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The Week.
On Monday , the Public Schools Bill—based upon the recommendations of the Commission which recently reported upon the subject of public school education—was read a first time . —The bill authorising the annexation of British Kaft'raria to the Cape Colony , and the Election Petitions Act Amendment Bill were read a second time . —On Tuesday , the Marquis of Westmeath again introduced the case of Mary Ryan , the nun , who was
forcibly removed from London to a lunatic asylum at Bruges . He said he was prepared to prove that the abduction was the result of a conspiracy got up by a Roman Catholic priest calling himself the "Vicar General of Westminster , " and strongly censured Sir George Grey for not having interfered more actively in the matter . Lord Russell said the forcible removal of a
person from this country was an illegal act , but it having been ascertained that Mary Ryan , who is an orphan , was suffering from acute mania , and was well cared for in the asylum in Belgium , it was not deemed advisable to have her removed back to England . After some remarks from Lord Malmesbury , condemnatory of the course taken by Sir George Grey in this
mtater , the subject dropped . In the HOUSE of COMMONS , on Thursday , the 9 th , Lord Henry Lennox gave notice of his intention to move , as an addition to Mr . Walpole ' s motion on the British Museum , that a responsible minister should be appointed to control the Mnseum and other similar institutions of the country . —Mr . Gladstone , in
reply to Mr . White , said he was unable to state whether the budget would be introduced before or after the Easter recess . — In answer to another question from the member for Brighton , Lord Pahnerston stated that her Majesty ' s Government did not intend to propose the repeal of the Aberdeeu Act—an act by which British cruisers are authorised to overhaul and seize suspected slavers sailing under the Brazilian flag . He said that
negotiations were still going on for a renewal of diplomatic relations between England and Brazil . He expressed his regret at the atrocities committed in the present war between the Brazilian empire and some of the neighbouring republics , and , with regard to the threatened attack upon Monte Video , stated that assurances had been received that the property of all foreign residents should be respected as far as possible . —In reply to
questions from Lord Robert Cecil and Mr . Bright , Mr . Bayard was understood to say that the American Government had not made any demands for compensation for losses sustained by citizens of the United States from the depredations of the Alabama and other Confederate vessels , but that claims bad been made against the Government of Washington by British subjects who
had suffered in the course of the war . —The debate on the first vote in the Navy Estimates was resumed by Sir S . M . Peto , who , with other members , freely criticised the proceedings of the Admiralty , and the committee reported progress without any vote being come to . On Friday , the Attorney-General , in reply to a question from Mr . Hibbert , said the Government
intended to bring in a bill this session based upon the recommendations of the Patent Law Commission . —Mr . J . B . Smith asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it was proposed to rectify the anomaly in our tariff , that while wooden ships and articles manufactured of wood are allowed to enter British ports free , the raw material ( wood ) is subjected to a duty . Mr .
Gladstone admitted the anomaly , but said he was not prepared to propose a duty on wooden ships . This was all ho could state on the subject until the time arrived for the introduction of the budget . —Mr . Arthur Mills moved ah address to the Crown on the subject of the troubles in New Zealand , but , after a long discussion , in which Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Adderley , Lord Stanley , Mr . Cardwel ) , and other members , took part , the motion was withdrawn . —A motion of Mr . Mac Evoy relative to the claims
of Ireland to a grant of the half cost of union medical officers , was rejected by a narrow majority ; while Sir IT . Bruce ' s Irish Game Bill was read a second time by a majority of 42 . On Monday , Sir George Grey stated , in reply to a question from Mr . Scully , that the Government did not intend to ask tbe Belgian authorities to deliver up Mary Ryan , the insane nun , who was some time ago " improperly" removed from London to Bruges .
—In reply to Mr . Peacocke , Mr . Layard said that Captain Beall , the Confederate officer , who was recently executed in Governor ' s Island , [ New York , was not surrendered to the United States Government by the Canadian authorities , but was captured in the State of New York . Lord Robert Cecil asked if the Confederate officers now on their trial in Canada would be
surrendered to the Federal authorities without the concurrence of the imperial Government . The Attorney-General replied that , in his opinion , it was only in circumstances of a very extraordinary character that the Home Government had the right of interference within Canadian territory . — -In reply to a question from Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Hntt stated that the letter purporting to be
written by General Hutt , setting forth various reasons why he could not be appointed to the secretaryship of Chelsea Hospital ( an office to which he has since been gazetted ) was a forgery . —Mr . Seymour Fitzgerald called attention to Colonel Jervois's report on the defences of Canada , and stated that the American Government were already strongly fortifying New York , Boston ,
and other exposed ports . An officer , in point of fact , had informed him that New York was now more formidable than Sebastopol . A large force of gunboats was also being placed upon the lakes . An American firm in this country had received an order for 40 steam launches , five of which had already left England , and he wished to know what her Majesty ' s Ministers were doing in the midst of all these preparations for war . Mr . W . E .
