Several members of Parliament have already given notices of important
motions. Sir G. Grey will bring on his bill for con- solidating prison discipline on Monday next ; Sir J. Pekington moves on the 28th for a committee to consider the appointment of the Committee of Privy Council on Education ; Sir F. Kelly brings up the Malt Tax on the 7th March in the shape of a resolu- tion which anticipates the Budget ; Mr. Roebuck will open the rail- way campaign if he can on Tuesday ; Mr. Doulton wants on the 21st inst. to inquire about Wimbledon and metropolitan spaces generally ; Lord R. Montague on Thursday asked for and obtained leave to bring in a bill compelling corporations to abstain from polluting rivers ; Mr. O'Reilly opens the question of recruit- ing on the 21st ; Mr. Newdegate will ask for the inspection of convents on 3rd March ; and finally, Mr. M. T. Baines gave notice on Thursday that he should ask leave for his Reform Bill on an early day, an announcement received, unlike the remaining notices of motion, with " a laugh."
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