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The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COUET . —The Queen drove in the grounds on the afterof the 9 th inst ., attended by Lady Churchill , and went out walking on the lOtn inst ., accompanied by Princess Helena . Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice went out driving . Her Royal Highness Princess Helena , attended by the Honourable Lady Biddnlph , went to Twickenham , and visifed the Duke and
Duchess d'A umale . The Queen , accompanied by her Royal Hig h , ness Princess Helena , drove out on the 10 th inst ., in a carriage and four , attended by Lady Churchill . His Royal Highness Prince Alfred , attended by the Hon . Eliot York , arrived at the Castle . Her Majesty the Queen , with their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena , the Duchess of Cambridge , and the Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburgh Stvelitz , drove out on the 11 th inst ., inacarriage and four . Lord Alfred Paget attended on horseback . The Queen walked and drove in the grounds on the afternoon of the 11 th inst ., and again on the 12 th inst ., accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena . Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louisa and Princess Beatrice also walked and drove .
The Queen , with Princess Helena , waited in the grounds on the afternoon of the 12 th inst . His Royal Highness Prince Alfred , attended by the Hon . Eliot Yorko , arrived at the Castle from London . The Right Hon . E . Cardwell also arrived at the Castle , and had the honour cf dining with the Queen and the Royal Family . The Queen , their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred , Princess Helena , and Piince Leopold , and the Ladies
and Gentlemen in Waiting attended Divine service on the 13 th inst ., at the private chapel . The Rev . AA ' . If . Brookfiehl , Honorary Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen , preached the sermon . By command of the Queen a Levee was held on the 12 th inst , at St . James's Palace , by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , on behalf of her Majesty . Presentations to
his Royal Highness at this court are , by the Queen ' s pleasure considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty . The Queen went to London on the 11-th inst ., aocoinpanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena . Her Majesty travelled byspecial train to Paddington , and was escorted by a detachment of the 11 th Hussars to Buckingham Palace . The Queen presented to Mr . Samuel Popplestone the Albert Medal for his meritorious service in saving life from a wreck off the Start Point , on the 23 rd of March . This is the first occasion on
which her Majesty has conferred this honourable distinction . Her Majesty left Buckingham Palace at half-past five o ' clock for AViudsor Castle . The Queen and Princess Helena , attended by Lady Churchill , the Hon . Flora Macdonald , the Hon . Mary lascelles , and the Equerries in Waiting , arrived at the Castle at twenty-five minutes past six o'clock from Buckingham Palace . The Queen walked and drove in the grounds on the
loth inst ., attended b , y Lady Churchill . The Queen drove in the grounds in the afternoon , and went outwalking on the lGih inst ., accompanied by Princess Helena . His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at the Castle , and went to London , attended by the Hon . Eliot Yorke . I . ArrEBlAL PARLIAMENT . —rn the HOTTSE OP LOEDS on the
12 th inst ., there was a long and interesting discussion in refer , ence to land tenure in Ireland . The Marquis of Clanricarde moved the second reading of a bill on the subject , aud thns led the way to the debate which followed . In that debate Lord AVodehouso , Lord Dufferin , the Earl of Derby , and several other peers spoke . Finally the motion for the second reading of
the bill was withdrawn . The other business was not of importance . On the 1-lth inst . there was a brief discussion on the Conscience Clause , chiefly remarkable because the Bishop of St . David ' s expressed approval of the clause . Thereafter
Lord Redesdale made a leugthy speech in reference to the manner in which railway companies are promoted and railwaybills got through Parliament . He entered at great length into the matter , and denounced tho manner in Avhich new schemes were financed . He proposed to make alterations in the standing orders by which a change should be effected . One of these alterations was that the sum required to be deposited by the
