The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-07-25 00:00:00

HOUR OF COMMONS.

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Tomline wain brought forward the
eligibility of lawyers following business in the Ring's
Courtdto sit and vote in Parliament. Mr. Bruce read extracts
from the report of the Royal Commimion on the Contagious
Dlsemes Acts, and announced that it wass not the intention of
the Governmeat to propose any legislation on the "Volt during
the present sension. Mr. Muesli called attention to the state
of the public busiaess, with the view of ascertaining what
comae the Government
:intended to pursue with regard to the
bills before the House, Mr. Gladstone announced that It was
the intention of the GoVallinlant to persevere with the Ballot
Bill ; but in consequence of the lateness of the maim other
bills would have to be drop 4 anion.rot them being the
Pilotage Bill, the Goal WOOS ration Bill, the Metalliferous
Mines Regulation Bill, ani the Pharmacy If 11. Mr. Disraeli
taunted tba Goversunsnt with postponing really useful
Zaon for the sake of • measure which was not of the
btettexigency of pressing oemedty. In committee on the
Ballot Bill, some progress was made.
Tuesear.—ln COMOOItAaa on the Ballot Bill, the construction
of the Ballot-box was diacumed at considerable length. Sulara,-
tiond, regulathig the mode in which the eranti to be imprinted
on the Bdlot papers is to be provided, occupied several hours.
WIDXZSDAT.—Yr. IV Brand withdrew e Registration of
Parliamentary Voters' Bill. The Holes went into Committee
on the Registration of Voters(No. 2) Bill, when several amend-
ments were rejected.
TIVIAIDAT.—In reply to Sir ipooni. Grey, Kr. Gthertoro,
evoked loud and prolonged cheers from the Ministerial side of the
House, and especially from below the gangway, when the
right bon. genUeman stated that the Government had
advised her Majesty to take the decisive step of revoking
the:warrant under which purchase is irad, to be repeated
with almost equal loartinese when he added that that advice
hadlibeedgaccepted and acted on by her Majesty, and that,
after the Ist November next purchase in the army will cease to
exist. In adopting this course he claimed for the Govern-
ment the credit of having had In view simplicity, despatch,and
the observance of col:radiational UMW.
Lord Emu° 'wasted It was • temp cfaat.
The Piraeue intimated that until they see what course the
House of Lords are disposed to adopt with regard to the Army
Bill, the pewees of which is suspended rather than absolutely
refused, the Government are not Inclined to take any further
steps In this matter; but he closed his speech with the remark,
"Come what may, we shall use the beet means at our com-
mand to secure at the hands of Parliament just and liberal
terms for the officers:
Mr. Inaitaltla described the course Government had adopted
as "violent," but he hesitated to say that it was " illegal ;"
and Inquired why, if it were a proper course, it was not
adopted six months ago. He deoeunced the paralysis of Par-
Ihunent which he alleged the introduction of the Army Bill
had created, and warned the Premier that it was not wise to
defy the opinion of Parliament, sad apply the prerogative of
the Crown to relieve him from the eildecultiee which he had
himself crested.
Mr. Gthatreex, who was again warmly cheered, said this
was not proceeding by prerogative, but the exercise of •
statutory power committed to the Crown by the Legislature in
the year 1100 e. He twitted Mr. Matadi with the circumstance
that, warned by his experience as to the extension of the
suffrage, he had carefully abstained from committing himself
to the maintenance of purchase, and directly challenged my'
one who dieepproved of the crane adopted by the Government
to raise the question by proposing a vote of censure.
Mr. Nrareasign expressed his doubt as to whether the
course adopted by the Crovernment was a constitutional else.
Kr! Bouvier' declared the prerogative ought to have been
allowed to sleep.
Mr. Ctheirem repeated this was an exercise not of promo-
tive but of statutory power.
Mr. HARDT smarted it was prerogative and nothing else.
' Mr. Iteciseth pro/egged Masan perfectly astounded," and
describing the prerogative of the Crown as "the will of the
minister of the day," declared that Ifs minister with a reliable
majority at his back chose to use that prerogative, there was
nothing to prevent him from making himself • dictator.
Mr. Jams &UNIT expressed his eatisfactlras with the action
of the Government, and ramrod that his constituents thought
the House of Lords Interfered a great deal too much with the
the business of the House of Commons—a statement to which
Mr. Bliley, the "third" and Conservative member for Han-
shelter, gave a flat denial.
An unfortunate allusion to Liskeard and Waterford by Sir
H. Hoare. brought up Mr. B. 0•1101131, who suggested to the
hon. baronet that, when be had nothing to my, be should
preserve a decorous silence; and then with obvious reference
to the remarks of Mr. Bright, which had been seconded and
extended by Mr. Auberon Herbert, made some caustic obeer-
rations upon the folly of the" whipper-sorms:. of politics"
running • muck"at the other House of Par
t.
Altar Mr. CAmovai.t. bad promised that the new warrant
should be laid upon the Uhl* as early as possible, the formal
motion for adjournment (proposed by Mr. Disraeli) was with-
drawn, and this House proceeded with the other business
before it. .

