The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-05-21 00:00:00

ROUSE OF COMMON&

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Chancellor of the Exchequer moved I
for leave to intrude.* a Bill for the Amendment of the
Representation of the Pewits in Hoagland. The Bill in
regard to the borough franchime is framed on the model
of the English 13.11. and the same principles is adopted,
so that the people of Scotland will enjoy household
suffrage pure and simple, as that sountry is not troubled
with compound householders. Tbsoccupation franchise
In counties it is proposed to reduce ia the same manner
main England, and the number of Scotch representatives
Is to be increased from fifty.three to sixty In the
course of the debate which followed, Mr. Gladstone
inquired what wane the Governmeet intended adopt.
lug to procure the seven seats it we proposed to give to
Scotland. The Chancellor of the Ruhrqner said he
as. no reason for reducing the present number of repre-
sentatives in England, and be therefore proposed that
the total number of the members of the House of
Commons should be increased. luau was given to
bring in the Bill, and it was reed • first time. The
HOUND then west into committee on the English Reform
Bill, when the lodger franchise was agreed upon, iii., •
twelve months' reindeere in the Name lodging+, and the
payment of a clear yearly value of £lO.
TOISIDAT. —Colonel Barttelot moved for a select
regnmittee to inquire into the operations of the Malt
Tax, and it was agreed to. Mr. Fawcett obtained
leave to introduce • Bill to provide for the education
of children employed in agriculture. .

WIDNESDAT.:—.The /17;;;;ra.---engaged in discuming
Mr. Hurhes's Suedes Trading BilL The hill enacts
that certain artieles shall not be permitted to be sold at
all on Sundays, bat perishableartieles, snob sa buteher'e
meat and vegetablea, are allowed to be sold before nine
o'clock in the moraine, and articles sold by paetrycooke
up to ten o'clock. The bill does not interfere with
pnblie-housee and beer-abom After • protracted debate
the bill was read a mooed time but thaie seems to be
very little probability of its passing in it. present
The other business was Of no interest.

THURSDAY —On the in;tion--for -the almond reading
of the National Debt Rill, Mr. Sheridan moved, is an
smendasent, that • further reduction of the duty on
are insurance would b• • better mode of disposing of •
portion of the surplus for the present year than the
erestion of terminable annuities proposed by the Bill.
The amendment was supported by Mr. Hubbard, Mr.
Laing, and Sir Fresno Crossley, and opposed by Mr.
Gladstone, who insisted on the duty of doing something
now to pay off the National Debt, and adverted to the
seldom of the American. ic esnying out • policy which
was lensibly diminishing the ingsntio debt they Ind am-
tracted. The Chancellor of the Exehequer, in replying,
explained that the operation of the schemest
ghosted
that in 1885 £24,000,000 of the debt would be completely
extinguished. Upon • division tin second reading was
carried by • large majority.
Faintly. -In committee on the Reform Bill, the die-
cession of the amendments of Mr. Watkin sad Mr.
Pena, which aimed at defining what • house should be,
were diseased at some length. Finally they were with-
drawn, it being understood that the Attorney-General
should bring in an interpretation clause dealing with the
Quinlan. The next amendment was one by Sir Francis
Goidamid, declaring that no house should qualify more
than one voter at • time. There was a brief dismission I
on this ameolment, which eventually was carried by
2511 votes to 25. A mush more important question wasl
raised by the nest amendment, which wee moved by '
Mr. Hodgkinson. His proposal wee in 4feet to sweep
away all compounding for rates, by petting every or
'spier on the ruhebook for the faU rateable value of
the premises he oesupied. This anmoduient the hon,
est.toa• lal•Portwa in • lengthy speech, in which be
c0i.d.....ed the system of enspounding ss one which
threw upon the ratepayers an extra harden for the
benefit of those who mads the arrangement with the
parish—Mr. Gladstone gave his support to the amend-
meet Ile OW feeding to remove the ineqnaLtiee which
now disgraced the hill—The Chancellor of the Rube-
quer &Wand his medlars to accent the proposition. It
had weed formed part of their Bill
i originally bet lorl
been struck out, beton at .* it was feared that would
create too mush opponitims.. He urged that the amend-
ment should, however, be tntbdrawn, and promised that
the Government would bring in • bill to give effect to
Its suggestion.—Mr. Childers urged mei she two
should proceed pan passe, towhich the Chaneellor of
the Exchequer objeeted runlet,. After • long discus
sine, progress wan ordered to be reported, the under.
stending being that the Government should state on
Woodsy night whether the ease of the compound house.
holder should be dealt with by a separate Bill, or by
clauses in the Reform Bill.