The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-03 00:00:00

OPERIAL FAItLILLAEm,

te the Dome of Lords. June fl, the Seinde Railway Pill,
Glasgow ,City) Union-toad Bill, the Merl-01.011;mi Trait,
go, the Metropolitan street Trani. ay s hill, and the
noom, anin Greenwich street Tratuway• gill w ere
wit s vied time sod passed.
Earl De Grey slid Rip- di nlOved the second reading of the
Jo toedl *hoots Bill, and in order to point out the
„pole interest in the question, he aid that it de ilt with
between two and three thohami schools tio.eitillig slaps
or ‘, hioh g,ant,oi 0 eas apple:able dirt ctly
porno.. s fie remittal_ ot the endowed
echo• de wats unaatisfactery. No cl., hid there were a I W.I.
itehools 'sorties extremely well, hint tin-re were others
which tad been prevented (non their original ',armee.
ref ICI. al intraluceil hy the Goners mans at the other
• 50 cnnnalltc't of two pats, one iif whieh was withdrawn,
lades the MU to *nth.n se the eiatiiination of the cot:anion
el linle schools, and the appoint nient if a hem gor, e'
The 0 Nernmend hoped by this bill to left.e hew
int jes'o oleo schools% and believed that under the new
.gigg woUld promote, rather Vian hinder, the etillea-
ilia of the el aes touched by ties hill
lard Nelson thousht the tplestion of the relation between
Chorch altd State, which was at tile bottom of the recent de-
bate on the Irish Church Bill, was raised alai. by this ICI.
11, wagtail to find a clause in it providing for the case of
dionmitatienal edu-ation; but the bill tailed ins sit apply-
th, it tin certain Small local Chit, idea. The 1,01
bvtbe b,„ty rowp rt an, far as it went, but he thought it
it get go for enough ; and he clescrthed the educational
worms he •cmld dreire to see cam Mil out, lamenting inci-
dentally the dissolution of the monasteries, which might
no erred Satteals for the a inir•tioil oil he country.
The Bnhopot Ely feared that the bill w, hid table the
mmesiener. to itestr..y the entire religious education of
co
the grammar-rchools, and thus to contravene tine isrestunable
titenthms id the foundere. The lUtti clause authorised the
Commisstohers to chauge the governing body ; mid then the
h gave them power, in concert with Vie goverhilig bale,
to make any alteretion they pleased 111 the
arrangements of the son •01. lie a mild pr, for the educational
we, to he based on the principles even ,d a. me religious
Isdr, in whose oplidolis tie did not himself agree, than on
DO 'religions prdiciplea whatever Ile should prop-c. in
Committee, to am-and the leth clause, by adding to •• governs
thicb tin'' the ipialt neatias .0 at preaenit comtituted.”
Lord C.ondott, who sp•lte in a very low voice, believed the
Bi,hop of hly's alarm pi le groundless. Ile sredicted the
Gel would pnt an end to • great scandal
Lord Hanna/ congratulated Lord Taunton and the
GoVerialient on the bill. It dui not attempt to extirpate
religion from education, hut nierely provloed tor the ease of
Oniviro bolls scruples. Ile thie.giit, in fact, the difficulties
of on me,tion were in a great flied-tire innnomninnnnxy, alai this
bill by grappling With them, wollid ShOW that they Were. lie
anticipated It would he the contmeucenteut of a hew era.
lhetme plan, he believed, was to classify schools, not to
provide, that Is only one kind of education, but different
ki„ds applicable to different needs.
feed Carnarvon concurred in the general approbation with
which the bill lied bsen ,ceived ("out all stiles if the llouee.
ohject of the founders of the schools clinch were the
'Owe; of the bill was to (actin ate the raising up of men
fitted to do service its Chinch ami State, but w thee abilities,
with et .me external alit, could uot he developed. That
aject had miscarried, but it was a desirable as ever, and
Du toll sunlit, he believed, help nn, car> mg nt 'nut, altu ough,
of course, there were details lathe measute "%Inch he should
lake to see amended.
