This bill, he contended, was incompatible with the
coronation oath and with the Act of Union, and he
moved that the second reading be deferred for six
months.—Mr. EWART defended the bill, as being
founded upon the general principle of opening the
universities to all, and in accordance with religion, and
with the spirit of the times.—Sir G. GREY said he should
vote for the second reading of the bill; at the same time
he did not think that this was a very convenient time
to introduce the subject, and a division would not at
present express the real opinion of the house. With
respect to the question itself, however necessary these
tests might have been when originally instituted, that
necessity had long passed away, and he believed it was
not for the interests of the universities themselves that
they should be retained.—Mr. E. Ellice suggested the
withdrawal of the bill, to which Mr. Alexander Hastie
objected, giving his cordial support to the measure.—
Upon a division, the bill was lost by a single vote, the
ayes for the second reading being 65 and the noes 66.

Mr. M'CULLAGH moved the second reading of the
Encumbered Estates Leases (Ireland) Bill, by which he
proposed to give power to the commissioners, upon
their valuation of land for sale, to allow the tenant who
had been in possession for a certain time, and was out
of arrears, and who was rated to the value which
entitled him to the elective franchise, to come in and
obtain leases, under certain conditions, after the absolute
order for the sale of the land should have been made.—
Mr. NAPIER urged a variety of objections to the bill,
which would, he said, put an end to all security for
property in land in Ireland—The bill was likewise opposed
by Mr. French and Colonel Dunne, and supported by
Mr. Roche.—Mr. HATCHELL objected, not only to the
details, but to the whole principle of the bill, which
would give to a temporary board, appointed for a
particular purpose, powers of control over landlords, and
even creditors, utterly irreconcilcable with the rights of
property in any country. He moved to defer the second
reading for six months.—Mr. S. CRAWFORD supported
the principle of the measure.—The bill was rejected on
a division by 94 against 15.

PROGRESS OF BUSINESS.

House of Lords.—June 2nd.—Absconding Debtors Bill read a
second time.

3rd.—Marriages India Bill passed through committee pro
forma.—County Courts Extension Bill (No. 2.) read a second
time pro forma.

5th.—County Courts extension Bill (No. 2.) passed through
committee.—Law of Evidence Amendment Bill referred to a
select committee.

6th.—Adjournment to Monday, 16th inst.

16th.—Public Houses (Scotland) Bill read a third time and
passed.

19th.—Regulation of Assurances Bill, committee pro forma.—
Arrest of Absconding Debtors Bill passed through committee.

24th.—Stamp Duties (Ireland) Bill read a second time.—
Registration of Assurances Bill read a third time and passed.—
Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill read a second time.

House of Commons.—May 28th.—Coroner's Bill, second reading
postponed for a month and select committee appointed.—Audit
of Railway Accounts Bill considered in committee.

29th.—Ceylon Inquiry, Mr. Baillie's resolutions negatived.

30th.—Ecclesiastical Titles' Bill considered in committee.—
Colonial Property Qualification Bill read a second time.

June 2nd.—New Forest Deer Removal Bill read a second
time,—Ecclesiastical Titles' Bill further considered in
committee.

3rd.—No house.

4th.—Lord Melgund's School Establishment (Scotland) Bill
thrown out on second reading.

5th.—St. Alban's Bribery Commission Bill considered in
committee.—Metropolis Water Bill read a second time.—Leave
given Colonel Sibthorp to bring in a Bill against Advertising
Vans and Barrel Organs.

5th.—Ecclesiastical Titles' Bill further considered in
committee.—Home-made Spirits in Bond; motion by Chancellor
of the Exchequer against Lord Naas's Resolutions, negatived.
—Adjournment till Thursday, 12th inst.

12th.—Navy Estimates considered in committee.—
Pharmaceutical Chemists, Mr. Bell's Resolution for a Bill agreed to in
committee.

13th.—Chancery Reform.—Leave granted Lord J. Russell to
bring in two Bills.—Committee of Supply.—Vote for Caffre
War.—Income fax.—Mr. Hume's Select Committee nominated.
Colonel Sibthorp's Bill against Barrel Organs and Advertising
Vans thrown out on second reading.—Pharmacy Bill read a first
time.

