Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . , and they can be obtained inone year by not more than ten per cent, of thescholars presented for examination at the an-nual visit of her Majestys inspector. The bill for amending the law in respectof the appellate jurisdiction of the House ofLords was introduced in the House of Lordsby Lord Cairns, February 10th, and, havingpassed that body, was affirmed by the Houseof Commons August 9th. It establishes a courtwithin the House of Lords, to relieve that Houseof the duty of hearing the trial of cases of ap-peal. The
Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . , and they can be obtained inone year by not more than ten per cent, of thescholars presented for examination at the an-nual visit of her Majestys inspector. The bill for amending the law in respectof the appellate jurisdiction of the House ofLords was introduced in the House of Lordsby Lord Cairns, February 10th, and, havingpassed that body, was affirmed by the Houseof Commons August 9th. It establishes a courtwithin the House of Lords, to relieve that Houseof the duty of hearing the trial of cases of ap-peal. The court is to sit during the whole ju-dicial year, and will consist, besides certainjudges who are ex officio judges of this court,of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, who are ap-pointed to that office by the crown, and areentitled to sit during their term of office asmembers of the House of Lords and as mem-bers of the Judicial Committee of the PrivyCouncil. A final appeal will lie from thiscourt, as now lies from all the other courtsof the kingdom, to the full court of the House. BATH, ENGLAND. of Lords, consisting of the Lord-Chancellor,the Lords of Appeal, the Judicial Committeeof the Privy Council, and the Law Lords. On the 5th of October, the Queen appointedas Lords of Appeal under this act Mr. JusticeBlackburn and the Right Honorable G. S. Gor-don, and raised them to the peerage under thetitles of Lord Blackburn of Kilearn and LordGordon of Drumearn. The hill for removing the electoral disa-bilities of women, which has been regularlyoffered several years, was again introduced inthe House of Commons, and again rejected,the vote beinpr 239 to 152. It is noteworthy that the bill was opposed by Mr. John .Bright,as in the interest of the women themselves,as the principle of the bill was untenable, andwas contradicted by universal experience. Another attempt was made to obtain therepeal of the so-called Contagious Pi-Act. The bill having that object in view wasdefeated in the House
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