Lord Mortescue rlgretted that the part of the bill which
provided tor local educational Boards tea not tot's at prestut
pe,eded with. No measiu, could be perm meetly complete
Ittihad wane such Ore antwatioat ; but he cordia ly approved
the measure so tar ait wel.t. So far fronts the bill lading an
laud on the pi incip'e id endowment, it was, he wa
noced, its salvdion by rescitivg the principle f-Oin iii-c•edit
The Bishop of 0 ocester hail originally fear d the ffect of
living such very large powers to the Conontaionere ; hut
Lord De Grey'. and Lord Landon', statelitehte had reo.ovmt
Mull of his fear Nor did he nits.eint front tie geneyal spirit
el the proendons of the bill relating to religion edecat ion in
grammar schools, But, while he thou At it perectiv pro-
per to nine parents tine power of withsii awing their children
Union the special religaus tsaehing of the school, he
thought the compact had been that ho r striction was
tale put II the tesehera power of ihtertnitheing inlet en ea
to religion in the secithr parts of the tesehmg. Otte clause,
however, seethed to give the Colllnlitirlinient power to inter-
fere with this freedom That would inc a tunestion for the
Committee. and on behalf of his alisent brethren tie
of whose absence -,the Royal Breakfast, min.-ht be essily sine-
eased, he eXpieSSed a hope that itt Commith e al,o they
would lie pen mitted ts state their views on the Intl generslty.
brit Do Grey intimated, in answer to the Bbilop of Ely,
that there was no reason to tear the l'oninsisah men would be
enabled to use their power ter this bill lin the purpose he
apprehehdeil. The 6th of July was fixed for the Counnitter,
sail their lindshlpli adjourned.

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In the House of Commons, Mr Alderman Lawrence gave
vol no that no should oli the 13 h Ju'y. move that the Mime
tat be atom ished, Ii count it imp.. iajoi no ant unneces-
mu restriction, On the dwellings if the working classes, and
eases most heavily upon persons of moderate income.
Capts•ti Grosvenor asked whether it would be Incompatitile
with the interests of the punt.: service to allow writers in
the eepartmeht of Cmtocus fourteen days' leave annually
without deduction of pay?
11r. Syn.n taut that these persons were employed at a
daily rate 44 wages higher therm hat previously given to the
same class, it being underst-od that they shinthi he pail for
the days hey worked. When they were absent it was ne-
usury to mph), other venoms to do their work, mid to pay
the e. It would riot, theremre, he Conlititti, de with tie
terms of their ehgagenieut to allow them their pay while
Weeitt.
Colonel 13 itttelot asked whether it was true Vitt the Vice-
roy of Ear bt was convey ed to. pair-lease fly from the steamer
to the station at Dover; and if no, why a Royal carriage wee
not sent for his acCOteitiOtlatiol,
Mr. Gladstone said that tI.. tstement was not true.
The Viceroy, followirg the exarmle of almost all illus.
thous persons visiting this counter ,in rroereithumg front the
station at Dover, t•onele use of those means of locomotion
provdea hy nature" It was imt customary in teed Floral
cirri ge to Dover, at 3 hail 4.nly lie I. lie en eIA ithin
the memory id man, viz , when the Er perm and En:lore-3
of Fiance vi-ited this country. They, however, ilia hot ti-e
it, WO. carriage had since i ,•en mid lie would the 'he
opportunity of saying that Imo 'er rumour, to the elf-et that
the Viceroy had been letelavi 1 the eide-iloor if Bucking•
lam P dace, Woo emir. ly with, at Imitithsion llis Highness
had beemieCeivea at the grand entrance.
The Marquis of ilatitieetoli, ii reply to a question from
Mr. Grieve, stated that the Money liall for tee plirellaie of
the Tel, graphs was ready end worth I iMiatly be I, troduced;
asd al,ri that it wi uld contain • clause air rig the Govern-
ment a monopoly of telegraphic communication.
The Attorney-Geheral for In-laid gave notice of a hill for
authorising the is ui• f a Royal Celenieetori to inquire '
the existence if corruption ollionir the Dahlia Metes anti
farG Ore,, thel'eapolo, fee a lertiettlit his loli for
disfruchising the freemen. Mr. Bourke asked w both, r his
example WOU4II i,wl,llowed in r c„arti lii Brad!. il and whethei
the attoiney-Genetal could pi...raise a Stealer Cortieli.tiOU
for the ward lit that town in which the electors had been re-
ported by Karon Martin to have been influenced by corrupt
practices," int Sir B. Collier replied, No,' for the cases
were different.