10th.—Committee of Supply.—Acts of Parliament Abbreviation
Act Repeal Bill thrown out, by 66 to 12.

17th.—Aylesbury Election.—Messrs. Strutt and Cunningham
committed for breach of privilege, reprimanded and discharged.
—St Alban's Election Bill considered in committee.—Mr. Bass'
motion for repeal of half of the Malt Tax, negatived.—
International Arbitration.—Mr. Cobden's Motion debated and
withdrawn.—Motion of Mr. Hume's respecting Bible monopoly
negatived.

18th.—New Writ for Bath.—Sunday Trading Bill thrown out.
—Landlord and Tenant Bill considered in committee.

19th.—Smithtield Market Bill considered in committee.—
Religious Tests in Universities, Heywood's motion, house
counted out.

20th.—Ecclesiastical Titles' Bill considered in committee.—
General Board of Health Bill passed through committee.—
Merchant Seamen's Fund, leave given M. Labouchere to bring
in a Bill.

23rd.—Ecclestiastical Titles' Bill again in committee.—
Amendments negatived and preamble affirmed.—Court of
Chancery and Judicial Committee Bill read a second time. The
Gunpowder stores (Liverpool) Exemption Repeal Bill went
through committee.—The Civil Bills, &c. (Ireland).—Bill
considered in Committee.—Lodging Houses Bill read a third time
and passed.

24th.—Prevention of Offences Bill, and Smithfield Market
Removal Bill read a third time and passed.—Mr. M. Gibson's
Motion for the appointment of a Select Committee on the
Bonded Warehouse System at Manchester negatived.—Mr.
Sidney Herbert's resolution respecting Savings' Banks
negatived.

25th.—Universities (Scotland) Bill, and Encumbered Estates
Leases (Ireland) Bill, thrown out on second reading.—
Gunpowder Stores (Liverpool) Exemption Repeal Bill read a third
time and passed.—Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill considered
in committee.

The Bishop of Exeter's Synod assembled in that city
on the 25th inst. Great numbers of clergymen arrived
in Exeter on the previous evening, and up to the hour
of meeting, from all parts of Devonshire and Cornwall.
A couple of policemen were on duty near the door,
around which were stationed about 20 or 30 men, a few
women, and many children. The chancel of the cathedral
was tilled, principally with clergymen. There were
several ladies and spectators present. His lordship
occupied the throne. There was a full choral service, and
the Rev. Prebendary Hole preached, a long and elaborate
sermon, which occupied about an hour and twenty
minutes in the delivery. The reverend company then
took the sacrament with the bishop, after which they
adjourned to the chapter-house, where the synod was
to be held. The diocesan protest against this synod has
been signed by above two thousand persons of all classes;
it is headed by the Lord Lieutenant, Earl Fortescue,
and contains the signatures of Earl Morley, Lord Poltimore,
Lord Ebrington, Lord Sinclair, Sir J. Kennaway,
Sir H. F. Davy, Sir T. T. Drake, Sir J. H. Williams, Sir
L. V. Palk, and Sir Henry Browne. Some scores of
county magistrates have also signed, together with the
Mayor of Exeter, and several borough mayors. Several
generals and admirals are among the protesters, together
with colonels in the army, captains in the navy, and
members of the medical profession. The yeomanry have
signed by hundreds, and the merchants, shopkeepers,
and respectable inhabitants in towns in huge numbers.

Mr. Dawes, the free-trade candidate for the Isle of
Wight, has been returned, in opposition to Mr. Hamond.
At Harwich, Mr. R. Wigram Crawford, a free-trader,
was returned in opposition to Mr Prinsep, the late
protectionist member, who had been unseated on petition.
The result of the election for Bath is the return of
Captain Scobell, the liberal candidate, in opposition to
Mr. Sutcliffe.

NARRATIVE OF LAW AND CRIME.
A Serious Riot, caused by a Protectionist Meeting,
took place at Tamworth on the 28th of May. The
protectionists dined in the town-hall. A cold collation
was sent from Birmingham, the use of the principal
Tamworth hotel having been denied, through the
influence of the present Sir Robert Peel. The chair
was occupied by Mr. Wolferstan, a landowner of Stadfold;