The Week.

Majesty and their Royal Highnossos Princess Louise , Pnnco Leopold , and Princess Beatrice . Tho Quoon and Princess Boatrico rodo on ponies in tho grounds on tho morning of tho 13 th inst . The Queen drovo out in tho afternoon , accompanied by Princess Lom ' so , and her Majesty walked in tho grounds on tho morning of tho 14 th hist , with Princo Leopold . Tho Qnoon drovo out iu the afternoon , accompanied hy Princess Louiso , and attended hy

the Hon . Mrs . Gordon ; and her Majesty walked and drovo in tho grounds on tho morning of tho loth inst . with Princess Louiso . IJIPEHIAIJ PAELIAMTENT . —In the HOUSE OE LOBDS on the 9 th inst ., in reply to Earl Russell , Lord Derby announced that at the sitting of the Conference an understanding was come to . His lordship declined to be very explicit on the matter pending

the arrangement of details . He said enough , however , to show that the fortress of Luxemburg is to bo evacuated by the Prussians , and the Grand Duchy neutralised under the guarantee of the Great Powers . This , he said , was simply such an alteration of the treaty of 1839 as the exclusion of the Grand Duchy from the Germanic Confederation made necessary .

On the 10 th inst ., the Marquis of Clanricarde wished to call attention to the Fenian trials now going on in Dublin . He urged very strongly that the Government should supply authentic reports of the whole of the proceedings . The Earl of Derby gave no satisfactory reply . In effect he declined to produce the reports which the Government had

received in reference to Fenianism . Tlie Earl of Derby gave to tho Houso on tho 13 th inst . a full account of tho result of tho labours of tho London Conference , whilo tho Houso of Commons had to bo satisfied with tho bare announcement by Lord Stanley that tho Conference had concluded its labours , and that as soon as possible tho papers would bo laid npon tho table . According to tho statcmont made to tho Poors ,

Lusomburg is to ho separated from tho Germanic Confederation . Tho fortress is to ho dismantled to such an extent as will satisfy tho King of Holland , and tho Duchy placed under tho collective guarantee of tho Groat Powers . Prussia , of course , withdraws her forces , and Limburg is placed wholly under tho sovereignty of tho King of Holland . In explanation to Lord Stanley of Aldorley , tho Premier stated that tho guarantee was not joint

and separate , but a collective ono . Tho interpretation to bo put upon this is , wo presume , that in case tho neutrality of Luxemburg should bo broken , England alone could not bo called upon to interfere . — Subsequently tho Houso wont into committee on tho bill for tho incre . iso of tho episcopate . Several clauses woro agreed to and amendments inserted , and

tho further consideration of tho bill was postponed . There was a warm and long discussion on tbe 14 th inst . in reference to the ritualistic practices now so much in vogue in certain of the Church of England places of worship . Tbe Earl of Shaftesbury moved the second reading of the Clerical A estments Bill , the object of which is to declare what vestments are

and what vestments are not legal . The noble earl went into a lengthy review of the whole question , and insisted that something must he done to put down ritualism . Tho Archbishop of Canterbury advocated delay until the royal commission should have xeported . As the Earl of Shaftesbury declined to accede to this suggestion , his Grace moved that the debate be

adjourned for tiro months . In the discussion which followed , several bishops and lay peers took part . Eventually the motion for adjournment was carried hy 81 to 48 votes . In the HOUSE OE COMMONS , on the 9 th inst ., the troubles present and prospective of the compound householder were the chief topic of the debate when the House got into committee on the Reform Bill . Mr . Mill made a most lucid speech against tho mendinents proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer

General Peel denounced tbe whole scheme . Mr . Gladstone spoke at some length , condemning the tendency of the policy pursued by the Government in respect of the measure . Subsequently Mr . Lowe and Mr . Bright made speeches . Tbe debate altogether was most interesting . ——Ou the lOth inst . owing to the withdrawal by Sir J . Pakington

of his proposal to take votes on the army estimates , the House had a very short sitting . None of the motions of which notice had been given came on . Mr . Bright having asked a question as to the Meetings in Parks Bill , the Chancellor of the Exchequer answered that notice would be given when the bill would come on . The Scotch Reform Bill would be taken first

on the 13 th inst ., aud after that the English Reform Bill . The House rose by a quarter past five o ' clock . On the 15 th inst . the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced to the House the resignation of Mr . AValpole , intimating that he would continue to have a seat in the Cabinet without holding office . Mr . Disraeli passed a high eulogium on the late Home Secretary .

Several members were anxious to know what was to be done with respect to the Meetings in Parks Bill , hut the Chancellor of the Exchequer declined to give any information . AVhen the successor to Mr . A \ alpole was in his place , he would state the course that would he taken . —The Chancellor of the Exchequer then asked leave to introduce the Scotch Reform Bill , the

provisions of which he very briefly described . The borough suffrage is to be virtually a £ i rental ; the country franchise a £ 15 occupation , with no change in the property franchise . Seven new members are to be given to Scotland . Of these one is to be given to Glasgow , which is to be divided into two boroughs for parliamentary r _ UI'Poses ' One member is to be given to the Universities of Edinburgh and St . Andrew's jointly , and oue to the Universities of

Glasgow and Aberdeen jointly . Lanarkshire , Ayrshire , and Aberdeenshire are to be divided , and an additional member given to each . The seventh member goes to a new group of boroughs . The proposal of the Government was criticised by several Scotch members , most of whom approved of the borough suffrage proposed , hut altogether opposed the distribution of seats part of the bill . Mr . Gladstone , in criticising the bill , declared that it

was the strongest condemnation of the English hill . Mr . Disraeli replied , and having been pressed to say where the seven new members for Scotland were to come from , intimated that tbey were to be a clear addition to the number of members in . the House . Leave was given to bring iu the bill , which was introduced and read a first time . —The House then went into

committee on the English Reform Bill . Alter some discussion ,, words were inserted at the instance of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , with a view of carrying out the policy as to compound householders for which the Government have obtained the support of the House . Later the question of the lodger franchise was again raised . Lord Stanley , on the

14 th inst ., was questioned in reference to the Abyssinian prisoners . His lordship had no good news . In effect his statement was that the king refused to release the prisoners . — Colonel Barttelot moved for a select committee to inquire into the operation of the malt tax , and forthwith the House went into a long discussion on the subject . The Government ,

however , made no opposition to the motion , and it was agreed to . — Subsequently Mr . Fawcett , in an able speech , moved for leave to bring in a hill to compel the education of children under thirteen years of age in the agricultural districts . Mr . Fawcett proposes to apply to these children provisions not unlike those contained in the Factory Acts . Leave was given to bring in the bill . Mr . M'Evoy , who was to have moved the second reading of the Ecclesiastical Titles Act Repeal Bill , announced