The Bankruptcy Bill was read a third time and passed.
On the order of the day for going into Committee of

Supply,
Mr. Candlish called attention to the very imper ect audit
of Ms public accoutte, anal to the failure of several depart-
ments to lender their accounts to t a Auditor .General.
Mr Arun. admitted that the irregularities comphilned of
IS having occurred under the late Administration had
existed, and mod that it was the intention tit the Government
to prt rood their recurrence.
Mr. Waite panned Out the anomaly of having any of the
public accoutits audited by the Treasury, and suggested an
hatepeollent audit.
Mr. NlLtren commented on the inefficiency of the audit
of the public acotunts compared to those 1.1 great p .1,110
ampule., what eßld prepare their ace mutt, submit them
to their shareholders, h•ve them approved and Audited, and
&dividend Irani, all within tie ee mouths,
Mr. Glailstooe, in the courte of his remarks, raid that the
Rouse ought to govern all the expeitatiture trout the moicent
of Ita lateeption at the public charge lay a vote to its final
appropriation in expeuditure, following and chucking It
through every stage.
The importation of Routh Sea I dander. into the colony of
Queestand ear oust brought before the House by kin P. A.
who read 'navy extract,: from tile Australian news-
lerd's with the object it showing that in many mon, the
nailer. *ere either inveigled or kidnapped, and that tire
syrem 'as little better than a legal teed slave trade.
Mr. Kim aird, Mr. It N. Fowler, and Adult, al Erskine
tradlrrned Mr. Tartar's itpresentationa, but Mr. Monsell,
hi reply, naintaiitad that the immigration tiro Queens-
land was, on the w hole, well cooducted, though he
admitted that arose outrageg had lwen committed lay
certain vein's carrying on a trade between the south Sea
Island' The EU rJ. occup mt the serious attention of
the Governoieht, arid tie strongest despatches had been
written to toe Governor of Queensland Sir Adderley also
usermi that the immigration was conducted under excellent
regelations, arid .a. most valuable to the c lily, and he
deprecated a ruischievous uderterence with it by a fallacious
cry of 'Slave Trade,' based on exaggerated and highly.
col6nred statements
After a stmewnat sharp conversation between Colonel
French, Mr (Petry, and Mr. Ayn, aboet the drainage
ivers on the shiumon, the Howe went into Conanittee
of Supply.
MO first an votes of class 1 of the Civil Service Estimates
wareagreco to—viz , Royal Palaces ' t. 64,418., Royal Parks
£O2 or the solar) and clothing of the gate-
keeper at Clerence.gate, Rochan.pboo, struct off on the
motion of Mr. A Guest ; Public Buildings £122,479 Furtai-
tare of PlOilic Offices (£14,0001, Westminster Palace, Acqui.
nth. of Land 't2i.nter;. House. of Parliament E. 50,026 )
The Civil tifacts(Peusione) Mill was read a third time and
'abed.
Several other bills were forwarded a stage, and the Boasts
adjourned.
In the Hoare of Lords, en Jnne 20, after some remarks
from Load I teubigt. in explanation of the position of the
Irish Catholic., the House went into Cdroutirtee on the
Irish Cherch Ball.
Let cre) then rose to move his amendment to the pre-
amble of the measure The noble earl first explained the
reason why he prot ruled to depart fr to the coin:nee prac-
tice Of pcs,tisottuag the preantble until the detrace of the bill
hare been considered, sod cited as a ptt cedent the incident
of tie Scotch Education 11111 In, the House of Rem-
Moral in ISM. Arguing in favour of this arouse, he
kr ship said it sal impossible to .1.1 with the
principle of the a, propriation of the property of the
Church upon the clauses in the sante wit as upon the
preamble. Dial they mean to adopt the voluotary ottani,
or did they harm' to recognia e the principle if giving
ems amistante for the Nader...cis of telinriOrtl Thoge
were IWO C.tetillg Vitae teVolvinkt great I,thciltle"
Which ought at once to i.e decided. On the kire
"Id it real conteioled that those who required
"leen ought to pay for it That was the argument ad
ranced In favour of volontaryirm. The made e rl, however,
Ilete.l whether rejig its had nothing to do with
mstotainita
the mara silty of civil society wlti in was the object of
the floveroment. For the welfare of the State, it was most
trenraltle that the State should preeekte the uuuttaai.,u of
Wigton. Ile thought it eau cant.o eery to Chthoi tatty to
tease that hecatoe re igion is taught Just in a feria • hich
theY do not approve, therefore a community shoe al be I.llt
with rune. huh nat all. If there should Ire any thuld as tar
the value of a reeketiliZefl religion to a Corketry, the coutki
Worth ki be removed by the experience of the United States.
