The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-05-20 00:00:00

"IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

In the MUSE or Lone's, May 15. the Inns of Court Ell
and the General School of Law Bill passed tlusengh Cone
tmittee after some observations from the Lord Chancellor
Lord Coleridge, and Lord Se'borne.
Lord Granville moved the resolution of which he had given
notice relatine to the law of burial, in the following terms':
—" That Ills desirable that the law relating to the burial of
the dead in England should be amended;m first 1w giVne
facilities for the interment of deemed ons outithek
nse of the Burial Service of the Church o Englaii in cturch-
yards in whicheheyehavaseriif t)s
or friends e r unera ashen so desire ; and
secondly, by enteeling the reletivee,pr frientla.hll6lo ehaftV
of the funeral, of any deceased person ep. ceeidtictteettersd
funeralll3any atirchyard ' in Which giesAdeceased
had a3l-'t of, internieut with sueh- Christ Tim said orderly
.rellfrieens observances as to them may seem fite' „The sub-
Jectee. Lord Granville said, Was. one- with•regiedito which
"eheir 'Lordships need not wait either for the action of the
Cloverirment or for a Bill from the House of Commons,
for, combining as they -did the' bee 'with the clerical
element, they were peculiarly, well qnalified for its con-
aideration. In the course of .hisi speech thee, noble
Lord denied thet if disseneembeid fewest tee the,Chtr'rch-
yards they would next demand the; . Melt these the
churches, or that theitsYtidritlision to the (luircliYards
would lead to indeeentattl-litellgious exhlbieineesslajklealso
tePudiated the stiggestion that Ida proposer was intended as
tt preliminary to the destruction's:tie disettablishmerie of. the
Church, and assured the, House that he isebtaitted It purely
as a charter f tolerstion, and a declarationi that even* man,
whatever his religious opinions, plight, to have ail tight to
be Interred with thorned of his own Church. .1. '
The Duke of Itichiridrid 'arid Gordon, In. menthe* the
nnotion, suggested thatif it hisd been put in thea„eQrlpoOf a
Bei it would have been-a nroititrectleal way,Ofdealing with
the question. That .that. was. not done her listribed to the
difficulty of dealing with the details, which had forced Lord
Granville to fele back up,oie xesolutlone'' With regard to
the alleged grieVab de of Om dissenters, the noble duke insisted
that it was not—general or even widespegeeLeendeciting re-
turns in confirmation trfilltrefiert ronTslated that about three-
fourths of the dissenters interred in ceneeterjes were buried in
consecrated ground with the ritei of the Established Chureh,„
°ejecting more particularly ,to the proposals of the rese/h-
-tion, ho asked who was to decide whether the servicelill
to be performed were Christian er not, .an* how scenes of ts'.
disorderly character were to be prevented., After remarking
that the movement for the admission of dissenters to the
Churchyards had for its ulterior object the disestablishment
of the Church of England, the noble duke stated that the
question was then engaging the attention of Ministers,
that they desired to approach its consideration totally un-
fetteredeand that they would not be able to do this if the
present resolution were passed. In conclusion he intimated
that he should not oppose .the first part of the motion, but
the second part he should meet with a direct negative.
Lord Granville explained that he intended his motion to be..
put asione Resolution ; and some conversation having passed
on the mode of putting the motion, it was pointed out tbat it
was competent for the House to separate the motion into
two Resolutions.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, reverting to the metlon
before the House, remarked that he did not consider the pro-
posal of abstract Resolutions was the best practical mode of
settling the question, but he thought that the sooner, the
question was settled' the better for the Church of England
arid the nation, and therefore ho tweed that the Govern-
ment would take into serious consideration the whole of the
question and carry it to a solution, He was not yet with-
out hopes that they would bring forward some distinct"
Measure on the subject, it not in - the present Session,
at all events. et an early period, because the clergy were
naturally unwilling that any greet change should be made
In the law until they knew what change was intended.. The
Prelates, he observed, approached the subject in a soncili-
atory spirit, and they desired that a Bill in reference to it
should be brought in by the advisers of the: Crown. Be
referred to the proceedings of Convocation, oleerving that
it agreed that facilities should be given for extending
Places in different wishes, and had thrown out a suggeseion
as to the use of hymns. That he conceived would be taken
as an indication teat the clergy were de' it" 3 of settling the question in a kindly spirit, and Le thought that this matter
'would be settled, if all parties set their minds ecriously t
settle it.
The Archbishop of York maintained that the question was
not one of Establishment et Disestablishment, bat he be-
lieved that a grievance existed, and that the proper mode of
Proceeding for its removal was by the introduction of a 8111,
and not by way of Resolution.
The motion was supported by the Bishop of Exeter, Lords
16-tinperley, Spencer, and Coleridge, and opposed by the Bishop .
Lord Midleton, the Bishop ot Lunclon, Lord
ael"'ono and the Mssreuis of Salisbury, the latter saying that
eh°tign it had been argued that a parishioner hail a right to
be
buried in his parish churchyard, he maintained that ‘right
W.as subject to the condition that the Service of the Church
O 4 Englund should be read over his remains. The feeliugs
the clergy were greatly excited on this qnestion, and they
could not be persuaded that, if the teachers of other ma-
tions were admitted to the privilege which it was desired
eY the motion to confer on them, a blow would not be given
eedoctrinal religion. He did not deny the responsibility of
the Government on the subject, but they did not despair of
aYing any real feelings of bitterness, and taking away any
Pretence fer setting up a grievance against the Church.
