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The Week.
tho ' governmGiit . That portion of tho Neapolitan exiles who had arrived at Bristol on Sunday reached the Paddington station of tho Great AA estern RailiA-ay on Moliday morning , AA'here a large assembly a Availed them , and conducted them in procession to Hatohott's Hotel , Piccadilly . The unfortunate exiles havo issued a short but touching address to the people of England , expressive of their thanks and gratitude for the sympathy that the English people have shoivn towards them . In the House of Lords on Tuesday , in answer to tho Earl of ClarendonLord
, Mnlmesbury announced that the treaty with Hanover regarding the Stada dues would expire next August . On Thursday a short debate took place on the affairs of Montenegro . On Friday a long discussion arose in reference to the pacification of Oude . There was nothing of importance produced , except the statement of the Earl of Derby , that the government were in full accord with tho Governor . General , and that it was the intention of the government to advise her Majesty to raise him a step higher iu the peerage . The Houso sat for a short time on Monday
night , but no business of any interest was brought forward . In the House of Commons on Tuesday the second reading of Sir John TrelaiA'iiy ' s bill for the abolition of church rates was carried by a largo majority . On AVeduesday Lord John Russell's Bankruptcy ancl Insolvency Bill was read a second time , and the Lunatic Poor ( Ireland ) was referred to a select committee . The House was occupied on Thursday with a desultory conversation on Reform matters , after which the accommodation at the British Museum was brought under notice by Mr . Gregory .
The Chancellor of the Exchequer promised a committee at a future time to inuire into tho matter . The privileges of tho household troops , and the state of the laws of Jersey wore discussed . On Friday night Lord Stanley announced that the thanks of Parliament would bo proposed by government to Lord Clyde and
all who had assisted in the pacification of Oude . On Monday Lord John Russell moved his amendment on tho government reform bill , as follows : — " That this house is of opinion that it is neither just nor politic to interfere , in the maimer proposed in this bill , AA'ith the freehold franchise , as liitherto exercised iu the counties ol England and AA alcs ; and that no readjustment of the franchise Avill satisfy this house or the country which does not provide for a greater extension of the suffrage iu cities and boroughs than is contemplated in the present measure . " The noble lord said ho had heard that if defeatedministers ivould dissolve
Par-, liament . For his OAVU part , ho would not bo afraid of tho result should they think proper to go to tho country on their bill . Ho hacl defended reform when he AA'as young , and he would not desert it IIOAV that ho ivas old . Lord Stanley hoped the house AA'ould pause before accepting the resolution of the noble lord , the inevitable effect of which must be to defeat the present bill and prevent any measure of reform being carried during the present session . The noble lord then proceeded to defend tho various provisions of the bill , and justified the identity of the Iran ,
chise in counties and boroughs . It was said that this bill ivould give additional power to the aristocracy , but such ho believed would not be the case . Its effect ivould be to givo the preponderating power to tho middle class whicli has conferred in every ago such essential benefits on tho country . After several hon . members hacl spoken , Mr . Hovsman astonished the house by saying that he doubted the propriety of tho course which had been adopted by Lord John . He had studied the government bill , and ho believed that in committee
they would , make it a more liberal , amove popular , and a more comprehensive bill than any that had over been submitted to the house since tho bill of 1832 . It might , in fact , by a very feiv amendments , be made all that the most liberal members of that houso could wish . The debate was adjourned .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS . THE programme of Mr . Gyo ' s ensuing season at tho Eoj . il Italian Opera , is IIOAV before us . The opening night is Saturday , the 2 nd of April . The principal artists engaged are Mesdames Grisi , Bosio , and Taglifiaco ; M ' esdemoiselles Didi . e ; Marai ; an aurora borealis from St . Petersburg ; Mademoiselle iotti de la Santa : and
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The Week.
tho ' governmGiit . That portion of tho Neapolitan exiles who had arrived at Bristol on Sunday reached the Paddington station of tho Great AA estern RailiA-ay on Moliday morning , AA'here a large assembly a Availed them , and conducted them in procession to Hatohott's Hotel , Piccadilly . The unfortunate exiles havo issued a short but touching address to the people of England , expressive of their thanks and gratitude for the sympathy that the English people have shoivn towards them . In the House of Lords on Tuesday , in answer to tho Earl of ClarendonLord
, Mnlmesbury announced that the treaty with Hanover regarding the Stada dues would expire next August . On Thursday a short debate took place on the affairs of Montenegro . On Friday a long discussion arose in reference to the pacification of Oude . There was nothing of importance produced , except the statement of the Earl of Derby , that the government were in full accord with tho Governor . General , and that it was the intention of the government to advise her Majesty to raise him a step higher iu the peerage . The Houso sat for a short time on Monday
night , but no business of any interest was brought forward . In the House of Commons on Tuesday the second reading of Sir John TrelaiA'iiy ' s bill for the abolition of church rates was carried by a largo majority . On AVeduesday Lord John Russell's Bankruptcy ancl Insolvency Bill was read a second time , and the Lunatic Poor ( Ireland ) was referred to a select committee . The House was occupied on Thursday with a desultory conversation on Reform matters , after which the accommodation at the British Museum was brought under notice by Mr . Gregory .
The Chancellor of the Exchequer promised a committee at a future time to inuire into tho matter . The privileges of tho household troops , and the state of the laws of Jersey wore discussed . On Friday night Lord Stanley announced that the thanks of Parliament would bo proposed by government to Lord Clyde and
all who had assisted in the pacification of Oude . On Monday Lord John Russell moved his amendment on tho government reform bill , as follows : — " That this house is of opinion that it is neither just nor politic to interfere , in the maimer proposed in this bill , AA'ith the freehold franchise , as liitherto exercised iu the counties ol England and AA alcs ; and that no readjustment of the franchise Avill satisfy this house or the country which does not provide for a greater extension of the suffrage iu cities and boroughs than is contemplated in the present measure . " The noble lord said ho had heard that if defeatedministers ivould dissolve
Par-, liament . For his OAVU part , ho would not bo afraid of tho result should they think proper to go to tho country on their bill . Ho hacl defended reform when he AA'as young , and he would not desert it IIOAV that ho ivas old . Lord Stanley hoped the house AA'ould pause before accepting the resolution of the noble lord , the inevitable effect of which must be to defeat the present bill and prevent any measure of reform being carried during the present session . The noble lord then proceeded to defend tho various provisions of the bill , and justified the identity of the Iran ,
chise in counties and boroughs . It was said that this bill ivould give additional power to the aristocracy , but such ho believed would not be the case . Its effect ivould be to givo the preponderating power to tho middle class whicli has conferred in every ago such essential benefits on tho country . After several hon . members hacl spoken , Mr . Hovsman astonished the house by saying that he doubted the propriety of tho course which had been adopted by Lord John . He had studied the government bill , and ho believed that in committee
they would , make it a more liberal , amove popular , and a more comprehensive bill than any that had over been submitted to the house since tho bill of 1832 . It might , in fact , by a very feiv amendments , be made all that the most liberal members of that houso could wish . The debate was adjourned .
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS . THE programme of Mr . Gyo ' s ensuing season at tho Eoj . il Italian Opera , is IIOAV before us . The opening night is Saturday , the 2 nd of April . The principal artists engaged are Mesdames Grisi , Bosio , and Taglifiaco ; M ' esdemoiselles Didi . e ; Marai ; an aurora borealis from St . Petersburg ; Mademoiselle iotti de la Santa : and