2 JUNE 1866, page 2

In The House On Tuesday Mr. H. Vivian Proposed A

practical scheme for suppressing bribery, namely, to disfran- chise a voter who accepted a bribe for life, and disqualify a member who gave one from ever sitting in Parliament,......

'the Same Night Mr. J. S. Mill Made A Happy

reply to sonic personal taunts levelled at him for the opinions of his books. He might have been flattered, he said, by the familiarity displayed with his works, but for the sad......

On Weidaetslay, Again, A Debate Took Place On Mr. Clay's

motion for examining candidates for the franchise in arithmetic up to divi- sion of money, spelling, and writing by dictation. The Tories took up the scheme quite warmly, though......

The Star Affirms That Mr. Gale, The Blind Man Who

discovered a process for making powder incombustible, has invented a revolv- ing rifle which will fire 100 bullets a minute. We do not under- stand the description, but a......

In The Second Night's Debate On This Motion The Master

speech was undoubtedly Mr. Lowe's—one of the finest specimens of his insincere but splendid oratory. He did not produce many new arguments, recapitulating Captain Hayter's......

Prince Alfred Has, We Perceive, Been At Last (seated A

Peer, with a title from each division of the kingdom, the highest, for some inexplicable reason, being Scotch. The second son of the Sovereign has usually been called Duke of......

In The Same Debate Mr. Goschen Made One Very Good

point in answer to the criticisms on the grouping measure of the Government. It is said that it is very wrong to group boroughs with quite different interests, — the lacemakers......

Captain Hayter, Son Of The Well Known Whip, Sir William

Haytas, and member for Wells, one of the boroughs to be grouped, moved on Monday night a resolution which will probably be supported by all members hostile to the Bill. He......

We Are Bound To Record, In Justice To Mr. Layard,

that Admiral Denman, in his despatch on the bombardment of Valparaiso, formally denies that the American Commodore asked him to resist the bombardment. It is difficult to......

Lord Robert Montagu's Mind Appears To Be Much Exercised On

the subject of division of money. He interrupted Mr. Gladstone on Monday to say, "You cannot divide by 2/. 13s. 81" That de- pends on what you mean by division. You certainly......