The Week.

attended Divine Service in the forenoon . The Prince of Wales went to the House of Lords . The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive . The Queen walked and drove in the grounds on the afternoon of the 20 th with Princess Louise , and again went out on the 21 sfc inst ., accompanied by her Royal Highness . His Serene Highness the Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg , attended by Lieut .-Colonel Kingscote , went out

hunting . The Dowager Princess Hohenlohe ( her Majesty ' s half sister ) took leave of her Majesty , and left the Castle for the Continent . Her Royal Highness Princess Louise , attended by the Hon . Mrs . Bruce , accompanied the Princess to the railway station in Windsor , and afterwards returned to the Castle . Major-General Seymour , Equerry in Waiting to the

Queen , attended her Serene Highness to Folkestone . The Prince of Wales , attended by Lieut .-Colonel Keppel , hunted with his harriers near Taploiv on the 20 th inst . Tbe Princess of Wales took a carriage drive , attended by the Hon . Mrs . Sfconor . In the evening the Prince and Princess of Wales dined with the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough at their residence

in St . James ' s-square . IMPERIAL PABHAMBNT . —The HOUSE OE LOEDS went rapidly through the business on its paper on the 15 th inst . There was nothing of importance , and their lordships adjourned at twentyfive minutes to six o ' clock . On the 16 th insfc . the House had a long sitting . Earl Grey brought forward his resolution that

the House should go into committee to consider the state of Ireland . He wished tbe House to affirm that there was something in the state of Ireland requiring consideration , and if the motion was agreed to he ivould be prepared on Tuesday to move resolutions in committee . In a comprehensive speech he indicated what he considered wore the evils which militated ag-ainsb Ireland ' s prosperity . This led . to an animated debate , in the

course of which the mischief done by the Irish Church was fully pointed out . Of course the Church had its defenders , among whom was the Archbishop of Armagh . Eventually the motion was negatived . The House on the 19 th had a very short sitting . In the course of it , however , Earl Russell brought in a bill to amend the constitution of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners . On the 20 th , Earl Granville , in reply to questions

by the Duke of Montrose and the Duke of Marlborough , said tbe Order in Council allowed healthy cows to he moved a limited distance in the metropolis with a license . With regard to the effect produced by the stoppage of the movement of cattle by railway , the Government had been overwhelmed , with complaints on the subject , and that he was of opinion that tiie

prohibition could not be long continued . Ifc was intended to allow the carriage of cattle by railw . iys in certain districts , and under certain restrictions , so as not to come into contact with the cattle plague . Notico would bo given oi these changes , and the existing prohibition would be enforced until the new order came into operation . ' The Government intended to bring

into the House of Commons a bill to confer enlarged powers upon the Privy Council . Their lordships then adjourned . On the 15 th ins -, the HOUSE OI ? COMMONS had for its first business the Parliamentary Oaths Bill . Sir George Grey announced that he should accept the early part of tho amendment of Mr . Disraeli in reference to the succession under the Act of

Settlement with the exception of the word " defend . " After a brief discussion the first part of the amendment was agreed to . Mr . Disraeli then moved the second part of his amendment declaring that no foreign prince , prelate , & c , has any jurisdiction or authority in tin ' s country . A debate followed wliich ended in the amendment being rejected by a majority of 11-, the numbers being for the amendment , 222 , against 23 G . Some verbal alterations were made iu tho oath , and the bill was ordered ,

spite of the protestations of Mr . Whalley and Mr . Newdegate ,. to be reported on the 16 th . Afterwards , on the motion -for going into committee of supply , Sir John Walsh mourned over our naval weakness ; and there was a series of small discussions on small subjects , after which the House went into committee of supply . On thelGtb the House was occupied with a varietyof topics .. First , on the motion for going into committee of supply , Lord .

E . Cecil moved for a Royal Commission to inquire into theconstitution , system of education , and discipline at the Wool * ivich Royal Military Academy and the Sandhurst College , as well as into the general treatment of the gentlemen cadets . This led to a warm discussion . The motion was negatived by 152 votes to 132 . Tbe other topics dealt with were metropolitan improvements ,

the treatment of Fenian prisoners in Waterford Gaol ( in the course of the discussion on which there was a personal scenebetween Mr . Roebuck and Mr . Maguire ) , the administration of justice in Ireland , and Turnpike Trusts . Thereafter the House went into Obmmifcfcee of Supply . On the 19 fch insfc ., soma interesting information as to the Reform Bill was given by

the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the House in answer to questions . Amid the cheers of Ministerialists , he announced that the Government ivould , when the franchise bill was disposed of , take measures in respect to the re-distribution of seats and the settlement of the boundaries of boroughs . He added that the Government ivould do this at what they deemed

a fitting opportunity , whereupon the Opposition set up ironical cheers . —A little later Mr . Gladstone stated that under the newbill the mode of calculating the annual value of houses would remain tho same as at present . —Sir George Grey and the Government gonorally had to sustain a severe and general scolding from Mr . Hunt and the other members infected by the cattle plague . Tliey demanded fcliafc an army of inspectors

should be appointed to see that the railway companies did their duty in disinfecting carriages iu which cattle had been carried . The Government replied that no number of inspectors could do the work in the time , and contended that it was better to leave the railway companies to do the work on the pain of being informed against by any one if they failed . —Sir John Fakington was particularly severe upon the shortcomings of the

Government . Yet lie had just before tumbled headlong into a trap . Somebody had found out that when the ISellerophon was tried her funnel was lengthened in order that the draft in the engine-room being increased more steam might be got up . Sir John leaped at the story . Here was a fraud on the public . The speed of the Bdlerophon , a ship constructed by a man ,

whom he had not appointed , had been increased by a derico which was not fair . He asked the question , Had the funnel of the Bellerophon been lengthened on her trial trip ? "Yes , " said Lord Clarence Paget , " it had . " The engineers had done it in accordance with their usual custom . It was done in the case of the Warrior , when the right hon . baronet was First

Lord of the Admiralty . Of course the House laughed eonsumedly at the blunder of the member for Droifcwich Rather a sharp discussion next arose as to whether the meeting of committees should be postponed till one o ' clock in consequence of it being the day of humiliation for the cattle plague . Finally , however , the proposal was carried by 259 votes to 112 . —

'Vlie P-di-Vuimcnlnvy Oaths Bill was read a third time and passed after a show of opposition by Mr . JNewdegate . JeTexfc , on the motion for going into committee of supply , there were discussions on various subjects , the most prominent being the late inquiry into the loos of the London . Sir John Pakington led tbe assault on the manner in which the inquiry had been conducted , and there was a very warm debate . On tho 19 th inst . two notices of motion in resnecfc to the Reform Bill were