In The Debate On The University Tests' Bill Yesterday Week,
Sir Roundell Palmer withdrew his very ill-advised proposal to impose a negative test on University professors and college tutors, a pledge committing them not to teach or......
On The Proposal To Appropriate James's Ulster Grants To The
Protestant garrison of Ireland to the disestablished Church, the Government mustered only 55 votes against 103. The Bishop of Derry begged for this special State grant to the......
The Archbishop Of Canterbury's Attempt To Put Back A Century
the date from which the " private " endowments were to accrue to the disestablished Church, —namely, from 1660 to 1560,—was met by Lord Granville by an offer of half a million......
The Life Peerage Bill Was Thrown Out On The Third
reading on Thursday, on a motion by Lord Malnaesbury. That worthy Peer thinks the House of Lords already perfection, "the oldest Legislative body in Europe, the highest, and the......
Lord Portarlington Drew The Attention Of The Government...
to a most important problem. If the Irish Church Bill should become law, how was it intended to appoint successors for the offices of Prelate, Chancellor, and Dean of the Order......
The Trial Of The Overend-durney Case Has Been Postponed To
December, when the Attorney-General will prosecute on behalf of the private prosecutor. There were not sitting days left suffi- cient for such a trial. We are far enough yet......
A Remarkable Feature Of This Debate Was That The Catholic
Peers voted against the grant to their own Church. It is to be regretted they have no very good spokesman in the House—indeed, they have a tendency to neglect public business,......
Lord Cairns On Tuesday Got A Majority Of 70 For
delaying the division of the surplus sine die (160 to 90),—a step in which he was supported by many who hoped in this way to get a locus penitentix for the vote of the Peers on......
Lord Hartington Brought In The Bill For The Purchase Of
Electric Telegraphs on Monday. The money to be paid to the companies, to the railways, and for expenses is 16,750,000, and the surplus, after paying expenses and interest, is......
The Welsh Landlords Are Quite Determined To Have A Tenant-
Right Bill passed for the United Kingdom. They are evicting tenants wholesale for not voting as they are bid. The Member for Merthyr, Mr. Richard,—a new man, who is rapidly......
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