_Lord Selborne declared that every year this question be-
More and more urgent, and the difficulty of settling it
erame greater and greater by delay. The grievance Cem-
Vaned of was a growing and increasing.grievance, and there,
tola no 'ground for saying that I;ord Granville's proposal,
an'a itne purpose of settling'the quest oa was vague
. definite. He denied that) there was any strength- ine
ler:gement that the granting of the motion would lead ten
tl2:
Dis.establishment of the' Church, and he thought It wee .
ett St dangerous to rest the maintenance of the Church °nem
ialse seetessee. . . -am
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On their Lordships dividing they ereeed the mction bye*,
'cajority of be, the numbers beinee44 to g 2 Ayese.".

tZ • • Their Lordships then adjourned,
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• ein the HOUSE OF COMItoNS, the Chancellor 'or the'F.je•
eueeuer, in asiswer to Mr. Peel, said he would make a state-
as to the amount and distribution of Local Taxation
when he introduces the Bill providing funds for the Public),
'Works Loan Commissioners; and, in answer to Mr. Cawley,,
Mr. sclater-booth said that a Rivets Pollution Bill*. will be.,
Introduced as soon as the state of public business allows. '•
On the Second Reading of the Customs and Inland Revenue
Bill, Mr. Itylands moved a Resolution, expressing the regra
of the House that the progressive lecrease of expendituret
recommended by her, Majesty's Government should have ledi
to a proposal to add to the Income Tax. Ho supported it nil R discursive speech, in which he referred to the depressed,
State of trade and agriculture its special reasons far not in-,
creasing taxation, and dilated on the invariable extravaganc&
Of Mr. Disraeli's Administrations, in proof of which he re-
ferred to the Abyseinian War, the purchase of the Telegraphs,
and the Suez Canal.
tbMr. Childers, in seconding the amendment, said
°l:tern:lei admitted the proprietr•ot -increasing the Income
Tax, if increased taxation were Leedod, he was sarprisod that
the proposal should be made by a Govornruent of which Mr.
Disraeli was the head, seeing that in 1671 he had denounced
It in five set speeches (from which Mr. Childers made copious.
qllotations). The exemptions he regarded as a bribe,
_and he showed that out of seven persons who paid'
Ince/x.l,4ex nee would pay lose—in other NVOT4 S, oti
of the 580 OLO persona who paid Income Tax understi
Schedules 1) and E 410,000 would pay less than at prele
sent. Mr. Childers then wont Into a minute comparide
son of the expenditure of this and former years, according
to a rule of his own, by which Only the sums actually paid' by
the taxpayer -were taken into account, anti in Oils 'Way he
Showed that this year the expenditure is five millleins and a
half more than in 1873.4. Analyzing the expenditure=-while
he admitted that the increase iu the Army Estimates was
Justifiable- he showed that there was an increase on every
vote of the Navy E,timates except one, and that in
the Civil Service Estimates the Public ;Works votes
had been starved in order that establishments might,
be increased. The actual cash deficiency en the 3 ear, he-,
argued, was only about £04,00, and ree this certainly would
not justify the imposition of an additional penny to the
Income Tax, he concluded that the Chancellor of the'
Exchequer anticipated heavy supplementary estimates froth
his colleagues. Mr. Childers concluded by an elaborate:
review of the achievements of Liberal and Conservative
Governments respectively in the way of reduction of expendi-
ture, remissions of taxation, and wiping off of debt,.{
Mr. Hunt, ES Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Tele-
Rraphs were purchased, diselaimed all resnoneibility for the
increased cost, as it was the succeeding G9vernment which
completed thentransaction, and added to It new conditions,
Which increased the price demanded. As to the general
Increase of the expenditure, he pointed out that three millions
and a half were absorbed by relief to Local Taxation, by reduc-
tion of Debt, and the Education vote. sir. Disraeli's denuncia-
tions of the Income TAX Were made when it was proposed to
raise the Income Tax from 4d. to' 61. *Addressing him-
self to the increase In the Navy Estimates, the First Lord
said it was owing, in the mate, to the polity which he
bad adopted, with the sancion of his colleagues, of in-
creasing the provision for shipbuilding, arid nobody was
More responsible for this thee Mr. Ctuldere, and his un-
Wise reductions. The Liberal Government had pot made
Proper use of its surplusen ; it had not left -ther'Navy
Irt an efficient state He adhered literally to the
statement he made its 1874—that there were handed
Oyer to him only 14 !rot', ends fitted for general purposes,
5_1.1d he allowed that the progress made in ironelsds outing
rjgi2ne was equal to .3e• Alcxindras and four Tem4raireS.
e
eu hort, the increased expenditure in the Navy was Traces
-
1'317, the Government was bound •to propose ii, and PASHA..
usent was bound to vote it. ,
e.ThT. e debate was continued by Mr. Reilly, Mr. Richard,
r
-contfield, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Huhhard, Mr. Laing, Mr.
eue and Mr. Muntz alter whom Mr. Hardy rose, and
!Peaking for his on Department, pointed out that he had
zuherited many cl)arzes from Iris predecessors. For in-
he was called on to find guns for the Fortifies-
, ons sanctioned by F irliament many years ego, and he
had also to provide the men to replace those who were
abont to quit the Army under Lord Cardwell's short-
'service scheme. He montionti many striking inst races of
the
it great increase In the cost of tire warlike material which
beW" his duty to provide,. All this expenditure had alreaty
en sanctioned by the House with full warning from it him f
I.sit it was doing. It was absolutely necessary, Mr. Hardy
.l'at!sted, iu the Present state of the world, and with our re-
!ealtone in every direction, that our Army should be in zilch a
5:0
wed o efliclency &5 to be capable ot nerd expansion. •We
not !teased. be safe with a smaller force than we now p3s.

