POSTSCRIPT.
Both Houses of Parliament sat last night.
In the House of Lords,
Lord DUNGANNON called the attention of the House to the recent trial of James Watson, Isaac Watson, and Joseph Thompson for a trade outrage at Rotherham, when, notwithstanding the favourable summing-up of the learned Judge, a verdict of guilty was returned, and a sentence of fourteen years' penal servitude was passed. Considering the peculiar facts of the case, and the strong alibi set up in defence, the noble Lord urged upon. Government the propriety of recommending these men as deserving Her Majesty's pardon. Earl GRANVILLE said, that as no petition had yet been received, Go- vernment had not taken the matter into consideration.
In the House of Commons,
Mr. W. E. FORSTER asked why the negotiation with Belgium f or a commercial treaty had been suspended ? Mr. LAYARD corrected the expression "suspension of negotiations," which he had made use of on a previous occasion. There had been a pause in the negotiations,. which he hoped would shortly be resumed.
On the order of the day for going into Committee on Mr. Walpole's resolutions, Mr. Lowx stated that, in deference to the generally expressed wish of the House, Government had determined to concede the two points of the Revised Code which had called forth the greatest amount of opposition. The grouping of children for examination would be abandoned, and a sub- stantial portion of the grant would be given on the general report of the inspectors, and not upon the individual examination of the children. Other less important concessions would also be made, and Government was also willing to consider the condition of pupil-teachers. Mr. WaLreut heartily accepted the concession made by Mr. Lowe, and suggested that as a little delay for consideration would conduce to the final settlement of the question, the resolutions should not be gone on with that evening.
After some further discussion, it was agreed that the order should be postponed until Monday, when Lord Palmerston would state what were the intentions of Government on the subject.
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