Forster said the fear of a rupture with the United States was as groundless as the French panic a few years ago , while Mr . Cardwell affirmed that the relations between the two countries were " perfectly friendly . " At the same time the right hon . gentleman reminded the House of tbe statements which have on previous occasions been made by members of the Government as to the measures being taken for the defence of Canada . Mr .
Disraeli said there was every reason to believe that at the close of the civil war the Americans would have enough to do without provoking a rupture with a powerful empire like England . At the same time , he was glad to find that some measures were at last being taken to place Canada in a proper state of defence . The discussion was continued by Mr . Lowe , Lord Elcho , Lord
R . Cecil , Mr . Bright , Lord Pahnerston , and other members , but did not lead to any practical result . On Tuesday there was a severe fight on " the Great Eastern and Lancashire and Yorkshire Junction Railway Bill , " by which the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company sought powers to join the Great Eastern Company in making a line from Long Stanton , near Cambridge ,
to a point on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway near Askern . This scheme was stoutly opposed in the interest of the Great Northern Company , and the motion for the second reading was defeated by a majority of 41 , —121 members voting one way , and 162 the other . —In reply to a question from Mr . Bwart , Sir George Grey said that no order had been issued for the seizure
of South American beef when exposed for sale either in Loudon or Liverpool . —Lord Clarence Paget , in answer to Mr . Damer , said that experiments of a satisfactory nature had been made with the view of testing Captain Coles ' s cupola . —In reply to Mr . Watkin , Lord Hartington said the proposal to relieve volunteer officers from service on juries was under consideration at the War Office . —Sir Fitzroy Kelly moved for a select committee to inquire into the claims of the Prince Azeera Jah to the dig-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week.
On Monday , the Public Schools Bill—based upon the recommendations of the Commission which recently reported upon the subject of public school education—was read a first time . —The bill authorising the annexation of British Kaft'raria to the Cape Colony , and the Election Petitions Act Amendment Bill were read a second time . —On Tuesday , the Marquis of Westmeath again introduced the case of Mary Ryan , the nun , who was
forcibly removed from London to a lunatic asylum at Bruges . He said he was prepared to prove that the abduction was the result of a conspiracy got up by a Roman Catholic priest calling himself the "Vicar General of Westminster , " and strongly censured Sir George Grey for not having interfered more actively in the matter . Lord Russell said the forcible removal of a
person from this country was an illegal act , but it having been ascertained that Mary Ryan , who is an orphan , was suffering from acute mania , and was well cared for in the asylum in Belgium , it was not deemed advisable to have her removed back to England . After some remarks from Lord Malmesbury , condemnatory of the course taken by Sir George Grey in this
mtater , the subject dropped . In the HOUSE of COMMONS , on Thursday , the 9 th , Lord Henry Lennox gave notice of his intention to move , as an addition to Mr . Walpole ' s motion on the British Museum , that a responsible minister should be appointed to control the Mnseum and other similar institutions of the country . —Mr . Gladstone , in
reply to Mr . White , said he was unable to state whether the budget would be introduced before or after the Easter recess . — In answer to another question from the member for Brighton , Lord Pahnerston stated that her Majesty ' s Government did not intend to propose the repeal of the Aberdeeu Act—an act by which British cruisers are authorised to overhaul and seize suspected slavers sailing under the Brazilian flag . He said that
negotiations were still going on for a renewal of diplomatic relations between England and Brazil . He expressed his regret at the atrocities committed in the present war between the Brazilian empire and some of the neighbouring republics , and , with regard to the threatened attack upon Monte Video , stated that assurances had been received that the property of all foreign residents should be respected as far as possible . —In reply to
questions from Lord Robert Cecil and Mr . Bright , Mr . Bayard was understood to say that the American Government had not made any demands for compensation for losses sustained by citizens of the United States from the depredations of the Alabama and other Confederate vessels , but that claims bad been made against the Government of Washington by British subjects who
had suffered in the course of the war . —The debate on the first vote in the Navy Estimates was resumed by Sir S . M . Peto , who , with other members , freely criticised the proceedings of the Admiralty , and the committee reported progress without any vote being come to . On Friday , the Attorney-General , in reply to a question from Mr . Hibbert , said the Government
intended to bring in a bill this session based upon the recommendations of the Patent Law Commission . —Mr . J . B . Smith asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it was proposed to rectify the anomaly in our tariff , that while wooden ships and articles manufactured of wood are allowed to enter British ports free , the raw material ( wood ) is subjected to a duty . Mr .
