The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-07-02 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY EXPRESS
DNI,CHWITER, YUMMY. JULY 2. 1267.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.

The House of r_calmons continues to mould the
English Reform nal in committee with °tramline
devotedness, as the sod approatiess, the pea
•^11).• bat al* ants, though the vigour the straggle
bettellml 11,. Ministeralista and the Oppoeition
Pulpit Mr.intsinsl. Al the beginceing of the week
an effort sag med to disfraechies future genera-
Hone o'. freemen, but without sucoess A lengthy
Gnaw anal ion took plan" no an amendment proposed
by Mr. Holden, which had reference to the old
Creme of voters, and provided toot in all £lO
acenpation qualifications made up of lands and tene-
sleets (not a d wellies-boom) conjointly, the
tenement shall be of no lees than LS I value.
It was tepported by Mr. Gladstone, hr R. Palmer.
and Mr. Roebuck, who was of opinioe that
*madam should be azt emential part of
wimp hoenagh qualifioation, but on • doriamr
1t.... rij-eied by • nisioritr of 96.
Irbe Obanoollor of the Ezahevier esoineeltd in oft
Miami went be moved for the partner tit tireventing
soy pomp from vothas foe • (manly in reapers to •
*who'd boom occupied by himself that would
onsfer a vote for • borough ; and to prevent „
person having a cops hold property inc bormigi.
from vofinki for $ meant. node, orcurnstanom.
On tis interpretation clan.., bp *bush the monolog.
lb. he attached to the yarnsa expre."t in th.
are ezi.laintid, along discussion arnee "Din addit ini,
proposed by Mir 11. Palmer, to dodos a
.cleelline •
hoU... At length the ("Hoeing dentin a
agreed to s—A dwelling-house shall include si
piei of a house occupied as a separate dwelling an,:
mud to the relief of the poor. 0..
Thorley nimbi Mr. Pawoett'e proposal for throws,.
upon the I.cal rates the copulate incurred by. th•
r. timing .11100111 for the provision if hustings,
pnlong clerks, and polling booths, gave rise to an
assmaied debate sod divicoa, Mr. Henley's allega-
tion that it would be shabby to throe therm trivis.
et pemes the aresetitencit bodies ;
Is., that the LAKIN ash 4 unal4 be ladoosil so poi n
pliut mad mimes y nod Yr., lakite attpaisat.
Ilruw vs alias ifi IP14!" 0•41 •

nu payment of Members is the logical corollary,
and would in practice be the neeemary resat
of declining to mulct candidates, ociwittnited the
thief points urged by the victorious side. But
wee averred • a the other hand, that it is ant bhahby
that public expenses should be borne by the
. and that if they were 20 borne, local opinion would
discoontenance those costly sham-catidniatiin II 44
which Lord Cranborne le afraid, while Mr. Laing'.
contention was untenable, for the basis of the motion
was the doctrine that the office of • representative
is that of • resposeible Inlets., and should not he
confused with tbe office of • hired servant, itbo hat
• right to be paid for his work. Mn raweett ban
pointed to • blot in our rope.. .natation scheme, *bleb
requires amendment, though tht bid plan may not
yet have been discovered. A seggestlin. however,
wee thrown nut early in the debate which appears
judicious mad practicable encrsgb, via., to divide the
Darden, imposing upon the ctodidetes certain
moderate and specific costs sufficiently heavy to '
deter all but keno fide competitors, and leaving the
remainder of the legal and neartary etponsee to be
home by It. public. On Friaay the Attorney-
General proposed, and the Government feebly sup-
ported, • clans. which provides that no rate payable
in respect of promotes oonferring the parliamentary
franchise shall be doomed payable by any occupier
unless • dimmed for it has been made in writing, and
until seven days after that demand; so that no elector
can be disfranchised by the designed refusal of
the authorities to epply to him for Mk rates.
A wants discusrion ensued, and on h ilviaion it was
rejected by 207 to 205. rhea it was alleged that
the Government bed pledged themselves to carry
the clause, bet M. Disraeli said lb* understanding
was very imperfect The Opposition insisted the
agreement was °monist*, and ultimately it was
arranged that Mr. Denman should draw up • new clause
to attain the object desired, with the aseistance of
Mr. Locke. Ere long the scheme of redistributioe
adl come before the House, and it Is anticipated
that it will be vigorously contested, the Opposition
demaeding • large imolaie in the representation of
large town., and the Ministry regarding with f
the claims of the wealthy and landed country propels-
lima; tat, the favourable results arrived at hitherto,
sewerage us to hope that when the Ertl is com-
pleted, though it may not be in every "einem
approved by all parties, it will be regarded by the
nation at large as • good and fair amendment of our
whams of Parliamentary representation, and one
which is calcelated to ho permanent.