Lord Oraiiville regretted the nmitiplicity of amendments of
Which notice had lwen given, and the effect it which would
he to exhaust the wikele sr,epioa. But he could not perceive
haw Lord G. ey's proposition would avoid that source of per.
pistity, an,ri lie appealed to Lord G.er to withdraw it.
Trio Bishop of Oxford jeliked in the appeal, altholigh he
einem n 11 to a caderiderable extent in lord (I eye viewa. Ile
himtelf retioned the averek ii front the Mt Amite whlch he had
expreased in the debate 011 the Saspemory Rill ; but he felt
the coubtry at the General Election had declared that point
&anima hint. Then, with regard to the question of con-
Cermet endowment, Inc citatinguialled establishment
which he could not agree to itk the cage of what he le)-
Ileved to be error—from etniowmerat, which be would
be ready to concede to the mixture of truth and
error contained in the teaching of the Church of Rome.
He thought a far more liberal al manly ahould he allowed
to the Irish Chur t when dieorced front the State;
but the residue might he properly !limit.' to the sup-
r' aat ,'(her deltoilkillatinlei ill Ireland ; Anti, bottling as
erdid a ndildle place between the two extra me npinions,
oue of hch declared all meddling with ecele,last ical pro-
pertv nerd, ge, mod the other which confomoleol ordinary
Charity with iledic,tion to eacred moo, he hekeved this ap-
proviatirn of the surplus w.nlal be the least obnoxious
Change. As 1,,r the ititure et tee Irish Clietelt, lie Taw the
cid ulties m the way of a Church, lie longer in the et age of
yontla at energy, lighting its battle unsupported try the State,
tou be atm !measly its noel triumph iru the Iskinl of Solite.
ii (bomb, rocked, which e add taut survlve ditett doli-li-
n'ellt was worth heing ettalollithed Ile ;11.1.1. at, p,-
eat, Ii the ikr'lletel ire( of Snout.l I.kokle aS tint ILUbt fatal ul all
Imasible injuries it the Ilish Church.
The Biuhop of St David's energetlcelly disclaimed the
hiliautat I.it, thir he had denied the puss lel ty of such a crime
tacolege ; hat he vaa rejoieed, at any rate, to rilicover
it was only lay an aceid, nt he had been ilepr,veti le the
ate .W114..114.4 the (mummy of the Diahop if Oxford. Ile
letinetteri his own agreement with the princmle of concurrent
endowment. •
Lords Cairns and Rua sell joined in urging the withdrawal of
the amendment, and replied to Lord Coramille's charge of
banattg proposed excessive amendments.
Lord Dalhousie, as a member of the Free Kirk of Scotland,
dented that the voluntary system had failed. The Arch-
op Canterbury ban been Impend upon by a
_very nu-

thy p.oopm. I ste eel, Am 14.5
uLdehia`de fame. that the Free Irk had, on principles if
tue volutoaryism, In en L.01;01.1.111 growing, and fulfilled
perfectly eve, y purpose of a Church.
The Archbishop to Canterbury admitted the energy of the
Free Kirk, bet he de ended the been fit! Co if Ms own state-
ments Ott toe subject of Lid Grey's tion, he rt minded
the House that, whatever the wording of the preamble, the
liii till now, in pnohllng an endowment for Ilavoooth and
for idiot say hums Nhich were taught try ober), propose vir-
tually to apply Church property La- the Leeching ot religion,
lie •hould rapport the 'hike of Cleveland's amendment, or
any other to dm- nature effect.
Lent !Limber ey tleuhd the alleged litmus! tency between
the preamble and the body ot the bill.
Lord Baal m, notwithstanding a call to order by Lord
Grahville, raid a few words on behalf of the Proteatants
el.d. .

