Summary Of News For June.

SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR JUNE .

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT . Both houses of parliament resumed their sittings after the Whitsuntide recess on the 4 th June . In the House of Lords on that day the principal business transacted was the passing of the Newspaper Stamp Bill through committee . On the following day the bill was read a third time and passed;—and Lord Clarendon announced that tlie negotiations at Vienna had come to a close , a similar announcement being also

made in the House of Commons . On the 7 th , the Cambridge University Bill , after a good deal of discussion , passed through committee . On the 11 th , a question of privileges arose relative to the creation of the barony of Fermoy , which was referred to a committee . On the 12 th , a motion of the Bishop of Oxford for postponing the Religious Worship Bill for six months was lost by a majority of one—the numbers voting being 31 against 30 . On the 14 th , a motion of Earl Shaftesbury to refer a bill introduced bhimself to limit the hours of work of needle-women was referred to

y a committee , and the Cambridge University Bill passed . On the 15 th , the Religious Worship Bill was referred to a select committee . On the 18 th , Lord Brougham brought forward the subject of the excessive fees in the County Courts—ancl several bills were advanced a stage . Similar business was transacted on the following dayon the 22 nd—25 th . On the 27 th , a discussion took place relative to the conduct of Austria , which the government contended showed aleaning in favour of the allies . In the House of Commons on the 4 ththe debate was resumed on the various ,

, motions relative to the prosecution of the war , which was continued on the 5 th , 7 th , and 8 th , when Mr . Baring ' s motion assuring her Majesty of the continued support of the House of Commons in the prosecution of the war was unanimously carried . On the 6 th , the adjourned debate on Mr . Spooner ' s anti-Maynooth motion was resumed , and adjourned to the 27 th . On the 11 th , the Metropolis Local Management Bill went into committee , and the adjourned debate on Sir . John Pakington ' s Education

Bill was resumed , and further adjourned . On the 12 th , the Metropolis Local Management Bill was further considered , and a motion in favour of decimal coinage carried ' by a majority of 135 to 36 . On the 13 th , the Sunday Trading ( metropolis ) Bill went through committee , and was ordered to be recommitted on the 4 th July . On the 14 th , the Education Scotland Bill was considered in committee ; and the Victoria Government Bill and the Waste Lands ( Australian ) Repeal Bill read a second time . On the 15 th , Mr . Eayard brought forward a motion upon Administrative Reform ,

which was met with a milder motion of Sir E . L . Bulwer . The debate was adjourned until the 17 th , when Mr . Layard ' s motion was defeated by a majority of 359 to 46 . The debate on the amendment of Sir E . L . Bulwer was adjourned to the 21 st , when ; it was agreed to unanimously . On the 20 th , the Marriage Law Amendment Bill , having been under consideration in committee , was adjourned to 20 th July . On the 21 st , the Metropolis Local Management Bill and the Tenants' Improvements ( Ireland ) Bill was further considered in committee . After a variety of personal explanations ,.

the Education Scotland Bill was further advanced a stage on the 22 nd . On the 25 tn , Lord Palmerston having made a statement relative to the bills to be proceeded with this session , the most important of which are the Limited Liability in Partnership Bill , the Victoria Government Bill , and the Australian Waste Lands Repeal Bill passed through committee . On the 27 th , the Metropolis Improvement Bill passed through committee . A committee was appointed to consider whether Baron Rothschild in ting the contract for the Government loan had not forfeited his seat in .

accep parliament . A committee was also appointed to consider the effect of the bill for closing public-houses;—and a resolution agreed to in favour of the revision or reduction of duty on stage coaches , & c . Leave was given to bring in a bill extending the parliamentary suffrage to all parties paying income-tax . On tho 27 th , the Maynooth question was once more considered and adjourned . THE WAR .

The proceedings since our last have been of a somewhat chequered character , successes and . checks , but the latter have not been of a nature to load to any fear that there need be any doubt as to the ultimate fate of Sebastopol , and tho wresting of the