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      support . " The address adds , however , that "it is tifying reflection that , through' private munificence , little assistance from public sources , your Majesty ' s has been signalized by the erection of new sees- in quarter of the globe—from Africa to New Zeafrom Victoria to Rupert ' s Land . We have obl with satisfaction that your Majesty has been id to appoint a commission to consider the bounda-F some of the dioceses in England , and we earnestly bhat their inquiries and recommendations may be eefced as to promote the efficiency and well-being Church . In the promotion of public education—» tion which intimately concerns us as ministers of m- —we thankfully acknowledge the liberal aid

      ed us by public grants . The attention directed- toi the instruction of the young is a marked feature present age , but we deeply deplore the difficulties t , in too many cases , induce the labouring elasses to r e their children from school at a very early age , they have received the full advantages Of a sound tion and been properly , instructed ra their duty to-God and man . It is difficult to suggest the re-, but if it should please your Majesty , in accordyith the spirit of that general summons in your ty s writ , ' to treat of dertain difficult and urgent i concerning your Majesty , the security and deof the Church of England , and- the peace and tran-; y and public good of your kingdom and your

      sub-) f the same , ' commit' to our special deliberation > r any other question affecting the interest of our eligion or the usefulness of the Church * , we trust ; ve shall not be found unmindful' of the solemn ? ter of the functions we are called' to discharge , hall conduct our proceedings' in a > spirit of reverent dence upon the Divine blessing , and' with the diliwhich would become usift obeying your Majesty ' s ands . HitheFto the shortness of time given to our Itations has in a great measure frustrated the adges which we humbly trust would result if fuller tunity were afforded "for ascertaining the opinions e clergy by discussion in Convocation . " The l ' s reply was of the ordinary formal . kind . The Mayor , heading a deputation from the City , then

      Lted an address , congratulating the Queen on the ; birth of a Princess . —Her Majesty has commanded ate representation of Mr . Wilkie Gollins ' s drama Frozen Deep . It- will be given on Saturday week e Gallery of Illustration , the characters being sus-1 by' the original corps of amateur ladies and jmen who played in it at Tavistock House . —The n held a Drawing-room at St . James ' s Palace on ay afternoon , and gave a , state ball at Buokingham i on Wednesday evening . e Prince Consort . —At a Council held on Thursm order was passed for publishing a letter patent , lich the Queen grants to Prince Albert the title of 3 Consort during their joint lives . He thus belegally a member of the British Royal family , l he : was not before , and acquires a definite English

      e DukiS and Duchess » b Montpensier arrived rmxrath on Tuesday afternoon in the Spanish fri-[ sabel la Catholique . Iuffian at Court . —A . lady of distinction writes Times an account of an adventure which befel her drawing-room held by the Queen a week or two When in the thick of the ' crush , ' she was reckpushed on by " a tall , athletic , burly , red-faced in a deputy-lieutenant ' s uniform , with a short in his arm . " This individual , after much wrestling , jled through the crowd to some . more advanvs place , but in doing so throw the fair correspon-< ver ft bench , breaking the skin , blackening the 3 , destroying a brooch and bracelet , and tearing

      ess . In that flustered and disordered plight had dy to present herself before the Queen . In the vhilo the red-faced doputy-lieutonant passed on u . t offering a word of apology . Surely , on that It . Giles must have been visiting St . James ' in Rev . G . C . Gouham died a few days ago after a imd painful illness . The rov . gentleman was atl by Dr . Thomson . Up iq the last day of his life he vgnged upon a work entitled Reformation Qlean \ nrj 8 . > y Evbrsley , the wife of the late Speaker of the i of Commons , died at an early hour last Saturday ng , at hie lordship ' s rosidonce , 09 , Eaton-place , omise was vory sudden . About four days prey , she caught a severe cold , attended with sore j and from this she never rallied . iv Zealand . —This colony appears , by the latest

      is , to be in a very flourishing condition . The loan , 000 / ., originally contemplated by the Government province of Wellington , is not , it appears , sufil-: o onablo t 1 ) o Superintendent to carry out . without all his designs fpr the publlo benefit , and a bill lias ) ro boon passed by the Council , authorizing tho ninont to borrow an additional sum of 25 , 000 / ., of 10 , 000 / . is to bo expended in erecting a lighthouse iaarro \ v ,, lloau ; 5000 / , in building- a bridge over tho anni river ; 2000 / . for a bridge at Wal-ohina 5 and for survey contraote . Of tho original sum , tho b proportion will bo spent on immigration . Publlo arc tfrosoqutod' with gTOut spirit . ' Tho House of sontativos has voted 4000 / . na a reward for the ory of any means which would render tho flax and fibrous plants of / New Zealand availablo for export .