-Icy; -h-ours Were spent r.lacidly, if not very ueefully, In the
&reunion of the third claws of the Ballott Bill; but shortly
before midnight "the man-of-war from Droiterich," Sir J.
Pthington, moved that the Chairman should report proems.,
and by an upsal to the Government to withdraw the 11,11
raised a riot in the House which at one time threatened the
subversion of all order and decency.
Mr. W. IL Frainsa, resisLLog the motion to interrupt the
Committee at so early. hour declined altogether to withdraw
the Bill, end, amid loud glean from him friends, declared that
the Government and their supporters would leave to the
other Houle the responsibility of -releating the otessure.
In this Intimation Kr. Luna smelt the rat of another Royal
warrant, and it so exasperated Mr. Diwaeli that In excited town
and with exaggerate& gestures be denounced the proceedings
of the early part of the evening as the most diegraceful that
had ever occurred in the House of Commons, and asserted that
the language new held by Mr, Foreter--ble "gloating In
triumph " over the poidtde rejection of the Bill by the House
el Lento—se "part al an avowed and shameful conspiracy
against the undoubted privilege, of that House." This violent
rc, az, loudly cheered by the oppodtion:
, amidst trennedouschesaing from the Ministerial
beaches, called Mr. Disraeli to order for its use ; and the right
bon, gentleman at once withdrew it.
Thu interruption cooled the are of Mr. Dmitri' oratory,
and the most severe obserration that he atterwaads addrund
to the Houee, Ina the aesertiou that the privileges of the Howe
were the war Means by which "an Imperioue or Incapable
Minister" could be kept in control.
Kr, Hammy defied the right hon. gentleman to move a
vote of censure upon the Government, suggepting that if he
did not take that counts be would be guilty of "political
thotht__ MY," and after some milder talk progress was reported.
re.IDAT.-11r. Cardwell laid upon the table the Boyd Warrant
for abolishing Purchue in the Army. Ls soon as the right
born gentieem at the ter and announced that he
had a " warrant" present, there was a slight cheer front the
Ministerial beeches; and the expressions of sotteloctlee were
repeated with blamed mulls& when the title of the document
woe read by the clerk at the table. Mr. Housman gave notice
that if the question of the oompensation of the ocer, spin
comes before the Howe, he than propose that the sum required
shall be rained by loth, and not by votes of that House. The
rest of the sitting warn occupied with the consideratioa of the
Ballott Bill In Committee ; bat, although wwas
made with sub-sections of the third clause, the Lccar:rltaelf
had not been agreed to when was reported,
The House resumed at 9 o'
Sir J. Lissom moved • resolution declaring the dadrabienese
of modifying the new code of zuralationa hued by the Com-
mittee of the Privy Connell, so as to give More encouragemeat
to the teaching of history, geography, elementary social
economy, and the other so-called extra subjects lathe dementia
schools of the country.
Kr. FORMS& aid It was impossible for the Government he
I,oo4=he motion.
a debate, the motion was withdrawn?
In reply to Mr. Gomm, the CllANCablAni of the IxcEiqcla
stated that if a horse and cart were used for p poses other
lthanicennthcru of rut If liehu=diey'weathetyhewer conveyancelliable
t lila.
owner and to church.

ACCIDENT TO ADMIRAL HOPE.
A serious accident lise happened to Admiral air
JlllllB6 Hope, the Commander-in-Ohl/I at Portsmouth.
Whilst sugared to showing • party of ladle, over the
turret-ship Devastation, 'plank slipped, mid the gallant
Admiral fell • depth of lan feel. U. resolved some
severe injurise, end amoopt these was • eompound
fracture ot the right leg.