On Monday, the 21st, the house proceeded with the
case of Alderman Salomons.—Sir B. HALL repeated his
question whether the government intended to prosecute
Alderman Salomons for taking his seat.—Lord J.
RUSSELL said that the government were not disposed to
do so; and Mr. Salomons then took his seat within the
house. The SPEAKER requested him to withdraw, but
he retained his seat.—Lord John RUSSELL moved that
he should be ordered to withdraw, and Mr. ANSTEY
moved, as an amendment, that Mr. Salomons was
entitled to take his seat. After a confused discussion this
amendment was negatived by 229 to 81.—Mr. ANSTEY
moved the adjournment of the debate, which was
negatived by 237 to 75; and then Lord J. Russell's motion
was carried by 231 to 81. The Speaker then directed
the Serjeant-at-Arms to remove Mr. Salomons, who had
previously declared his readiness to do so should the
house so decide, provided enough was done to make it
appear that he acted under coercion. The Serjeant
accordingly touched his shoulder, and he immediately
rose and retired.

On Tuesday, the 22nd, the matter was resumed by
Lord J. RUSSELL, who moved that Mr. Salomons
was not entitled to sit in the house till he had taken the
Oath of Abjuration in the form required by law.—Mr.
BETHELL moved, as an amendment, that Baron
Rothschild and Mr. Salomons, having taken the Oath of
Abjuration in the form in which the house was bound
in law to administer it, were entitled to take their seats.
After a short debate, this amendment was negatived by
118 to 71. Several motions were then made for the
adjournment of the debate and negatived, but Lord
J. Russell at length consented to the adjournment.

On Wednesday, the 23rd, Mr. G. F. YOUNG took the
oaths and his seat for Scarborough.

The Attorneys' and Solicitors' Certificate Duty Bill,
the Sale of Beer Bill, and the Enfranchisement of
Copyholds (No. 3) Bill were withdrawn.

The house went into committee on the Administration
of Criminal Justice Improvement Bill, sent down from
the Lords, the details of which, after the nature, scope,
and objects of the measure had been explained by Mr.
Baines, underwent discussion and amendments. The
house then resolved itself into a committee upon the
Valuation (Ireland) Bill, the clauses of which occupied
the remainder of the sitting.

On Thursday the 24th, Sir B. Hall presented a
petition from the Electors of Greenwich, and announced
his intention of moving that they be heard by counsel.
It was arranged that the discussion on Lord J.
Russell's motion should he postponed till Monday, when
Sir B. Hall's motion would be made as an amendment
to it.

On the motion for the third reading of the Customs
Bill, Mr. HERRIES moved as an amendment that an
address be presented to the Queen, praying that proper
steps may be taken to give effect to the provisions
of the act for the repeal of the navigation laws, by which
her Majesty is empowered to adopt towards any country
that refuses reciprocity such measures as may seem
calculated to counterbalance the disadvantages to which
British trade and navigation may be thereby subjected.
This produced a long debate involving the old topics of
protection and free trade, the principal speakers being
Mr. Herries, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. G. F. Young, Mr.
Wilson, Mr. Disraeli, and Lord J. Russell. The
amendment was withdrawn; and the bill was then
read a third time and passed.—Mr. HAWES applied for
leave to bring in a bill for the arrangement of claims
of the New Zealand Company on the Crown, and for
regulating the affairs of certain settlements established
by that company in New Zealand.—Mr. GLADSTONE
objected, saying that this being a bill for granting
public money, ought to be introduced in a committee
of the whole house. Leave was therefore refused.