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repl After some remarks from Mr. Fawcett and Sir J. Lubbock,
to chancellor of tbe
.Exchequer proceeded at some length
y to the cri th
ticiensa of Air. Childers. Ile justified his.
and
calculations of revenue and Expenditure for the year,'
the he reempositiou of the penny income tax which
had taken eft two years ago, The object of li , nis!,
tera was to keep our financial se stem as steady as
Possible, and he believed that a calm. consideration of
rte conk:led of the 'GoVerument would vindicate teem ,
fOrtlii.6
ee eYes of the ceuntry. Ile regreited the nectesity
volved:re'"el eXemaliture, • and espeeially that it had in-
Wes 4 ac iftcrease ef the income tax, but when that necessity
it 'h,Posed the income tax NVLS theetinanciel wea.pon that
how" right to baste 'recourse to He retrained, however,
e rn discuseinetheemestion of exemptions then; as it wasee
',Matter ofeletiet that had•better be considered its cothreittbe.
a• ,t
.on a sibn the nesolutiorr was negatived by a maj 00%4.,
°L 88,-2M3 to 175,—and the Bill was read a second time.
Li
The other business was disposed of, and the House adi )
JOUreed at five minutes to coo o'clock.
-.ee '' 1 ''' '' 'I 2 • eeirteria.—eiete......---_____ stit -.wed ode/ ,at
• .e.._. • •• e:el
t., In the' Iffith'E' 614"1,01tD5, May le, Lord Grey gav-e. nosilwe e
'eat on letescrey next he would move the St cond Reading 0
he hureds Bill, 'which he.laid on the table, his object' belie
)sot tO revise the di:mission of el oedaye but to make-fashb '
statement oe hie vi.ws on ths subject, Ws eer fe 1,1 rite re ,eTb.e Bieheteef Exeter enoved the Second; Reading of the
tjeion of Benefices Bill. A Ile said , teat there wee a, ierge
htiteber of parishes giving-but a mall incom. to the clergy-
in sn, eaueee wweulte iu carry iug.on elle wet kef t . • e
hy the Blifevats
altd the •fatc9ro.Pmvided Provision for the rtnion of small and contiguous', , • e ),..
within certain cities and bernughs:-
Lord Salishn ry opposed the•Seceind Reading on account of
bst
'he extensivepowere given by the Bill to the Bishops, while
'Se
Parishlottersensd ;no power conferred on them in the
--tatter. • . - eirtoet •
..13416 " a t•
that its object
,Lore Devon -supported the Balelievi"
• of. the Churce in certain
eas to promote tee effielellee
sccalities though BPhil Aatteelretenßijaill-'twil.me details of the =ea_
seere might 1)0 requtred z' likewise approyed
el? the bishop of 'l.* onclonthgbY.Loid ar'"Teritiille • but, on the
t( .tllO of the Lord ittancelforeitevas ev
"laTyeeferred
" a Select Cornseittee; after being read' a second tone.
e„lehe Report of the:Aendments to the Supreme Court of
eeicature (Ireland) Bill was agreed to.
491..t0rel CArrarvote in reply to Lord Cottes.Naloe, gave some.
ail of the measnres recently taken by 'the vel and Civil
i'zvottiorities of the Gold Coast against the King of Dahomey, .
o" observed that the blockade of the coast had been flxi ea
t
t he ibt 0 July• efleree,
e•l'be Duke of Somerset expressed his conviction thatthe
to bring on a war was to allow the King of Dahomey to
ti..Pc,e that the British autheriees were airaid of him.. •
seCe,°ll Kinsherley and 4rd Carciwell made remarks to the
elle`e effect, and the subjeeedreppe•L
eeri'rd Selbnitie 'presented a petition from Sirdar Narain
e iormerlY in the seivide of the Goverement of Mooltae,
lentiltatheitzreent a Btate' prisoner eysiding ee_Moulmein,
anci olu
liberatiou• mah, praying, tor 'inquiry 7 into case
~ 1r
tere .
Peel 5411rhluT promfted, to refer the satements in the
iteTieLl4ll to the anthorities in India, and their Lordships then
-ereed, .

):241C-le .tototsgost owe, Ads Nia bu-Issaatel
sitaildtuGiel ,goothi-Ltretli AI 001 .4d SA
'4ll •4h jvsdilw of violliooloW 1.1 /au
.f.artllt,f* ad ismo. *ootte.o•f
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In the House oF CCADIONS. the Chancellor of tire Ex-
chequer gave notice that Mr. Disraeli, on Monday will move
that the Resolution of last Session regulating the exclusion
of "Strangers" be made a Standing Order,

Sir J. WlCeina, after directing attention to the causes and
conditions which have heretofore conduced to the occurrence
of financial panics, and which tend to their recurrence,
moved a resolution to the effect that it was desirable that
the Gcverntnent should take into its early consideration
whether it would not be br the public advantage to levy a
* oderate or graduAted stamp or composition duty In respect
all futeasteb4rirsg AR* s with bankers, and whether
The Intictdecit bit sec& icitu, might not be so devised as ta
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..eriods—e g , from ree nth—TOrth—rt a o „Lire° months, In pre-
IRLf‘ni.enlYAMPiiNgt: 41, • Ilititeleiftrittedki e el
.1
suxject to recall at it few dai'loti:e.
Mr.tYfankey liVAiiniat I "e isWafebti.tE4 fit °161,,,
in 014 11‘.)pe br h6rifigitibilii edirthit Aviluid- #llOl -
I ..
hen ibliPandtsitieritettov ; intlattertalilttier ditlY (in 'bl ,
ma, 0 Mgt taw( isupositioule fit s• Ispe dal i A axi .and th b-wp
Pur iTt.'. •• • _. . tiffithe ;00Pilib6Zaticui-Ol Atte:!Gissattelior of I
the, 4.' ' • 49ritilucligtffii t1444T440 l/* 09441,400 ,
unltYl!4,ilifit , sql ; „bs,.llyes(l, ITis Ist .T. .114 r.