Lord Weettoury thought the usual practice of postponing
the preamble of tolls wits Do ride for a preanible like this.
The hill, he censidered, would, as it pit.. lit trained. not ful.
111 its purpose of convincing tile Roman Catholic clergy that
they were utah WI h Math. or releae them from their pre-
sent ilegrailieg necessity of esti. Ling a rn dote-neutee leen
their If wk.. Ihe toiletry had, he airnitted, determined that
the givers unjustly gotten into the hands of the It ish Church
should he Lanett eery mei be tem:ally distributed ; to
provide genet otter for all the different religions li. Ireland
woubl not be imposed to the untimstandieg. 'this was the
tight, Ind to notch of the deny, as was too commotib repre-
sented, but id the who e lt 1.11 people.
Lord saliebury pointed out that Lord Omni/111e had treated
various rival schenea of dealing with the sirloins as though
they were all parts of rile scheme On the nahject then ne-
tore the Ileum, he wilt for contoured endowment. lie
aPP.eI-11 to the House not to ettillitto r antipathies toy letting
let its R. quail Catholics suppose that England would rather do
anpthing with the surphoo Clout oh property than bestow it
on the It- ene n cai holm I 'lintel, lilt pi-emelt impression wan
UI favour of the par, bular plait of the Duke of Cleveland.
Lord Clio Tic:4rue supported the pLin of widowing the clergy,
of the dill-rent 111,101111elitio1111. That Was the only chance
of camellia lug the loch people.
Lord Grey withdrew hts opposition, and the preamble was
accorditigly postameed.
lii clause 2 elsewhere,
1 he Archbishop of Centel bury moved to insert 1872 for 1871
The &Mend went was reniateti by Lord Granville, On the
greund that ilelm wine, be prejudicial to the lreh Church
itself. It am mimeo& by Lord Cei•ne. Alter
reimrits
toy the Duke of Letester, mei Lords Carmirvon and Denman,
the rimed meat was tweed to on a divieen by 130 to 74
The Duke of Rolland them moved the omission of the
clause, iii w Inch lie was veheinebtly Sapp. sled hy the Bishop
Of Lichfield, to whom the Bebop of °Morel replied whh
eqll4l velloineinv. After olvervatiotos by Lords St anhope,
Chelmsford. Lyttleton, Cdr., and Litford, the amendment
was limpet mit Without a division.
Lord Motick's amendments—that in clause 4 the appeal
from line Commissioner should be to three Commissioners ;
in clause 5, that the Commissionere should have power, with-
out the Lord-LieutenanCe consent, to appoint end remove
their officers, excepting the Secretary and in clause 13, which
empowers the Coinnilselolios to pay all incidental oxpetoes
10 1,3.1111,4 the Act into execution, that they should he
math- tied to ploy al., the eipenses ot any claimant in
eetablishing a claim wider the Act—were agreed to
in dame 7, Lod Westerns's ainendramits—to substitute
"which it may he tieceesary "for 'which they may deem it
expedient it necessary," and to insert •'doe" before "rxecia-
th in of their powere"—wo re accepted by the Govern-
merit, ills amendment to refuse to the Cononiissionere t• e
power of coremittnig for coulempt Was resisted by Libd
Penzance, the I ord Chancellor, mid Lords Romilly,
Grans tile, and Mailbox, and allpporl ea by Lord
Chelmsford, the B shop of Peterborough, moil Lord
Cairns After a long discmsion a compromise, Aug-
getoted hy Lord Cairns, was aCcepttd, and the words, "ill the
presence id the Cinnuoissietiers, or any of them, sitting in
open Ceurt,' were agreed to be added at ter the words "guilty
of contempt." Lot d Westbury did not press his promisee,
amend Meet, in the sonic chose, to g ye an appeal Irma the
O cisious of the Conine Lioness, or say too, to the Court o
Chancery Appeal is Ireland
Clause 8 was amended according to a suggestion hp
Lord (alms, and, so amended, was agreed to, as was
also chime 9 Lord Westbury not peeving lois anieviihne.d
to redo., the Commissioners' term of office mom ten to five
years.
Progress was reported after clause 10 hail been agreed to,
and their lordships adjourned.