On Friday the 25th, petitions were presented by Sir
B. Hall and Mr. R. Currie, from the Electors of
Greenwich, which were ordered to be printed and to
stand for consideration on Monday next.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the second reading
of the Patent Law Amendments Bill. Enumerating the
formalities which were required before an inventor
could secure the protection of a patent, he observed that
no less than seven successive processes had to be
completed in the several offices, all of which involved heavy
fees, although five out of the number were wholly
useless. The actual cost of a patent, if unopposed, was
£94 6s. for England alone, and if extended to Scotland
and Ireland, the expenses would amount to between
£200 and £300. By the bill now introduced, it was
proposed to cheapen the cost of a patent, to abolish the
supererogatory legal proceedings, and facilitate the operation
of enrolment. The expense was to be divided as
well as lessened. Patents were to be granted, extending
over the whole United Kingdom for a period of three
years, at a charge of £20, with £5 additional for stamps.
At the three years' end, the term would be extended to
seven years, on a further payment of £40, with £10 for
stamps; and when this prolonged period was expired,
the patent right could be continued for other seven
years, making fourteen in all, at an additional outlay of
£80, with £20 stamps. The Attorney-General proceeded
to explain the legal machinery by which the new system
was to be worked, and which included a board of
examiners, qualified to decide upon scientific questions
lying beyond the ordinary province of the legal
functionaries. After some remarks the bill was read a
second time.

The house having gone into committee on the
Metropolitan Interments (Advances) Bill, a prolonged
discussion ensued upon the resolution, by which an advance
of £130,000 was sanctioned to the Board of Health for
the purpose of purchasing and opening a cemetery.—The
Chancellor of the EXCHEQUER, while declining to assume
the whole responsibility of dispensing this advance
according to the pleasure of parliament, submitted that
until the money was granted, the board could not
propose a new cemetery, and until the new cemetery was
ready, they could not proceed to close the intramural
interment places, so injurious to the public health. Upon
a division, the vote was affirmed by a majority of 50
to 26.

PROGRESS OF BUSINESS.

House of Lords.—June 26th.—Charitable Trusts Bill read a
second time.

July 1st.—Smithfield Market Removal Bill protested against
by the Standing Orders Committee.—Patent Law Amendment
(No. 3.) Bill considered in committee.

3rd.—Representative Peers for Scotland Bill read a second
time.—Patent Law Amendment Bill read a third time and
passed.

4th.—Smithfield Market Bill, resolution to dispense with
standing orders.—Purchase of Lands, &c. (Ireland), Bill thrown
out on second reading.

7th.—Farm Buildings Bill thrown out.—Smithfield Market
Removal Bill read a second time.—Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption
Bill read a first time.

8th.—Expenses of Prosecutions (Ireland) Bill read a third
time and passed.—Lodging Houses Bill read a second time.

10th.—County Courts Bill, and Jurisdiction in Bankruptcy
Bill withdrawn by Lord Brougham.

11th.—Crystal Palace, Mr. Paxton's petition.

14th.—Court of Chancery and Judicial Committee Bill read a
first time.

15th.—Cape of Good Hope, Earl of Derby's motion for a select
committee negatived.

17th.—Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill thrown out on second
reading.

18th.—Inhabited House Duty Bill read a second time.

21st.—Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill, and Turnpike Acts
Arrangement Bill passed through committee.—Inhabited House
Bill passed through committee.

22nd.—St. Alban's Bribery Commission Bill read a third time
and passed.—Ecclesiastical Titles' Assumption Bill read a
second time.

24th.—Royal Assent given to a number of bills.—Civil Bills
(Ireland) Bill, and Chimney Sweepers' Regulation Bill read a
second time.

25th.—Ecclesiastical Titles' Assumption Bill passed through
committee.

House of Commons.—June 26th.—St. Alban's Bribery Bill read
a third time.—Danish Claims, Mr. Roebuck's motion negatived.
—Committee of Supply.

27th.—Ecclesiastical Titles' Assumption Bill considered in
committee.—Court of Chancery, address agreed to.

30th.—Customs Bill considered in committee.—Inhabited
House Bill in committee.—Mr. Disraeli's Financial Amendment
negatived.

July 1st.—County Courts Extension Bill considered in
committee.

2nd.—Pharmacy Bill read a second time pro forma and withdrawn.