Te _ assepilo 0391 abecitus.r...taid ,
.owever2pauch,
he ight .relbicis ;ha o cal c .plMyt. to,
~ceive titf! large.
reventie (,(fii4iii.9 Ara, he shoull be averted Ittliti'dhubtraglhe
the !idea that it,ivirl3cea had been ilisdoVerdd 'tit' litiaildao
patios. . :It wai by privato . caution abdcnot by the itetidn ,Of '
the State that these caramities could bethest preveutedt‘ Ile:
reclromen,ded the withdrawal of the mptor4 ; and, with tiir:
J 3i'gcnnit'a.consent, the motion was thus cilvele'd of.,
11r._;444ey yeit cal:ed.:attention to . the! Feizerto from 03i,i,
Conisufar,. pincers sottitig out the info.7ori ecitcatlO4,..ald
acquirementS of ilia_ niiasti,re oi the. -enik)l-r ships-In-our
Meicantile 31arind; end •sed6iftle'4 by ' Mr. Reed,* he :titti*Vd:'
that voluntary examinations :similar( be litild'sliadlit tilegleatcr;
of Trade in modern languages and 'corainerdialiew,.toicl'.that
further, inducetneu ts snonlu, be, given to nitrahlittt oflicera ' tot
stilly at the „Naval .I.lni veritity 4 ,q;eill wio.- - , .
..., „ . . ..i.): ff • •) 0114 i.
Lrd Eilingtthiand Ur- l),iePitins-thoinzit they §upported
the motion, entered a caveat against prelsinfilt too far, to
the xclusion of seamanship araptaioallgualifications.

St C. AdderleY,Flaler professing his anxietyto•assist in ,
all eftiures for imprb g the-Mer&oi tile littrine:ixpfeFSed '
*some dotibtas td:thif t mak o- Mr. Bratisey's scheme. rew '
candidatekc lie belavdd; wicnikV kirisent themselves, for exa-
,-114biation, nor, Irak' there ,be, any . increased demand for,
thoae who aid pass it. , The present examinations of the ,
BOakd were Strict enough. and tne officers hardly came up. to '
the 'Standard. Nor had they Shown any partiCularrtiesire to:
' avail themselves of the advantages of areenwiek -lldspital;
for Only bneapplication had been made for the ten 'Vacancies
placed at the disposal of the Merchant service.
The motion was then withdrawn. ,
Mr. Butt asked leave to introduce a Bill to make better.
provision for university education in Ireland by granting a
charter of incorporation to the teaching body of the Roman '
Catholic University, and attaching them as a second college
to the University of Dublin. The details of his measure Mr. i
Butt explained at considerable -length, and laid particular '
stress upon the fact that the principle he whited to establish ,
was to niece the higher education of Ireland upon &religious
basis. Ile proposed, inter alia, to provide, out of the funds
of the disestablished Irish Church, fifteen fellowships of
£2OO a year, and ten exhibitions of £lOO a year each for live
.y ear
.; to transfer to the new,university from Trinity Colege
70 i mitisition scholarships of' '470 'each ; to iurovide 60 bur-
sae s; anti to settle £'200,000 out of the funds of the Irish
' Church as an endowment upon the new university. Other
prePosals were to hand over £30,000 from the same souree to.
the riew Roman Catholics college for buildings, to secure to it
an endowment
,fit zis,pcp.year, old
,a,kansfer four pro-
f.ssi)rs from TriiiitY.College to tne new university.
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S' M.. ticks'Beach, 14 siisenting to the Fiat Rhading,oll
, Abe 'art of the 'Government, alluded to life, empty state. o.
I
,tlie Oppo,ition .benchet 'Oho entire 'Liberal party:4'lol34o'.
the angway ",being conspicimits by-iti alisence) ;'. and alter"
so observations from the O'Oonor Doe iind•CaritifinNolati,.
wb wished the Government to)tivez day for . the &cond.,
Rea ing. leave was given to bring la the Bill. - .
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. Walpole, in -asking, ;leave to,Pr!ng in:a Bill making
further provisions xeapecting the University of Cambridge
andlitdi colleges, explained that it w.is ba,ed upon the same
principle and. followed the same linss as the hill relating to '
thef niversity of Oxford Which has just paseed the House of
btr s, • The Commissioners 'under the Bill, Mr. Walpole,
t do Would be the Bishop of Worcester, Lord Rayleigh, the
Lort chiet.inatice of England (Sir A. :Coclibut)Ait. ,M z.. p;
Bon, erie, Professor Stokes, .B.ev. Professor Lighyoot, and
Mt G. W. 4.lleinining; Q' a .
~...
Ldrd E.Titznwuice and Mr Hope expressed approval of
this list, its calculated to command confidence and respect;
but ISir C. Dilke Intimated that on the 'second reading be
should propose the abolition of 'Clerical fellowships. ' Mt
Secretary Cross wished it to he understood that for all prao-
ticali purposes the measure was, brought in .by the Govern.
merit and on their responsibility. It would also proceed
pd, Apassu. with the Oxford Bill from the Lords. ,
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• Die motion for leave wasi then greed to.
'-, . .
