been his lot to read: abstaining from asking redress,
and leaving it to the good feeling of the Austrian
government whether any compensation should be made.
He did not blame the present government for taking up
the case as it had been left by their predecessors, and
they had shown more vigour. The act, in his opinion,
had been founded not upon any law, or upon religious
intolerance, but upon political considerations, in resentment
towards the English government and nation for
the part they had taken in the affairs of the continent—
a sentiment arising out of a mistaken view of the
interests of Austria herself. The policy of the British
cabinet at that period, he observed, would have contributed
to the peace of Europe and to the happiness of
the people of Italy, while it would not have lowered
Austria in the scale of nations if her possessions had
been limited to the north of the Alps.—After some
observations by Mr. Plowden and Mr. Hume, Sir H.
Verney withdrew the motion.

PROGRESS OF BUSINESS.

House of Lords.—June 28.—Militia Bill passed through
Committee.—Patent Law Amendment Bill, Amendments of the
Commons agreed to.—New Zealand Government Bill.—Suitors
in Chancery Bill, and Encumbered Estates (Ireland) Bill, read a
third time and passed.

30th.—Royal Assent given to a number of Bills.—Prorogation
of Parliament by Her Majesty.

House of Commons.—June 29.—Expulsion of Scotch Missionaries
from Austria.—Mr. Anstey's Resolution moved by Sir H.
Verney, and withdrawn.

30th.—Improvement of Jurisdiction in Equity Bill, an Amendment
of the Lords rejected.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE NEW
PARLIAMENT.