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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 0? Iwas, March 13, Lord Granville, on the invitation of the Duke of Richmond, recapitulated the state- r:6nt made a few minutes previously iu the other House, s toi the provisions of the Treaty signed yesterday by the lenipotentkries at tho B1 *ck Sea Conference, tie added h*t the French Plenipotentiary had signed the Protocol as "ell as the Treaty. Lord Nelson, In calling attention to the new Education ode of 1871, expressed his gratification that Mr. Forster nad conceded the principal alterations to which hia notice rif .i!reJ" Accepting the new Code as a bona fide fulfilment had conceded the principal alterations to which his notice referred. Accapting the now Codess a bona fide fulfilment or the pledges made by the Government last year, he ad- i yerted to two or three points which still demanded recon- lideration. The Date c! Richmond, who had also given notice of a jnotion in favour of diminishing the number of attendaucts in evening schools in agricultural parishes, which had been conceded by the Government, proceeded to criticize several «rtisles of the new Code which required amendment. 'ihe "Jvernment had been more liberal with regard to money, out they had made the terms so much more stringent that he doubted whether the schools in agricultural districts would he much bettor off. Lord Halifax gave exolanations on the points raised, and, With regard to cert&i- questions put without notice by the •"Uke of Richmond, saia he would inform himself upon them, and reply on a future occasion. Lord Shaftesbury glanced at various points in the new Code, expressed his deep regret at the exclusion of music from Schools. He bore eloquent testimony, derived from the ob- servation of many year, to the humanizing influences of the hymns end simple sorgn taught in schools, not only upon the children, but upon many wild and la" less parents. To strike out music from the schools was to surrender one of the greatest advantages God bad put into our hands for the i refinement of the humbler classes. The Lord Chancellor, in moving the second reading of the ■yayer-boek (Table o £ Lessons) Bill, briefly described the l changes made by the measure, which had now been before the public nearly two years, and had been received with ( • general assent. He alio adverted to the injury ir ilicted upon < the printing trade by the existing delay and uncertainty, as an additional reason for passing the bill Lord Shaftesbury, while accepting the new arrangement of i LSPSOBS as, upon the whole, an improvement, renewed his s objections to certain changes, and regretted that for the sake r of the peace of the Church the Athanasian Creed bad not I ( been eliminated from tlio public service, while retaining its I Place In the Prayer-book. I i The Bishop of Glocetter supported the bill. Lord Stanhope again expressed hia repugnance to the Public use of the Athanasian Creed, but was unwilling to hazard the loss of the bill by extending its scope. He trudted that the Archbishop of Canterbury, who held an equally strong opinion against the use of this creed, would, on his return, consult with the other prelates, and remove this great stumbling-block from the Church. Lord Cairns renewed his protest a,tiiist the recital in the bilI that the new Table had obtained the consent of the Con- vocation of Canterbury and the Committee of Convocation of York, when the licence of the Crown had never been given to the Convocation of either province to consider the subject. Lord Ebury was disappointed that so small an Instalment of thfi Commissioners' recommendations had been embodied In the bill. The Bishop of London pointed out that the bill would not » preclude legislative action upon the other recommendations Of the Ritual Commission. Thousands of the laity, as well as many of the clergy, would regard any attempt to remove the Athanasian Creed lrom the Church Service with regret, If not with Indignation, and any attempt to legislate in this Sense would only imperil the passing of the bill. Lord Grey said that the new Lectlonary, although an un- doubted improvement, would be dearly purchased if, in order to remove the uncertainty in the printing trade, any under- standing existed that this bill was to be the end of legislative reform in the Prayer-book. He denounced' the mis-named and Irreverent Athanasian Creed with great warmth aa the barbarous production of a barbarous age, to which he never listened without feeling3 of horror and disgust. Lord Beauchamp pointed out the difficulties In the way of removing from the service a creed which, in his opinion, had been a source of comfort and consolation to many generations of Churchmen. After a few observations from Loru Lyttleton and the Bishop of Chichester, Lord Granville explained the reasons which had actuated the Governmeut In not going beyond the Lectionary In the Present bill. At a later time they reserved to themselves the power of proposing legislation on other recommendations of the Commission. ReeJgniziDg the force of Lird Cairns' objection, he said the Government would be willing in Com- mittee to strike out the recital in the preamble as to the consent of Convocation. The bill was read a second time, and their lordships ad- journed. In the House of Commons, a number of private bills were read a second time. Mr. 0 Morgan gave notice that on a future day he would call attention to the recent acquittal of Martha J'orpey, and to the expediency of -.1 olishing the law which in certain cases exempts married women from the responsibility of their own criminal acts. Mr. Bailie Cochrane asked whether the Government, before coming to any decision in the Conference, would "ot take means to lean., vhat were the contingencies which, in Baron Brunow's opt) i .n, justified a violation of the Treaty of 1856, the more empeo:a ay as subsequently, in reply to Lord ranvilie, the Russian Ambassador declared that these con- tingencies had never been realised ? Lord Enfield, in reply to the first question, said that Lord Granville had received the permission of the Russian Ambassador to state that the contingencies to which his Excellency had aliuded had reference to the pos- sible bearing of the war between Austria aud Italy, upon the integrity and Independence of the Turkish •empire. His lordship then went on to say-:—"A Treaty has been signed to-day at the Foreign Office, by which ii °'auses °' the Treaty of 1S56 respecting tha neu- tralisation of the Black Sea are abrogated. The restric- tions Imposed by previously existing treaties upon the J^orte with regard to the closing of the Straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus are so far -modified as to admit of their opening by the Porte, even in time of Peace, to the vessels ot war of friendly and allied Powers, and in case the Porte should think it necessary to do 80, in ordertoensure the execution of the stipulations of thb Treaty of Paris of March, 1856. The treaty just signed also provides for the prolongation of tie European Commission of the Danube lor twelve years, and also for the canned neutraU- sation of the works already created or to be created by the Commission with a saving of the rights of the Porte, as a territorial Power, to send ships of war into the Danube. At the first meeting ot the Conference, on the 17th January, a pecial protocol was signed, recording that it was au essential u i« e °' nations that no power can liberate Itself from the engagements of a treaty, or modify the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the other contracting Powers ty means of an amicable arrangement e *urther to say tint tha French plenipotentiary has this day signed the protocol, with the treaty and the proto- cols of the Conference, and the treaty will be presented to parliament with the least possible delay. h ^e^ate on the Army Regulation Bill was resumed 1 .Sir J. Pakington, and after a lengthened discussion, in 1 which several hon. members took part, i Mr. B. Oiborne moved the adjournment of the debate, « and Mr. Gladstone, in acquiescing expressed a hope that ] {* would be brought to a close on Thursday. Mr. Bentinck, ( jjowever, and Mr. Anderson, on behalf of the private members, declined to be bound by any understanding. The Stamp Act (1870) Amendment Bill was considered in J^ommittee, and some other bills having been disposed of, the House adjourned. <

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