, A motion by Mr..oHtia.nglinessy :gave rho to a long discus-
sion: on, the much-vexed question of Union Bating in Ire-
land. It wai to the. effect the.; :114 system of Poor Law ,
Pa in g in 'lreland . should ba assisinlatsd f o.tbat a:England
by the adoption of Union rating. Mr. Downing apd Air; -
Morris- supported the motion, • and recommended' that ilec-
torai division, rating should be retained. for oUtdoor 'and
Unien rating for indoor relief. Mr. Knight and Mr. Kavanagh
, opposed the motion, the latter suggek lug a rate ih aid.
, Sit M. Hicks-Beach remarked that the. smallest .area was
• uniVersal y admitted to be preferable tOrkontriclor relief, and '
, as some 65 percents of ' the other charges were ,already ino-
'. pdsed on the 'Union; there only reniablett Vibe cohildered the
costlcf- Clothing. and maintaining. the Poor 16 the Irak-
houses. With regard to, these, • the Irish Secretary pro.
poied that the cnarges for "the blind and deaf and dumb
r tionld Be pia eed;pu, the Union, and that when the otter
c 4 3rbei for indoor relief exceeded one ishliling.in the .R., ;Pere.
!s•shouni be a rate in aid fcr the 'benefit of the heavily. taxed.
district. A- Bill Wonld shortly he introdnced tortitry_qlo 1
;,this txranpenient, which wont, alto contain' rt.prorielar toy'
knlctriquattle la otelector.al districts. : -: ~ • - .., ,
4xelifii. o'Bllllh-3n and Mr.: O'Shaughneray adceptedfatenriilit
:sSeerttarre proposal ai a fair compromise, and the rificiltitiott '
oi.
was hereupon withdrawn.
Thin 'other hneiness vra% dispozed of, and VA iipple
acljoitrned a; one o'ciccll. '" • ' '--
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In h,;ll' OIUSE OF COMIOn, Uey 17,, Mr. Cowan-mc•ved the ,
;Tee° d- ieAding,
th of, the intoxicatltig, LiqULiquorsWceu?ing
„Boa 3) Bill, imd explainedatits'objet 'was to vLt the
'Pow r iof granting and transferring licenses 'for the sale of
into ieatiog liquors ill boards of ratepayers instead of in
magistrates. :These boards,would be Alected by all 'persona
--rated to the relief of the poor, and the,,qtytlidcations for
members would be ratepaying and readenco. TO jurisdic-
tion wbuld be co•extensl4 with th'pOor-litW unions. •He
proposed triennial elections for the boards, voting by ballot,
and the hoard viOuld not Consist of less than 5, nor more
than 25 members. In support of the measure he.urged that it
' was heeessary to pat a.check upon the vice of intemperance,
which, directly And !indirectly, co,t the sober anti thrifty
rittepyers a turn which had been -calculated at not leas than
£2o,qoo;flCo si'yeAr; while it ISsid beik stiown that iutemper-
-svAiled accordtbg Oihe'number of public-1i tises in
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aime,preve, __,.....0e, ja the
the district. . While' ligreeirig that Mt* Magistiaterr discharged
their duties on the whole very .well,: he contended teat
they were appointed for political reasouse and they ought •
' not to be intrusted with the power -of licensing, pubeice.
houses. The.prineeple Le asked the Hansa to adopt prevailed
In ',Quip of our coleeies and several' foreign countries for
years past.' -• ,
Sii W.' Earttelot moved the rejection of the Bill, and con-
tended that the hon. Member had eutirely failed to show that
the measure, if passed, would alleviate orprevent the vide :of
l -iutenaperance. , Ile could not see:that' the Bill would have:
, this effect, though at. the same tune.. he would be very glad
to support any meraeure which would conduce to the reduc-
tion tit, drunkenness if that:Bill, would
not interfere wale
lie liberty ox' the' set ject. 'The last Licensing Act had, le
'Considered, done much to decrease intemperance, ' and
he was setisfied that the • magistrates had endeavoured
honettly to carry out the Act. He protested against the
charges which had been made, against the beirches,
of -Inaeistrates throughout the country, and contended
that •no body of men would be found more earnest nor
more desirous of doing their duty. It they found a body
of men who had done that which was right and just towards
this great community, who were responsible for what they
did, would it not be unfair to transfer their duties to an
, irresponsible body such as that proposed by the hon. gentle-
man ? (Hear, hear).
After some remarks from Mr. Pell, Sir H. Havelock, Mr.
Wheelhouse, Mr. E Jenkins, and Mr. Spencer Seahhope.
Sir W. Harcourt, in opposing the Bill, pointed out that it
must lead to corruption and social evils of many descriP-
tioms. The publican, for • instance; feeling his ifiterest at
stake, aid that be would•loee his ptoPeiter if he were refused
a license by an elected 'board of rattpee ere, would use his
utmost exertiens,saiwLweidd give away his beer to induce.
the ratepayers to vete egainss the teetotal candidates tor •
election„sl.le,did. not believe that if they had a body of this
kind they would act any better than the body elreaely
In exiateree. . The disadvantages were clear, but the advan-
tegeal were notiipParent. It was bad enough-to have a par-
hawentaryeleotion every aix years turning upon the question
of beer eltewar bad council to have a municip si election
every November turning upon the question of Leer : but to
have another set of elections turning upon the question of
beer and happening every few years would be too much.
(Hear, and laughter.)
. 4., -
Sir W. Lawson supported the Bill, ana remarked that many
hon gentlemen were like Dr. Johnson. who did not see a tree
In Scotland because he kept the windows of his carriage up
—they would not see the drunkenness that prevailed around
thew. Is lad been urged that this question; ot licensiughad
been already dealt with; soft had by two sucaesetveGovern-
ments—the late laineuted Liberal Government e which had
done its best to deal with it, and the presett GoVeremeut,
who had done their worst. It was necessary 'that genii Steps
should be taken to deal with the existing evil, and though
'this was not the Permissive Bill—ha wished it were—and
there were several defects in the measure according to. his.
view, he would give it his support, not being bigoted to his
own particular plan.
