POSTSCRIPT.
SATURDLIr MORNING.
At the morning sitting of the House of Commons yesterday, the Edin- burgh Annuity-tax Abolition Bill was finally disposed of in Committee.
At the evening sitting, questions were put as usual on the motion for the adjcurnmente till Monday. In answer to Mr. CRAWFORD, Lord Pararansvo2; stated that, however protracted the session might be, the Government hope to pass the Bankruptcy Bill.
Before the debate on the privilege resolutions was resumed, Lord Pan- MOT inquired whether, in the event of the resolutions of Lord Palmerston being passed, the Government intended to recommend any further action in the matter. rirciTord PALMERSTON replied that he was perfectly satisfied with the re- , d in the come of his speech praised Mr. Gladstone, and took great (lindens, and should not propose anything further. ' Mr. DIGBY SEYMOUR in resuming the debate, spoke at great length, e oeption to Lord Palmerston's statement and his resolutions. 4 The debate was continued ; Mr. HORSMAN opposing, Mr. BRIGHT discussion the second resolution was agreed to. It was nearly two p porting the resolutions. The first was agreed to without a division. attempt to adjourn the debate was negatived by 433 to 36. Mr. ELLOR moved an amendment and was defeated ; and after a long
,,f clock before the House adopted the third resolution and adjourned.
In the House of Lords, Viscount DUNGANNON called attention to the continued and serious riots, on each successive Sunday, in the parish of Et. George's-in-the-East, and more especially to those which took place the 17th and 24th of June. He inquired whether the Government Untended to take more effective measures to prevent the repetition of similar disturbances. He thought that, unless the Government adopted some very decided COMBO in the matter, serious assaults would take place, which might result in the loss of life. ' Th Bishop of LONDON admitted that the subject was not one that ,• ought to be trifled with, but he believed that the presence of a large body 1 Of police within the church had prevented the Heti from becoming of so serious a character within the church as they had been formerly. Great ,. difficulty had been experienced in proceeding under the Act of Queen Anne ; but that difficulty had now been removed by the Act passed in the present session, which empowered the churchwardens to take any person accused of brawling before the nearest magistrate. He believed, however, that further legislation was necessary. Earl Guam/mix stated that the-Government had directed a large body police to be placed in the church, but they had no power to take irther steps for the suppression of the riots. The Bishop of OXFORD, in presenting a petition in favour of the intro- duction of the Bible into the Government schools in India, called atten- tion to the general question, and expressed a hope that the mode in which the debate terminated the other night would not be regarded as indicative of the indifference of their lordships upon the matter.
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