In the House of Commons, the long deferred committee on
the University Tests Bid was taken at a new sittine,
after the Lo prlsormeut fiv Debt 1,111 bad heeto
littered as lillieltdrti There eas a short preliii teary
delude on all amendment—" this day s x months "
moved by Mr. C. Bentinck, whn excused biome( for
meet g another di-cussion on the principle, on the
ground thet since the Government bad hy their Irish
C.iurch Bill jetted ito the w tai k ett estahriehments
the teem had cheneed. The inee-nre might odd to gio
further uetil On y had expleined their views gemntly
regard to the Church of klogistal But the Treasury bench
is as now quite emety, and particularly he Complained of Ile
Gladstone. whose eMatic cour-e on the he Mitrenl.
should absent himself from the deloate Ile Wit% decidedly
for adteittieg Disemoters to all the privileges if the l'elver-
eitiee, though he ehjected to admitung them into the ivern-
big to 'dies of the Colleges ; lout the melee ought to be deer
with oil a lane and compreheamive 00 de by the Government
arol not by a pi bate member.
After a .lionission iii a Inch Mr. Campbell, mr. Bereefori
Ilope, PM. IV. Ii Glailetene, Mr. Walpole, amt llr Newdeeete
took pert, tor. Bentitick withdrew Ifie amendment, aiunl
the hill was conntotiteil.
Oti Clauie 1, on the motion of Mr. Stevenson, the tuiver.
arts of Delwin was includod in the scope of the bill.
Its Cause 6, which repeals the obligation on ail collegtee
officials to take tie dectaratien if the Act of Uoiformity, .11r.
Ratites proposed to retain it for mmters of Collett- s WWI
tilttieg, hut did mot press the redid, end 111,1111/I.lely divitied
the Committee on the clause. It was carried by 121-216
to 115.
The further progress of the bill was then postponed anti
Friday.
At the evening sitting,
Mr G. It Mome spent more then en hour anti a half In
drawling attention to the case if the Frniaat convicts COM-
tnentlng *nth a .1,1.-it trice rig dn..t Br tish rot., lie
travell, it over the hietory 1.1 the Fenten conspiracy, partly
speaking of it is rn eX,lilpatOry tone and pertly makieg
light of its practical imp a-twice, ant weet on to de-
scribe the treatment of the 'prisoners both before foal
slier conviction, and he conchi-ed by Moving taro teol
lution• aloe It to he the ditty II the 0 vermeil!, to
tillnte a ply-lic inquiry thto the discipliee lit one mesons
tor the I urposes ol a better classifiedioin, abio that it
slimild form part of the Inquiry whether political offenders
should he regarded as a separa e class, and how far the
s vo.i u. ot lite punishment to chick the political cote
eh In in sir prisons have 1,-•en already enlijected noes
he regeriled ou reason:dee grounds for a favourable con-
sideration.
After remarke front sever .1 hon. members, Mn, Moore's first
resolm ion ea, defeated by In to 31
on the second resoliation Mr. Nitiguire, supported by Mr.
Marphy, mate a etriing appeal to the Goyernineat for a
geeeral amilesty, which, he Fah], wimlil he quite safe now,
and Wellisi give the deethdolow to Fatianitan. This resotu-
tem wee negatived without a ilivision.
Mr Hi hert moved a re.oltitimo declaring that. In view of
the new duties Weil re-ponolnlities imposed on Cie C.,11111,),
Cart Judg -e, a3oo a scar should be attired to their salaam,
which was seconded 11•3111. Cryol, but on a division it was
reject .11 by It 2 to 56.
A !tootle,il male after two o'clock try the Attorney General
for irelw el to Ming in a hill to is.. a °intents- ion of ooqiiiry
into the con uption of the Dublin freemen gave ohs., to at
sharp discioesion Colonel Taylor, Mr. Henley, and Sir
Robert Peel objected to going on with the bill at that loste
hour One motion be 1111j,111111 Was ile'ealo.l by 1(0 1052, hut
the Govennueht gave way to a sec, itd, and the debate was
aiij
'llie House then aejonrned.
In the House of Commons, June I, the edjourned delude
on Mr Pelt's motion :Agricultural Recut na ) from the Ilith of
April, wan resutued by
Mr. ICI .gati, who regretted that the motion had been
bitrotineed became it might cohort ass the Government.
the returtis which had been rolled, ell bad prove d nit great
Me, and he deprecated any intertelence with the present
system.