The discussion was contintieriS“fr. Henley and Mr. J. G.
Talbot, who opposed, arid Mr. -Pease, who supported the
-.8d..
. Mr .1 la,ailhone said there was no connection between the
' 12112114er of public-houses and the number of cases of drunken-
ness, laud every step taken to limit the sale of liquors had
holy tended to increase drunkenness. It was dangerous to
legisltite 'on public impressions, and te fore any Bill was passed
,he teeeminended inquiry. ,
, Sir lA.-Gordon said that he had not promised to support the
,Blll,before the House ; he had only promised to support the
principle tithe election of the cuunty boards.
Mr Norwood. believing that the controlling power over the
grantof licenses should he * the hands of the ratepayers,
suPPorted time 'BSI _iiti,i.,., : . . ..
,Sir IL Selwin-Ibbetsou Fes ,quite ready to agree with all,
'bon: meub.rs who had , urged the . desirableness of en,
. deuvouring to decrease the drunkenness Of - the cauritrY,
bitt. could not • admit -that the measure before the Houle -
,w9teld have that effect. - He Considered- that the 'existing
,11c,ensinee .machinery worked 'well, and, le would not be;
"to .sltde. gimp Advantage to change eit,•lll s the matmer,
proposed ,by the Bill. . The Bill perops., the fictuse.bristled
'With !objections, and he saw in it U.Othine.,PAt a:history
'Of agitation and disaffection. He deufledthat the 'gaieties)
',proposed lad any analogy tes that acloPted in Sweden,
and in the event ot a general ele Ctiod it would, he censideeK.
~ open the doors to most improper influences. - The-Bill would.-
i tend toLdestrpy .th business of a ticenseAvictualler, and
aao kiln et.(ehe"m f:ri eta loceL, board. Recent legislation
' ' fl; he' knatended, materially, restrietekt:m granting. of
•liceleseir,' end there was ner.grourbt 'for fpaitilig in sweeping a
k 'measure atillialtheir beffdregie lints&
.' • • • i ,•.• il,:ipt, ~.or .
" The lectuse' dlidcled; y ki til ere appeared for tbe second
tilti tretegl'lo9'; !against,' 2 inejority, 165. 'The Bill , whit
~ . -
's therefory rejected: ' ' ",'" •
: Mi. • lieygdfe, innaoving the secena res.dlng Of the Election
of AltiernaellifthimitlativeseVote) Bill, 'explained that tt pre-'
eeposed to give theleumulative vote , tot members of town
e councils for the election ot aideratenr, • Thebori. memberwas
speaking at a quarter to eix, when thee debate stood ad-
" joitrned. . e.. J • ••,. 4.. . ,
The other bualaoss , was then • disposeduf, and the Houle
adjourned. .
eei eta
teed In
The United States • Senate .has confirmed the op-
nn,i\
, office.ll,:ls.
,ii
hiolteTLer
ab elb,liyfar lady's
Charities'
h'
pointment of the first woman who has ever received a State
seLnoaGw tuoeeel'le!nb:oll2:7,llsrel Pt heShoaffisveLeoowtelsi.tatrecoarmas.
England family. Her husbargici—tapolanaceep.dhieftwinCgoFsmbtleijelsSlNpleit'
Lowell—and her only brother were killed in the late war. •
Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the Ent.
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apparatus
p aS
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tuursd piny
triooreenxiehoinbittioonthg
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eloanTie a
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press of Germany and 'Princess Beatrice, paid a privateieltd
South Ko f e ase lin' ng
It. oil Ina; s
and afterwards inapected the school f Music,.
o There sveree
present the Duke of Edinh C
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urgh, the Duke f '
ambridge .
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Prince Edward 'et. Saxe-Weimar, the Duke ot Richme A and,
Gordon, and 'Man* distinguished men of science '' of err i lanofn '
those specially familiar with the chief object's in
the create"
displaYsited.the honeurof pointing them out to her Al ajsstyl
A. supplement to the Lencion"Gacette wile puhlisheff,
on.Satureay,,cdntainbwan,Orderrin!-Council directing thati•
' from the 18th inst. the Animals Order of 1875 shall be.read
ienctbave effect as it Dover, Folkstone, and Newhaven were
.not named in Article 63, and DoveLtvas not named in Article
.71, of that Order, and after this Order takes ate* foreign
,animals shallndt be /andel at any of those ports. The 'Order
.of COungile; August 10,' 1669, ( debiting the port •• of Dover,/
' within wkieh 'foreign Cattle might toe.lended for slaughter, 4,
ieyoketlo It.. ..,r
• + .• +

THE BALHAM MYSTERY.
(From The Observer, May 14.)

From inquiries at Scotland-yard it seems that up to nine
o'clock last night the police were in possession of no ad-
ditional circumstances with regard to this. mysterious affair.
The matter is in the hands of Mr. George I.:larite, chiat in-
spector of the Detective Department at Scotland-yard, who is
making the most minute and careful investigation of all the
circumstances. It seems that on Tuesday, AprlllB, Mr. Bravo,
Who was suffering Irom neuralgia iu the lower j sw,
lunch at the St. James's Hall with his uncle, a Mr. Hall
After that he went to the Minimums in .Tertnyp•stregt.