promoters of bills should be in absolute money subscribed by shareholders and not in securities . He dwelt at some length on the mischief which he said bad been done by some amalgamations of railway companies , and in respect to such matters said he should propose an alteration in the standing orders by which the full terms of the proposed amalgamation should be
advertised in the November Qazetle . There was a short conversation after this speech , and then the house adjourned . On the lath inst ., the Earl of Granville corroborated the neAvs that the cattle plague had broken out in Ireland , near Belfast . He detailed the measures which had been taken for its repression . A long discussion then ensued on the Sunday Trading
Bill , which was stoutly opposed by Lord Teynham . Eventually however , the bill passed through committee . Brief discussions fallowed in reference to the cholera and the bombardment of A alparaiso , and the house adjourned at ten minutes to nine o ' clock . In the HOUSE or COMMONS on the 10 th inst ., after the questions bad been disposed of , the Attorney General
moved the second reading of the Bankruptcy Bill . He entered at some length into a full description of the bill and its various propositions . All these have , have , however , been already described . Mr . Moffatt criticised the bill adversely , but the general opinion of the house appeared to be in favour of it . The bill was read a second lime , and the Attorney General promised to say on the ISth inst ., when he would ask the
house to go into committee on the measure . After a brief discussion in reference to land tenure in India the House went into commitce of supply on the civil service estimates . On the 11 th inst ., one of the earliest questions asked was by Mr . Disraeli , whether the Government had suspended the Bank Charter Act . Mr . Bazley wished to know if they intended to
do so , and Mr . Biddnlph asked if the Government would suspend the Act if the Bank of England desired it . The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied that the Government had not suspended the Act . It was only within the previous two hours and a half that representations had been made to him on the state of things in the City , and a deputation of directors of
joint-stock banks was waiting to see ^ him as soon as he could leave his place . He could give no answer as to what the Government could do . As to the question based on the hypothesis of the Bank asking the Government to relax the Act of 1811 , he had no reason to suppose that any such proposition would be made . —On the motion to go into committee of supply ,
a discussion was begun by Mr . Bryan , in refereuce to tho cases of Chief Justice Lefroy and Lord Justice Blackburne , of the Irish Court of Appeal . Mr . Bryan insisted that neither judge was competent for the discharge of his business , and asked the Government what course they intended to pursue in reference to the matter . Mr . Fortescue indicated that if the Government
found it necessary to interfere , it would do so in the regular manner , by an address to the Crown from both Houses of Parliament . Sir Hugh Cairns condemned the course taken by Mr . Bryan , while Mr Maguire justified it , and showed by numerous cases that Chief Justice Lefroy was by age and mental weakness incapacitated for the discharge of his duty . Mr . AAliiteside , of course , defended the judges . The debate , which was altogether warm , became hotter when Sir Robert Peel charged Mr . Maguire with having made a statement which he knew to he
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
THE WEEK .
THE COUET . —The Queen drove in the grounds on the afterof the 9 th inst ., attended by Lady Churchill , and went out walking on the lOtn inst ., accompanied by Princess Helena . Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice went out driving . Her Royal Highness Princess Helena , attended by the Honourable Lady Biddnlph , went to Twickenham , and visifed the Duke and
Duchess d'A umale . The Queen , accompanied by her Royal Hig h , ness Princess Helena , drove out on the 10 th inst ., in a carriage and four , attended by Lady Churchill . His Royal Highness Prince Alfred , attended by the Hon . Eliot York , arrived at the Castle . Her Majesty the Queen , with their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena , the Duchess of Cambridge , and the Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburgh Stvelitz , drove out on the 11 th inst ., inacarriage and four . Lord Alfred Paget attended on horseback . The Queen walked and drove in the grounds on the afternoon of the 11 th inst ., and again on the 12 th inst ., accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena . Their Royal Highnesses Princess Louisa and Princess Beatrice also walked and drove .
