The Week.

9 th inst- with tho Princess Louiso . Tho Queen , accompanied by Princess Louiso and Prince Arthur , visited the Ro 3-al Victoria Hospital at Notloy in tho afternoon . Her Majesty crossed over from Osborne Pior iu tho royal yacht Alberta , Captain his Scrcno Highness tho Princo of Loiuingon , and was received on landing hy Major General AYilbraham , C . B ., and tho officers of tho

establishment , by whom her Majesty was conducted through tho hospital . In passing through many of tho wards her Majesty addressed a few words to tho sick , anel inquired into their cases . Before leaving tho establishment tho Queen visited tho quarters of tho married mon . Her Majesty returned to Osborne at eight o'clock . Her Majesty walked in tho grounds on tho morning of

tho 10 th inst ., accompanied by Princess Louiso . Tho other members of the royal family also went out . Tho Queen drove out in tho afternoon , attended by tho Countess of Gainsborough and Lady Augusta Stanley . Her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses Princess Louiso and Princess Beatrice , and tho ladies aud gentlemen in waiting , attendod divine service at AYbippirjghain

Church on the morning of tho 11 th inst . Tho Eev . George Prothoroo officiated . Tho Queen , tho King of tho Belgians , Princess Louiso , and Princess Beatrice , drove out ou tho afternoon of tho 12 th inst . The Quoon anel Princess Louiso drove out on tho afternoon of tho 13 th inst ., and her Majesty walked in tho grounds on tho morning of tho 1-lth inst ., accompanied by her Royal Highness .

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . —In the HOUSE OB LORDS on the 9 th inst ., the Duke of Montrose laid on the table the new postal convention with the United States , by which the postage on letters between the two countries will he reduced from one shilling to sixpence . —The Commons' reasons for disagreeing to the amendments made by their lordships in the Reform Bill

were brought up . —The Marquis of AA estmeath brought forward his motion as to the reporters , but intimated that he did not intend to press it . Lord Derby congratulated him on this resolution , and paid a high compliment to the manner in which the reporters discharged their duties . —Several bills were advanced a stage , amongst them being the Factory Acts

Extension Bill and the Court of Admiralty ( Ireland ) Bill . Their lordships adjourned shortly after seven o ' clock . On the 12 th inst . the Royal assent was given to several bills . Subsequently several measures were advanced a stage , anel then their lordships took up the Commons' reasons for disagreeing with their lordships' amendments to tire Reform Bill . The Earl of Derby rather regretfully announced that the Commons had agreed to the representation of minorities clause . As to the

copyhold franchise , he ridiculed the Commons' reasons for disagreeing with their lordships' amendment , but ended by advising the House to accept those reasons . As to the voting papers , he regretted the Commons had rejected them , but urged that no question should be raised about them then . His lordship , however , laid the foundation for a new agitation by

suggesting that the Marquis of Salisbury should bring the question forward at a future time , declaring his belief that sooner or later voting papers would be adopted . The Marquis of Salisbury reluctantly accepted this suggestion . Lord Stanhope wailed over the rejection of voting papers . Lord Clancarfcy , Lord Harrowby , and Earl Russell took part in the

subsequent debate . The first two represented the Commons' alterations . Earl Russell gave his hearty adhesion to all the Commons had done . After a few words from the Marquis of 'AYestmeath , the Commons' reasons were accepted without a dissentient voice . On the 13 th inst ., after several bills had been advanced a stage , the Earl of Shrewsbury asked whether the Government intended to defend Mr . Ex-Governor Byre in case any further actions were brought against him by the

Jamaica Committee or any one else . The Duke of Buckingham said the Government did not . They would wait until the whole of the facts had been fully wrought out in Court before they took any steps with regard to Mr . Eyre . The Earl of Shrewsbury expressed his dissatisfaction with this answer . In the HOUSE OE COMMONS , on the 9 th inst ., the North British

Railway ( Carlisle Deviation ) Bill was discussed again on coming from the Lords . During the conversation that took place ifc transpired that their lordships , when considering the bill , entered a protest against the creation of pre-preference stock . The discussion of the measure occupied the attention of the House for a considerable time . Eventually , however , the Lords '

amendments were agreed to . —Sir Roundell Palmer brought up the report of the committee appointed [ to prepare reasons for disagreeing with the Lords' amendments to the Reform Bill . They were adopted , and were ordered to be sent to the House of Lords . —On the motion to go into committee of supply , the Chancellor of the Exchequer appealed to members who had

notices on the paper to withdraw them , in order that supply might be completed . The only objector was Mr . Fawcett , who insisted that a more definite reply should be given to his question as to granting a charter to the Roman Catholic University in Dublin . After some conversation , the Chancellor of the Exchequer confessed that on a former occasion he had been too

curt in his reply to Mr . Fawcett . He now promised thafc nothing should be done as to university education in Ireland without the House of Commons being consulted . The House went into committee of supply , and votes for the National Gallery and art education were taken . On the proposal to vote £ 25 , 000 for the expenses attendant on the visit of the Viceroy anel the Sultan , Mr . Ayrton made some observations which were in effect a complaint that the expense of entertaining the Sultan

had not been borne by Her Majesty . The Chancellor of the Exchequer was defending the vote when , by standing order , the debate was adjourned and the sitting suspended . ¦ On the 11 th inst . the report of supply was brought up by Mr . Dodson , and Mr . B . Hope availed himself of the opportunity to call attention to the proposed removal of Canning ' s statue from its present position , and to the general arrangements of

Parliament-square . The hon . member for Stoke intimated that , iu Iris opinion , the present site is a perfectly appropriate one . If they moved back the statue to its old site they would—ha warned them—destroy the perspective effect of the locality . Colonel AVilson Patten replied on the part of Lord John Manners . He referred to objections alleged to be entertained

by Mr . Canning ' s relatives to the removal of the statue from its former site , and explained that when a discussion took place respecting a site for a statue to the late Sir R . Peel , the persons engaged in the consideration of the subject declined to interfere with the statue of Canning lest it should be objected to by his friends ; whereupon the late Lord Canning remarked that he

had no objection to the statue of his father being removed . After some further discussion the report was received . —The Fortifications Bill passed , and the harbinger of the close of the session—the Appropriation Bill—was brought in and read a . first time . On the 12 th inst ., after the questions had been , disposed of , Sir Stafford Northcote moved that the House go

into committee to enable him to make a statement as to the finances of India . Mr . Ayrton interposed , and moved as aa amendment a string of resolutions proposing to alter the form of Government in India in various ways . He supported his proposition in a speech of some length and much interest . Mr-Kinnaird seconded the resolutions . Sir Stafford Northcote hoped they would not be pressed , and strongly urged that this was not the time to deal with the large question of the govern-