ho e, and had his Lore saddled, and went out for a short
'ad ;The holintwastreistiO,,andl fob's lb Wrainiites ihnlttrity
-XI . him, rettaritaUralis)treeWiti t:Alrerißfiavo, t• oomPlitining
„of ho„fatiguri, ktpkithe ;,,r t 414 .la4NOlSCated. had:
If:1
lh,
r(ip,,)1.... , ,ifiosi, ~ rgrw,llTltet , dinner
tit eti i,
10
!it itriX' 4,,,liktvial oti 5,411: s. 4 ate Bragl4d :iiit toner.
Lett erthe soup eit(th fish. -Rhi'attineCtifiniirstid'bt a imall
Pl'- mot lamb, Awith sOms new potatoes; 4.ollotred by, eati4gg
:au a small parkof rho. spinaobs., lit drittik.' however, three
flilr•
sized glassas of l'eurgmalgt iheleckirsiwilo, viBTP present.,
, lritvo and, Airs. Cux, lot psrtooli.rat lbp litpab and ofi,
o ggs and splm.ch; Yourffeffli. 'tit theni' fat 'Cited the BUr7„
"en y, which vas' de6anted for 16..Braiii'liefii‘lise,'It being'
liis aVourite Wine: It had been ,clecanted by the butler .12
!Ate Middle wt. the day, , and it had stood in the cellarette in
I the, inlng-rown.tbeivlacle of the afternoon. The party riot°
49 tipper at *tout half-past eight o'clock, and preceedok,
Acr he niOrning-roeni..and . at. it few minutes before nine
'Ur . • Iliava anti girt ' Cox retlrqd to , their ropnas,t Air,
*lan Mia: Bravo were-sAephig`ituirli, 'Owing to .thiPillhelis'
Lef he latter. -Mr. Bralre! hiniself 'went to bed at a quarter
Vas Aiwa:: .Ortariemetio hue most active and rapid poison; -
. r. mita inametliate.eifec4 Ore Concerned, althonghtieath
.1 liihMb CQUIcI not_PtsnAY Idiavittzadl,:ea tic! Pesotrints'eioset ,
,1 e japlioipwitnpipdiately,nive if, It is quite cosytaiu Waal.;
4
.14. ;tll!,t!'eal!r;°6l3, 1 .IbiTiocie' the • fitTictireraitniPoms°seTian.
Mo a than this, it is certain that he took the poison either' ,
at inner or, atterWeads4or, as madicatinen knew perfectly '
we , jut impessibrotalict foOtiqiftem a clese et .ttertar emetic
,wit Out 'mined iiik,, produclog natisea and ilolent vomiting.
. Ito dleAr, then; rn the person ware either in the'dinnee or
'l6)s tins taken bfliii. Bra.voitfter the dinner. . In the 'latter
'Cis as he himielf went to bed at a ' quarter-past 'nine,' the 1
per od of time in.whlch he could have taken the fatal drabght .
is-narrowed, to A quarter of an hour.: If, on the other hand,
he too lf jt diu:hig,dinner it,pinsth.ave been in the Burgundy.
, and; the mecheal men are of o,pinion that tartar emetic,
diltiolved Ina rerigh; full'ilalqured ivine such as Beaune can
be taken in-large quantitteif without being at all perceptible
to the palate.. After Mr. Bravo had taken his three -glasses,
A considerable quantity of the wine'must have remained, and
.11 was at ,iirst suggested,..that this was drank by the
nredicai In fluting. the night. It appears, however, from
most dare til Inqniries, that this was not the case All the
gentlenie hi' quAition remember distinctly that they never
touched any Burgundy on the night in question, while those
who did partake of any refreshment remember in each case
what it was, being in one instance sherry cud in another weak
brandy and water. What became of tne remainder of the
bottle of Burgundy nobody knows, but the butler's cellar-
book shows that another bottle of the came size was opened
about midday the next • day, thus showing conclusively that
what was left in the decanter must have been either drunk
or poured away. We may add that, according to the opinion
of...competent chemists, tartar emetic could not be sprinkled
over a leg of lamb without detection, while if it were added
to boiled :spinach, the whole mars would turn a brilliant '
yollovv, Owing to the formation of sulphide of antimony, by
the ,cembination' of the autininny with the sulphurretted
itYdrosterrot theboiled vegerablec. Besides, both Sirs. Bravo •
.alid, Mrs: Obit partook, .both of the lamp and of-the teal I
concise of eggs and spinach. It scems that Mr. Bravo had
ma e,onthe day in question' and the few days preirimis.to, it
several small arrangements for, the dayaiollowlng-, and more ,
especrallythat he contemplated a gain& of la,,n-tennii tfie .
next afternoon,, and; -was mating, cateful arrangements for
Hs viattiO Worthins., where lodgings' had
,loeen taken' for'
ttlinselt arid his wife, His private pane's, including his ,
diary, which he has kept for some years,. and .his, privates
, cheque book, which contains a reeord of' his .personal ex-
penses, havo been most carefully ,xamined, and it is certain
that at the time of his death he was in no pecuniary difficulty,
anti: was suffering from no trouble or anxiety of any kind.
The reports to this effect which have been put about are, the
-police have reason to know, entirely without foundation. At
present every endeavour is being made to ascertain where the
large , quantity of antimony, which was evidently employed
,Was purchased.

"That won't do; it does not explain the symptoms."
The deceased is stated in the depositions to have given
the curiously worded answer, "It was not laudanum ;
I don't know what it was." The medical testi-
mony on the post mortem examination, already related
in The Times, was given—to the effect that the body was
healthy and that the stomach and 1.,s contents were sealed
up to be analysed, and that the skilled examination showed
that antimony was present, so that the death was accounted
for by the fact of antimonial poisoning. No question appears
on the depositions to have been put to the medical men in
Itlo4 'AI thorn by Mrs. isliFthe- Ala. of
Mu, Witt those examine, )s o!re

out a claw-tipped paw to a surprising distance and
without the slightest notice, but he genially lolls on
his back to be stroked and scratched by the man who
has the charge of him. In relentless, active, never-
abating ferocity not even the tiger cub I have already
described can equal a wild cat brought home in the
Serapis—an iron-grey creature studded with dingy
black spots. This feline demon for the most part lies
on his back with his fore and bind claws close together
rtgly etr itntOid: He absolutely writhes with
d€Alrfilth n ine approaches, end spits .and hisses
_ _ . .