The Queen , with Princess Helena , waited in the grounds on the afternoon of the 12 th inst . His Royal Highness Prince Alfred , attended by the Hon . Eliot Yorko , arrived at the Castle from London . The Right Hon . E . Cardwell also arrived at the Castle , and had the honour cf dining with the Queen and the Royal Family . The Queen , their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred , Princess Helena , and Piince Leopold , and the Ladies
and Gentlemen in Waiting attended Divine service on the 13 th inst ., at the private chapel . The Rev . AA ' . If . Brookfiehl , Honorary Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen , preached the sermon . By command of the Queen a Levee was held on the 12 th inst , at St . James's Palace , by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales , on behalf of her Majesty . Presentations to
his Royal Highness at this court are , by the Queen ' s pleasure considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty . The Queen went to London on the 11-th inst ., aocoinpanied by her Royal Highness Princess Helena . Her Majesty travelled byspecial train to Paddington , and was escorted by a detachment of the 11 th Hussars to Buckingham Palace . The Queen presented to Mr . Samuel Popplestone the Albert Medal for his meritorious service in saving life from a wreck off the Start Point , on the 23 rd of March . This is the first occasion on
which her Majesty has conferred this honourable distinction . Her Majesty left Buckingham Palace at half-past five o ' clock for AViudsor Castle . The Queen and Princess Helena , attended by Lady Churchill , the Hon . Flora Macdonald , the Hon . Mary lascelles , and the Equerries in Waiting , arrived at the Castle at twenty-five minutes past six o'clock from Buckingham Palace . The Queen walked and drove in the grounds on the
loth inst ., attended b , y Lady Churchill . The Queen drove in the grounds in the afternoon , and went outwalking on the lGih inst ., accompanied by Princess Helena . His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at the Castle , and went to London , attended by the Hon . Eliot Yorke . I . ArrEBlAL PARLIAMENT . —rn the HOTTSE OP LOEDS on the
12 th inst ., there was a long and interesting discussion in refer , ence to land tenure in Ireland . The Marquis of Clanricarde moved the second reading of a bill on the subject , aud thns led the way to the debate which followed . In that debate Lord AVodehouso , Lord Dufferin , the Earl of Derby , and several other peers spoke . Finally the motion for the second reading of
the bill was withdrawn . The other business was not of importance . On the 1-lth inst . there was a brief discussion on the Conscience Clause , chiefly remarkable because the Bishop of St . David ' s expressed approval of the clause . Thereafter
Lord Redesdale made a leugthy speech in reference to the manner in which railway companies are promoted and railwaybills got through Parliament . He entered at great length into the matter , and denounced tho manner in Avhich new schemes were financed . He proposed to make alterations in the standing orders by which a change should be effected . One of these alterations was that the sum required to be deposited by the
promoters of bills should be in absolute money subscribed by shareholders and not in securities . He dwelt at some length on the mischief which he said bad been done by some amalgamations of railway companies , and in respect to such matters said he should propose an alteration in the standing orders by which the full terms of the proposed amalgamation should be
advertised in the November Qazetle . There was a short conversation after this speech , and then the house adjourned . On the lath inst ., the Earl of Granville corroborated the neAvs that the cattle plague had broken out in Ireland , near Belfast . He detailed the measures which had been taken for its repression . A long discussion then ensued on the Sunday Trading
Bill , which was stoutly opposed by Lord Teynham . Eventually however , the bill passed through committee . Brief discussions fallowed in reference to the cholera and the bombardment of A alparaiso , and the house adjourned at ten minutes to nine o ' clock . In the HOUSE or COMMONS on the 10 th inst ., after the questions bad been disposed of , the Attorney General
moved the second reading of the Bankruptcy Bill . He entered at some length into a full description of the bill and its various propositions . All these have , have , however , been already described . Mr . Moffatt criticised the bill adversely , but the general opinion of the house appeared to be in favour of it . The bill was read a second lime , and the Attorney General promised to say on the ISth inst ., when he would ask the
house to go into committee on the measure . After a brief discussion in reference to land tenure in India the House went into commitce of supply on the civil service estimates . On the 11 th inst ., one of the earliest questions asked was by Mr . Disraeli , whether the Government had suspended the Bank Charter Act . Mr . Bazley wished to know if they intended to
do so , and Mr . Biddnlph asked if the Government would suspend the Act if the Bank of England desired it . The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied that the Government had not suspended the Act . It was only within the previous two hours and a half that representations had been made to him on the state of things in the City , and a deputation of directors of
joint-stock banks was waiting to see ^ him as soon as he could leave his place . He could give no answer as to what the Government could do . As to the question based on the hypothesis of the Bank asking the Government to relax the Act of 1811 , he had no reason to suppose that any such proposition would be made . —On the motion to go into committee of supply ,
a discussion was begun by Mr . Bryan , in refereuce to tho cases of Chief Justice Lefroy and Lord Justice Blackburne , of the Irish Court of Appeal . Mr . Bryan insisted that neither judge was competent for the discharge of his business , and asked the Government what course they intended to pursue in reference to the matter . Mr . Fortescue indicated that if the Government
found it necessary to interfere , it would do so in the regular manner , by an address to the Crown from both Houses of Parliament . Sir Hugh Cairns condemned the course taken by Mr . Bryan , while Mr Maguire justified it , and showed by numerous cases that Chief Justice Lefroy was by age and mental weakness incapacitated for the discharge of his duty . Mr . AAliiteside , of course , defended the judges . The debate , which was altogether warm , became hotter when Sir Robert Peel charged Mr . Maguire with having made a statement which he knew to he