Summary Of News For July.

lordship also intimated that the regulations laid down by the Russian Admiral , confining intercourse by flags of truce to three places on the Russian seaboard of the Baltic were not reconcilable to the law of nations . The Marquis of Clanricarde defended the noblemen and gentlemen in the diplomatic and consular services of the country from the charge of incompetency . He denied that promotion in those services went othscmae than according to merit and ahnity . On the 12 th , Lord Lyndhurst withdrew his bill for the abolition of the oath of abjuration . On the 13 th ,

Earl Granville announced to the House , that the repayment of- the proposed new-Turkish loan would be guaranteed by the governments of England and France . On the 16 th , the Earl of Albermarle presented an important petition from the inhabitants of the presidency of Madras , praying , that the government would take the rule of India from the East India Company , into its own hands . On the 17 th , the same nobleman gave notice of a motion respecting the trade in Russian products at present carried onpursuant to an order in council . On the 19 ththe Duke of Argyle moved

, , the second reading of the Scotch Education Bill , which was lost by a majority of eighty-four to one . The same evening , the Crimea Outrage ( Ireland ) Bill was read a second time and ordered to bo committed . On the 20 th , Lord Lyndhurst complained that the government was laggard in the cause of Law Reform ; " and Lord Brougham called the attention of the house to the horrors of the Cuban Slave Trade . On the 23 d , the Royal Assent was given , by commission , to a large group of bills , including the bill providing for the family of the late Lord Raglan . The Religious

Worship Bill , having been re-introduced by the Earl of Shaftesbury , was read a third time and passed . On the 24 th , the Metropolis Local Management Bill , and the Dissenters' Marriages Bill were read a second time ; and the Dissenters' Relief Bill was withdrawn by Lord Brougham . On the 25 th , the Sale of Spirits ( Ireland ) Bill passed through committee , —and the Merchant Shipping Acts' Amendment Bill , —and the Lunatics' Asylums ( Ireland ) Bill were read a third time and passed . On the 26 th the Sale of Beer ( Ireland Bill ) passed through Committee , and other hills advanced a stage . On the 27 th Lord Brougham brought in a Bill for the abolition of religious

disabilities , and various other bills were advanced . In the House of Commons , on the 28 th June , the Tenants' Compensation ( Ireland ) Bill , the Excise Duties Bill , and the Indemnity Bill were advanced a stage . On the 29 th , Lord John Russell , in reply to Sir J . Walsh , admitted that the statements in Count Buol ' s published letter stating that himself and M . Drouyn de Lhuys had shown themselves favourable to the Austrian propositions for peace , which were afterwards rejected by the French and English Governments . The Partnership

Amendment and Limited Liability Bills were both read a second time . On the 2 nd July , at the suggestion of Lord Goderich , Lord Robert Grosvenor withdrew his Sunday Trading Bill on account of the excitement out of doors to which it had given rise . A message was received from the Queen inviting the House to co-operate with Her Majesty in making a provision for the family of Lord Raglan . The Scotch Education Bill passed through Committee with some amendments . Sir John Packington withdrew his Education Bill . The Select Committee appointed to investigate the

circumstances attending Captain M'Clure ' s discovery of the North-West Passage sat for the first time this day , sat again on the next and on the 6 th met to consider its report . They recommended that £ 10 , 000 should he divided in rewards to the explorers : £ 5 , 000 to Captain M'Clure , and , £ 5 , 000 among the other officers and crew of his ship , —and that medals should be struck to commemorate their discovery , and distributed among them as among the survivors of a brilliant engagement . On the 3 rd , the Metropolis Local Management Bill passed through Committee , and

Lord Palmerston brought in a hill for granting a pension of ., £ 1000 per annum to the widow of the late Lord Raglan , and £ 2000 per annum to the present Lord and to his immediate successor . On the 4 th , the Mortmain Bill , the Endowed Schools ( Ireland ) Bill , the Dissenters' Marriage Bill , and the Coal Mines' Inspection Bill passed through Committee . The Stock in Trade Bill and the Copyhold and Commission Bills were read a third time and passed . On the 5 th , Mr . Roebuck and Mr . Duncombe called the attention of the House to the conduct of the police towards the people assembled in the Hyde Park on the 10 th inst . as a demonstration against Lord Robert Grosvenor's Sunday Trading Bill . In Committee on the Tenants' Im-