Gladstone admitted the anomaly , but said he was not prepared to propose a duty on wooden ships . This was all ho could state on the subject until the time arrived for the introduction of the budget . —Mr . Arthur Mills moved ah address to the Crown on the subject of the troubles in New Zealand , but , after a long discussion , in which Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Adderley , Lord Stanley , Mr . Cardwel ) , and other members , took part , the motion was withdrawn . —A motion of Mr . Mac Evoy relative to the claims
of Ireland to a grant of the half cost of union medical officers , was rejected by a narrow majority ; while Sir IT . Bruce ' s Irish Game Bill was read a second time by a majority of 42 . On Monday , Sir George Grey stated , in reply to a question from Mr . Scully , that the Government did not intend to ask tbe Belgian authorities to deliver up Mary Ryan , the insane nun , who was some time ago " improperly" removed from London to Bruges .
—In reply to Mr . Peacocke , Mr . Layard said that Captain Beall , the Confederate officer , who was recently executed in Governor ' s Island , [ New York , was not surrendered to the United States Government by the Canadian authorities , but was captured in the State of New York . Lord Robert Cecil asked if the Confederate officers now on their trial in Canada would be
surrendered to the Federal authorities without the concurrence of the imperial Government . The Attorney-General replied that , in his opinion , it was only in circumstances of a very extraordinary character that the Home Government had the right of interference within Canadian territory . — -In reply to a question from Mr . Roebuck , Mr . Hntt stated that the letter purporting to be
written by General Hutt , setting forth various reasons why he could not be appointed to the secretaryship of Chelsea Hospital ( an office to which he has since been gazetted ) was a forgery . —Mr . Seymour Fitzgerald called attention to Colonel Jervois's report on the defences of Canada , and stated that the American Government were already strongly fortifying New York , Boston ,
and other exposed ports . An officer , in point of fact , had informed him that New York was now more formidable than Sebastopol . A large force of gunboats was also being placed upon the lakes . An American firm in this country had received an order for 40 steam launches , five of which had already left England , and he wished to know what her Majesty ' s Ministers were doing in the midst of all these preparations for war . Mr . W . E .
Forster said the fear of a rupture with the United States was as groundless as the French panic a few years ago , while Mr . Cardwell affirmed that the relations between the two countries were " perfectly friendly . " At the same time the right hon . gentleman reminded the House of tbe statements which have on previous occasions been made by members of the Government as to the measures being taken for the defence of Canada . Mr .
Disraeli said there was every reason to believe that at the close of the civil war the Americans would have enough to do without provoking a rupture with a powerful empire like England . At the same time , he was glad to find that some measures were at last being taken to place Canada in a proper state of defence . The discussion was continued by Mr . Lowe , Lord Elcho , Lord
R . Cecil , Mr . Bright , Lord Pahnerston , and other members , but did not lead to any practical result . On Tuesday there was a severe fight on " the Great Eastern and Lancashire and Yorkshire Junction Railway Bill , " by which the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company sought powers to join the Great Eastern Company in making a line from Long Stanton , near Cambridge ,
to a point on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway near Askern . This scheme was stoutly opposed in the interest of the Great Northern Company , and the motion for the second reading was defeated by a majority of 41 , —121 members voting one way , and 162 the other . —In reply to a question from Mr . Bwart , Sir George Grey said that no order had been issued for the seizure
of South American beef when exposed for sale either in Loudon or Liverpool . —Lord Clarence Paget , in answer to Mr . Damer , said that experiments of a satisfactory nature had been made with the view of testing Captain Coles ' s cupola . —In reply to Mr . Watkin , Lord Hartington said the proposal to relieve volunteer officers from service on juries was under consideration at the War Office . —Sir Fitzroy Kelly moved for a select committee to inquire into the claims of the Prince Azeera Jah to the dig-