Summary Of News For July.

provement Compensation Bill ( Ireland ) an angry altercation took place between Serjeant Shee and Lord Palmerstou with respect to the 14 th clause making the bill retrospective . Mr . Berkeley ' s Committee to inquire into the working of the Sunday Beer Act sat for the first time . The Committee sat on the 10 th , 12 th , 17 th , 19 th , and 23 rd , examined several of the Metropolitan and City Magistrates , some railway officials , on which clay , they considered their report , which they presented to the House on the 26 th . They recommended that public houses should be allowed to

remain open from one o ' clock to three o ' clock in the afternoon , and from five o ' clock to eleven o'clock in the evening , on Sundays . On the 6 th , the conduct of the police in Hyde Park on the 1 st was again brought before the House , when Mr . J . Dunclas gave great offence by stating that in case of another popular demonstration taking place on the 8 th , the trial of a few six-pounders would efficiently dispel the canaille . Lord John Russell , in reply to Mr . Milner Gibson , stated that he had at the Vienna Conference approved of a proposal from

Austria for a counterpoise of the power of Russia in the Black Sea , and that he had urged its acceptance upon the Government at home . This gave rise to a long debate , in which the conduct of the noble lord was severely canvassed for remaining in the Cabinet , in the war policy of which he did not concur . On the 9 th , mobs having on the previous day broken the . windows of several houses in Belgrave-square , in Camden-town , and other places , to show their dislike to the Sunday Trading BillSir George Grey stated that Government wouldin the event of

, , such exhibitions being continued , take every means to preserve the public peace . Mr . Walter called the attention of the House to the fetid state of the River Thames . On the 10 th , Sir Ed . L . Bulwer Lytton gave notice of a motion of want of confidence in the Government , on account of the conduct of Lord John Russell at the

Vienna Conference . Mr . Vincent Scully moved an Address to the Queen , thanking her for the Order in Council of the 21 st of May , by which civil appointments were thrown open to competition , and praying that the necessary examinations should be public . The motion was lost by a majority of 15 . Mr . Roebuck moved for a call of the House for his motion of censure on the Aberdeen Cabinet for the expeclition to the Crimea , but was defeated by a majority of 25 . Mr . Stafford brought the state of the Military Hospitals in the East before the House , and complained that Drs . Hall

and Smith continued in office . On the 11 th , the time of the House was taken up in the discussion on the Bill for the Abolition of Church Rates until the hour when , by the standing orders relating to Wednesdays' sittings , it formally stood adjourned . On the 12 th Mr . Holland took his seat for Evesham . The Nuisances' Removal Bill passed through Committee . Lord Palmerston laid on the table the papers relating to the Vienna Conference . The noble Lord also stated that he now approved of the retrospective clause of the Tenants' Improvements ( Ireland ) Compensation Bill .

The Scotch Education Bill was opposed on its third reading , and a division having taken place , there were for it 105 , against it 102 , majority 3 . The opponents of the measure learning that two members of their body had , by mistake , gone into the wrong lobby , again divided the House , on the motion that the Bill do pass , but were defeated by a majority of 15 . On the 13 th , the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated that it would be necessary to submit supplemental estimates for several branches of the war expenditure . The Tenants' Compensation Bill was

pro ceeded with in Committee . Sir George Grey mentioned that he had appointed the Recorders of London , Liverpool , and Manchester , Royal Commissioners , to inquire into the conduct of the Police in Hyde Park , on the 1 st of July , On the 16 th , Lord John Russell explained his conduct at the Vienna conference , and announced his retirement from the Cabinet , in consequence of a cabal against him . On this , Sir E . Lytton Bulwer withdrew his motion of want of confidence , and severelcriticized the conduct

y of Lord Palmerston and his colleagues , in not going out of office with Lord John . The Mortmain Bill was read a third time , and passed . The Committee to investigate the City of London writ , heard counsel on behalf of Baron Rothschild ; and the next day reported to the House that that gentleman was not , in strict terms , a Government contractor , and therefore that he had not vacated his seat . On the 17 th , Mr . Roebuck moved his vote of censure upon the Aberdeen administration , in reference to the Crimean expedition . This motion gave