorities have taken it in hand apparently ivith tho firm determination to carry it out in a manner creditable to themselves and to the city which thoy represent . Tho ceremony was much marred hy the bad weather . Tho Court of Exchequer , on tho 4 th instant , gave judgment in tho caso of tho Attorney-General v . Dakin and

others . Tho defendants aro tho Sheriffs of London and Middlesex , and some of thoir officers , under a writ of fieri facias , seized goods belonging to Lord Henry Gordon in Hampton Court Palace . Ifc was contended that this was a violation of the privileges of tho Queen , inasmuch as Hampton Court is a royal palace . Mr . Baron Bramwoll aud Mr . Baron Martin both held that Hampton

Court was not a royal residence in tho sense necessary to render tho privilege contended for on behalf of tho Crown applicable . Tho Lord Chief Baron thought different , but tho majority being for tho defendants , tho decision was in their favour .

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