Mr. Aoheton deplored the tendency of (miters to render
ineccurate etnins, mat said he hid Itim-elf kilown many in-
stances of incoireit inforti ation being given. The diversitie,
in the measurement flaunt in various counties also tended
to n“ke retinans very tiesatiefactiry. He thought the strie
Unties about.] tv c..nipiled by a house ti house ioquiry, and
net once in three yearn. bat once in nye pears, for in the
later case the returnl would lie nmre correct.
Co onel Bart elid uairt that if an accurate return were to loe
obtained it nille3 he compiled every year lie thought these
returns were of great Vallie, Cliii hoped that horses would lie
illehiatil in them. Ile treitell that the lion member for
North Nerfolkshire, who had charge of the modem, would
not press it.
Mr Bowling Raid that come y.ars are a bill was passed
through the tiouse of Lords to go ve the (ioverement power to
11,1*111 thee re' Una 3,111111111101i1y, but when it reached the
other House the agricuturusts were to opposed to it that It
was withdrawn. He ailvorated the hotrod wtion of a similar
messuie in.w, and exprmsed his belief that the farmers would
not oppose it
Attn ten arks from Sir. Brach, Mr. Iloskyns, Mr. Lefevre,
end Sir J. E phinstone, Mr. C S. Read withdrew the motion
on behalf of the member for South Leicestershire.
Mr SUL wee moved the second reading of the Annuity
Tax :Edinburgh) Bill, which proposes to reduce the moldier
fit Pi i-sloyteo Lato ministers sedum the city of B- debut-oh from
13 to 10, thus relleviug all the °maniere of pmperty in the
avicient and eon erode I 11 ya.P. y et the city of stun of 31. In the
p I, levied in the form of a oilmen-rate all lite loitereda
to lie carefully seemed. The nou. member argued tlmt the
Abolition te this tax annuM Ted entsil any mu-title] destitution
as there were s :teen Protestatot Slid three Roman Catholic
Churches in Edinburgh.
Sir Graham Montgomery reviewed the history of the tax,
n.d the resuit • f various c mnlisni..uo atihdl had Men hp-
µaided to hiquire Mt 1 it. Ile woofed that the bill be read a
second time this day Mime months.
After a discussion, in weich several hon. members took

part,
Ni!. Bruce said that this matter had excited considerable
turmoil ever since 1.00, aild he c.disi ered it ought in be
satisfactorily settled, but due reg .r 1 should be hail for Mill-
vi d totems's. Without prejudice to hints -If or to the
Government, Le must say that he slundd vote for the secouil
reeling id the MIL
Upon a division, the ',ambers were— For the bill, 101;
Aa mist it, 142 ; or the loill, 9.
Tuesday rest W.. then appoint° i as the day on which the
hill will go iiitoconimittee.
The inj dirtied debate on the Party Processions (Ireland)
Bill was resumeil by
Mr. Chichester Fortescue, who said that it was ad-
mitt. d by all parties that these processions were
always provocative of a breach ot the pearm, and that they
ought to be preemie'. But he only difference of opinion
was as to the way in which this should be accent-
. plishril. The present course was either by the inter-
vention of an mond force, or by means el a linemen-
lion after the Of the tam.° under the provi-
sions of the Party Processions Act now in tot CO The su-
e tiled renian Immix) processima tended greatly to hritate
the feelings of the i habitants of the North in Ireland, es-
pretaby as one of the ht.liest inem hers of the bale Gove it nient
had &Oared they were net illegal. Ile said that, no chorus
would be a moth g on the port 01 the thovertourestt to enfoice
the law and prevents bra .ch if the peace
Mr G adenine, in ti p y to slr Johnstone, sail he could
tot ex a ilay for the furijier comd.leration on the (IO .et.
Mr. C Fortescue said that the state of the law *as not
satisfactory, and an inquiry would be granted preibably by •
Committee.
The County Courts ( admiralty Jurisdiction) Act (1883)
Amendment Bill passed through Commiotee.
The J ant Stock Companies Arrangement Bill, and the
Special Bails Bill were read a thhd time and passed, and the
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adjourned.