      Other rewards-lhave also been offered for the development of commerce . Tile anticipations with respect to the discovery of gol ' d Bifave been disappointed ! , orify a very small quantity of theypreoious me&tl having been discovered . Captain Mundie , < Of tbe Oliver Lang , has given an entertainment to the native chidfs , about forty in number , resident in the Wellington district . Many of these chiefs are now activelyVengaged in commerce and trade . The Rochdale ; EiiE 4 bTiON Committee . — -It was

      decided last Saturday fthrfU ) the proceedings of this committee should be * strifctljy private . Even- the members of ther House- not forming ^ , the committee - were excluded ^ This excited great indignation ; and Colonel French , undertook to plead the ( ' causes of his- fello * members 1 before the coiflmiEtee ,. buti in vain . —On the committee reassembling on Mfon day / they resolved to admit the public again . Several witffie&ses were then examined . Their testimony confirmed th / e original assertion of Mr . Newall , that a voter named Riothwell had been offered 50 / . to

      keep out of the way , iso as not to give evidence before the committee . The Enquiry was adjourned to Tuesday , when the proceedings ; were once inotf& secret . The report of the committee was presented to the House of Commons on Wednesday , and will be found in our parliamentary colVflnns .- —Committees have also been sitting during the week to inquire into the Mayo , Cambridge , Pontefract , Wareham , and Marlborough ; but they have not yet concluded . The Mayo evidence exhibits a singular scene of priestly interference and intimidation to prevent the election of Colonel Higgins .

      The Oxford Commemoration took place on Wednesday . The Sheldonian Theatre was crowded , and several ladies , as usual , graced the- scene . The writer in the Times says : —" The ' cries' were rarely political . The names of Lord Derby , Mr . Gladstone , and Lord Clarendon were received with favour . The names of Palmefston ? awd Russell attracted little notice . The Bishop of Oxford was cheered , as were the Bishops of Kentucky and "Victoria . . Three vigorous rounds of applause were given to Miss 23 igKtingale . ' The Ladies ' receivedthe usual amount of polite attention , the chief variations of the captivating theme which met our ears being ' the ladies in white , ' ' the ladies in blue , ' ' the ladies i n pink , ' ' ^ the ladies in love , ' ' the young ladies , ' ' the old ladies , ' ' the ladies with hoods to their cloaks , '

      ' the ladies with no hoods-to their cloaks , ' &c . " The candidates fop degrees were—Sir Colin Campbell , Sit 1 William Fenwick Williams , Baron Hochschild ( the Swedish Ambassador ) , Mr . Dallas ( the American Minister ) , Lord Powis , Sir George CorneWall Lewis , Sir John M'Neill . Sir Charles Kicolson , Mr . Sotheron Estcourt , Mr . Robert Stephenson , Mr . I . K . Brunei , Dr . Waagen . Dr . Livingston , and Dr . Farr . Some of these gentlemen were received with tumultuous applause , more especially the Hero of Kars and Dr . Livingston but Mr . Dallas met with some coldness—perhaps out of an an ti-slavery feeling . The- other ceremonies passed off with the usual enthusiasm . The prize founded by Lord Stanhope for the encouragemsnt of the studies of law and modern history has been awarded to Mr . Herbert Cowell , of Wadham College .

      The South Kensington Museum . —The Queen made a private visit to the schools and Museum last Saturday evening . Her Majesty was received at the doors by the Lord President of the Council and the Yice-President of the Committee on Education , the Marquis of Lansdowno , the Lord Stanley of Alderley , and Sir Benjamin Hall ; by the Duke of Buccleuch , tho Earl of Rosse , Sir Charles Lyell , Sir Roderick Murchison , Sir Charles Eastlake , Sir William Cubitt , the Chairman of the East India Company , Mr . Bazley , Mr . Gott , Mr . Gibson , Mp . Dilke , and . other Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851 ; tho Earl de Grey , Mr . G . Scott , and other memof

      bers of the Architectural Museum , tho Committee British Sculptors , the Attorney-General and other authorities of tho Patent Museum , and the officers connected with the administration-of the museum andsohools . The Queen was accompanied through tho buildings only by her suite and the Cabinet Ministers . All others who wore admitted were stationed in those parts of tho building with -which they were officially connected , when her Majesty passed through them . —On Monday and Tuesday evenings , tho nobility and members of tho Legislature had a private view ; and on Wednesday tho doors were thrown open to tho general public .