In the House of Lords Earl Rumen has come out
in his old character of a Reran, time to
sir itis all Ireland's grievant) • hy dding t e
revenue* of the Irish church among the three
religious communities of that country, viz, the
Established, Roman Catholic, and Presbyterian
ohorthes. His lordship moved for the appointineet
of • Royal commission, to ascertain information as
to the nature and amount of the property and
revenues of the Irish church, with • view to their
more productive management, situ their more equit•
.hle application for the benefit of the Irish people.
The It ieh op of Gespory proposed amen amendment that,
after she word "management", words should be
subeti•nted to the effect that the enquiry should be
as to the means by which the property and revenues
might be beet made to promote the e'fßziency of the
[Hall church, and the amendment *La carried by s
considerable majority. So much p..litical feeling
bas been engendered by the Dui jeot, that the true
position of the Irish church has been well•nigh
obscured, and therefore the Royal commiseion may
be beneficial in bringing the (facts; of the Cale to
light.

Their lord•hips have also been occupied with a
very different suhjict—tbe Ye'vector' ease ; and, I.!
pereeveranoe ever merited wows it oertainly d.es
in the case of Mies Longwortli—m- lire, Yelverton,
as so many people still tern' her. N.. discourage-
ment appears great enough to damp her energies,
and it is just possible that she may get by her im•
portewity what she has been so long seeking for—tho
name of wife, it is a pity, however, that We
affair should all be opened up again, considering that
there is another Mrs. Yelverton in the case—a
rowan innocent of any complicity in her husband'.
wrong—and who baa obildrron growing op who would
, be haetards il her rival primed her cue. This
r. Section is perhaps the only consolation for what
spwarg very moob like a miscarriage of justice.
The Sheffield Trades Union Commission during
the past week has made revelations soarosly lees
revolting than the Brosdhead. Crooke., and Hallam
conspiracies. Trade secretaries have mindidly ad-
mitted that "rationing" was a two .gaieed mettles
of their unions, and enforced to obtain the o.ntribir
Lions, while against the BrhAntakers Society a list
of very serious astragal, is alleged, including shoot.
at ohm:micasu mastery, destroying home and cows,
putting needles and pins in clay that was in
readiness for working up ; putting powder into
.tacks of bricks that were ready for burning
employing men to run over the lines rf newly-made
bricks in the brickyards; spoiling walls by drahink
the bricks with tar, and so forth.

The eighteenth centenary of St. Peter's 'martyr-
dom, was commemorated at Rome on Saturday, in
the presence of the Supreme Pontiff, and in the
midst of the bishops and priests of the church which
sways half the Christian world. All the pomp and
ireurortanee of the papal envereignty—all that
egeoalla it. plenary dominion, and all that represents
its abiding authority—was displayed with imposing
art on the tombs of tb• Apostles, nut notwitb•
standing the incense of loyalty which Pius IX. is
inhaling, and the substantial contributions which he
is receiving, the maintenance of his tenipdrel poUric
*Mill a vexed and unsettled question. Things are
quiet. Italian troops guard the frontiers of
he papal States. They ban been reinforced, and
corns what may, Italy will do her duty. It is
impossible believe that an anomaly which is no
protected can be maintained permanently. of
what value this great religions festival may
to the Roman Catholic religion itself, 11111 as exhi•
biting of its pomp and extent, there tan be little
doubt that it will to nowise serve to prolong the
civil lower of the high priest of Christendom, iss
tho time cannot be far distant in mbieb an uotenable
p„, it,on, fraught with injury to religion and to
t I bent interests of the Roman States, will have
to be surrendered.