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Show The Hume of Common. London, 17. In the house of commons, com-mons, to-night, t lip postinabtur general gene-ral Etated it was the intention of the department after tho present year to mako arrangements lor thu conveyance convey-ance of mails to America similar to those adopted by the United States, viz., to make no contracla, but to lend mails by vessels whoso efficiency is proved anil pay according to weight. A motion was made in tho house to-nigl.tto go into committee on tho royal titles bill. '1 ho Marquis ot llartington moved an nmendmnt, that while willing t) consider a measure meas-ure enabling tho qiuu'n to mitko an addition to her titles, the hoiMe considers con-siders it inexpedient to impair the dignity of the crown by the aamip-tion aamip-tion of tho title of run press. The marquis supported bis motion in a Kpeceh conciliatory intone. He h.iid he oflered the nmeniimeiit with reluctance. Ho admitted it was impossible im-possible for government to foresee the opposition which the measure bad provoked. Ho challenged government govern-ment to show any gxid reason why tholitlool empress wad preferable to that of queen. He repeated the. argument ar-gument that tho bill was a ahglii to the other colonics. Thw clmuedlor of tho exchequer dcleniied the titlo of empress us accu-irately accu-irately representing the relations of i the queen to India. Tho dtbtile lusted seven hours and wiia excited and acrimonious. Sir WiUUm Hai-court and Foster ami Dull oppnaed the bill. Roebuck and Lord llcho supported it. Finally t.xi Marquis of liartinglou's amendment waa rejected and the motion for going into committee on the bdl adopted. |