      Sir William Magnay . —Tho Committee of Privileges of die Court of Aldermen , at a sitting on Wodnesday , presented their report in connexion with tho case of Sir William Magnay . They state : — "Wo have been advised by our law officers that the proceedings against Sir William Magnny in tho Belgian courts cannot bo judicially investigated under tho City Election Act , and that this committee does not possess any lognl means to compel the nttondanco of witnesses from whom tho facts relating to the transactions referred to our investigation

      might be ascertained . Wo therefore oommunicated to Sir William Magnay onr intention to roport tho doounicnts to your Hon . Court , with tho expression of our sympathy and regret at tho position in which ho is placod . " Sir William has consequently resigned his gown , and his resignation lias boon uccoptod . Election . ok Suerivfs . —Alderman Lawrence , and Mr . Allen , citizen and statlonor , havo boon elected Sheriffs of London and Middlesex for tho ensuing year . Sir John . Kay has boon ro-eloctcd Chamberlain of London .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . COMMON LAW COMMISSION . In answer to Mr . M'Mahon , Sir John Pakington said that the Common Law Commission was considering its report , which would soon be presented . DISTRIBUTION OP THE VICTORIA CROSS . Sir Charles Napier complained that , although every branch of the army had been adequately represented at tlte distribution of tho Cross of Victoria that morning , tile Navy had been neglected , especially those who had served before Sobastopol . Colonel French said it was only just to-tha Chief Commissioner of Works to say that all the arrangements oit this occasion were most admirable . ? INDIAN REFORM . Sir Ersisinis Perry inquired whether any steps -were to be taken towards judicial reform in India , founded on tlio report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire Into that subject , and whether the Legislative'Council in India were to bo allowed to reject any such projects proposed by the Homo Government ? Mr . Vernon Smith defended tho Legislative Council , amd' said that a measure which had 1 been presented to them on tho subject would be altWmvtoly passed . TiriS ORDNANOI 9 StrRVMY . Mr . Liddell asked tho Secretary of the Treasury whether it was competent for the proprietors of land in Durham to obtain , by paying tho expenses , maps on the twenty-five Inch scale aftor the voto of the fotfnaer night ; and whether there was any objection to present a return of the names ' of tho parishes aud places in Northumberland and Durham on the tfwenty-fivo inch siirvoy , distinguishing those persons already furnished from those not furnished . —Mr . Wilson said that there could bo no objootion to tho return , nor to supply gontlomon with maps of tho estates at their own expense . PllOBATK AND LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION UHX . The Attokney-Gbnbiwl moved tho secwd reading of this bill , which has boon pnasod by tho Lords , and which proposes to abolish nil the present Probate Courts over tho country , and vast tho proceedings mth roHpeot to wills In ono court , which should admlniBtor its business- by a simple and oquitublo procodnro . Mr . IIknley expressed his approval of tho bill , WMon I 10 bollovod would romovotlm coniplloiitioa and retiuco the costs attondlng tho p . roscnt system of testamentary jarleilction .

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      LEAiDi&f Olrftrcte , Saturday , J > Sne < 27 . T , LAST MOWS ? ARLIAMEm HOtTSE Cm LOfSDS . THE KINO OF OUI > B . The Earl of Albem \< vrle gave notice of his interffcidA to bring forward the case of tlie King 6 f Oude , and to rttidve to' refer it to a select committee of the House ; " THE VICTOKIA CROSS . The Earl of Donoughmore complained that lW Bad been unable to obtain a ticket for a place to witness the distribution of the Victoria Cross . —^ -Lord PAnmukb said that many members df ttdth Houses had obtained tickets and got good places . Some allowance should be made when it was known that 20 , 000 applications were made fo * tickets . —The Marquis of Clanricarde had no formal complaint to make , but he thought special ac ^ oommodation ought to be provided' for members of both . ££ otrses of Parliament on-occasions of this kind . THE KILKENNY MAGISTRATES . Viscount Dunoannon called the attention of their Lordships to the conduct of sl , certain Justice of , the Peace for the city of Kilkeimj ' . The noble Lord condemned the conduct of Mr . Smith-wick , one of the Justices , in adjudicating upon a charge of assault preferred against a Roman Catholic and two Protestant Scripture readers . He concluded by moving for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the subject . —The Earl of Granvili > b defended the conduct of the Lord Lieutenant * The Irish Government had made inquiries into the case quoted by the noble Lord , aad' it was decided not to interfere . Under these ciricuaastances , ib would ill become his Lordship to grant the committee asked for by the noble Viscount . INDIAN RULE . The Earl of Albemarle , in presenting seven petitions from English merchants and residents in Bengal ,-remonstrated against the in justice , committed and the evils occasioned 1 by extending the jurisdiction of the Company ' s courts over- British- subjects in India . —The' subject was followed up by the Marquis of Clanricarde , the Earl of Ellenborough , Lord Campbell ,: and- the Duke of Argyll , , and then dropped . ministers' money bill ,. On the motion for the third reading of this bill , ' the Earl of Clancarty moved that it be rejected ; and , after a brief discussion , the House divided : For the third reading—Contents ... ... 24 = Non-contents ... 7 Majority ... ... 17 The bill was read a- third time , and passed . The House adjourned at half-past nine .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), June 27, 1857, page 611, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2199/page/11/