indomitable hoetll47,:::thoWang a -metiair4tefi--ei-t-trh4-Cl-'

-Hal guarantee for the ferocity of the aniiii—als, if the work had
been done amidst a medley of roar, growls, hissing', and.
angry spittings. The want of excitement was obviously de-
pressing, and it was clearly felt that the wild beasts were
detracting from their reputation in the eyes of Bermondsey
In not eating a small boy or biting off somebody's head with
a single crunch.
But the labourers, although disappointed of their dues in
the way of ferocious demonstrations, worked with a will, and
the caravan of twelve vans was under way by midnight. No
roarings awoke the echoes; of the early morning as they
rumbled in to the Zoological Gardens, which were safely
-coached before two-o'cloek,. and et conple.of hours later til
she animals were-in-lig in 'tear new temporary quarters, the -
whole streugth, pi the .garaeos, uuder the superintendence of
.tdr. Bartlett Mk:being tiirned on to the task. The Whole
collection is sitiartered together iteor about a canvas-roofed,
timber-sided ailed which ass been specially befit directly in
front of the new deer-house. , In one corner is a fixed den, in
which " Georgie," "the- brown bear of .the Serapis, has
been housed,. ,not wholly ,to his - own satisfaction.
"Georgie " had the ran of the Serapis forecastle, anct has
acquired a love for roaming at largo. This penchant be
began assiduously to exercise immediately on his arrival in
the " Zao," and he was engaged in a general exploration of
. the vicinity when caught arid 'caged. Fastened to rings along-
tide the same side of the shed are the shawl goats, the Cash-
mere sheep, and the lidahratta fighting ram, still =dant to
, tile attitude of "attention" for combat ; and in the lower
oorner, also on the same side, are "Rustom " and "Omar,"
.earefully swathed in rageand blankets, and looking as if they
very much missed the rollicking, skylarking life on board the
Worm: They salaam under protest, as it were, and no
. persuasion can induce Omar to stand- on his head, a feat of
which, on the Osborne, he was extremely and justifiably
proud. Along the other side the ostriches have a rim, which,
'although circumscribed, is larger than their old qtiarters its
the wheel-hotuti of the Serapis. Their. plumage 'has suf-
fered a good deal, and they are rubbed hare in places
not intended by nature to be bare, but Mr. Bartlett is to be
congratulated on gettinethem home alive and well. Before
their arrival the Zeological Gardens could not boast of a
single ostrich, in marked contrast to the Paris Jardine
d'enclimatatfon, where the ostriched are a strbng feature.
The last "Zoo" ostrich died. poisoned by the coppers
given to it by visitors desirous of witnessing the apparent
gusto with which it contaimed a diet not to all seeming of
a Very savoury character. When opened after death its
stomach was found to contain a large quantity—either
a pound's weight or a peund's worth, I um not certain
which. ' Although the copper currency exists no longer the
Superintendent is of opinion that tironee money Is not
healthy feeding for ostriches; and desires to caution the
public, therefore, sgainer its administration. On the same
side as the ostriches are the fe!ifli "Tom" and "Minnie,"
the Serapis tigers, contentedly gnaw their bones in the same
cages they occupied in the Serapis, and " P'holoJharri," the
cheetah, from his cage alongside of them, looks up at the
spectator with furtive spitefulness. The tiger-cat whose
cage is above that of the cheetah, is as passionately vicious
as ever, in his new quarters; and "Vixen," the tigercub,
snarls, and spits, and shows his teeth—he is is male, spite of
his name—like a feline Mr. Carker, in a very small cage on
the top of " Mlunie's." The baby leopard "took it out in
sleep" during most of yesterday; lint "Pompey" is not happy,
and weaves, and writhes, and rears himself supplely in a
cage where he has no spare room, between the tiger cat and
the baby leopard. Inside the shed on the same side ts the
two " Castor," one of the two so. called "bog deer" from
NepauL Mr. Bartlett, sen., regards them as of a distinct
species not yet taken cognisance of in our natural history
nomenclature, and it is his intention to ask the Prince of
Wales to sanction the bestowal of some such name as " Cervus
Alberti." "Pollux," the other hog deer, received some iejury
' to one of his horns during the journey up, and has been
' relegated to hospital quarter; out o i sights Next to "Castor "
Is the rare inia beautiful ens deer from Ceylon, which Sir
Joseph Fayrcr breuelit home, and which the Princess of
Wales graciously accepted from that gentleman when she
- came on beard the Serapis on its way up the Salrlit. ,
Outside the shed in the open air the seven.
;Indian antelopes appear quite comfortable in their*
:cages well littered with hay, and near them are the'
'' gainies " or toy bullocks, and the donkey " Gib," looking
'rather wiser than ever with perhaps a Might infusion of
cynicality. Opposite, in their c:ops, and showing to wonder-
ful advautage after their long voyage, are the Nepaul phea-
sants, none of, which, it may be remerked, are of great
rarity. The dogs are ousside the fencing, and indicate, in a
way not be misconstrued, their extreme discontent at being
thus relegated to the cold shade of obscurity. They were not
intended to be shown, and probably they will be aunt to
Sandringham in a few days.
,