The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-04-10 00:00:00

THE EMOLUMENTS OF ROYALTY.

The oalorries of the different numarchm of Europe are
given ao follows iy a German etatlatician :
Alexander 11. .... 8 250 000 doh. or 25,000 dole. day.
Abdul Azle 6,000,000 „ or Js,oo „
Napoleon 111. .. 5,000.000 „ or 14 29 „
Fran in .10-epli 4000,000 „ or 10.000
Fred. Wdli .m 1.. 3,00,000 „ or 21 „
17,etor Emmanuel 2,400,0.0 „ or 6.040 „
Vletn.rm ........2,2.0,000 „ or 6 270 „
Isaoella IL ......1,000,000 „ or 4,643 „
Leopol I ........ 600,000 „ or 1,643 „

In addition to this salary, each Sovereign is fur-
nished with a dozen or m"re first-clam homes to live in
without any charge for rent.

PP'

Lord Shaftesbury expressed • hope that the nilislonary
eeeletles would ow the advice of the noble Foreign Seers-
twy, hut exidelned that the only tnisslonary body of Import-
Lae at rotte.bsa was 44 the Prtsh}terian Church.
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Lord Chelneifoni cailed the attentl in of the Move to the
report of ge.. Marriage Law Connolasion, and asked whether
It was the intention of the thivertinient to Introduce any
measure to Parliament founded on that report. The noble
lord traced the history of the question, and expreesed the
hope that the report of the Commission would not fall to the
rued,
The tort Chancellor explained why the Government could
not be fairly expected to introduce a measure on the subject
this year. There were when he took office nye subjects of
high 1,101 interest before the country—vie , the Patent Law,
the Marr age Law, the Courts of Judicature question, the
Law of Banvruptcy, anti the Law of Cliaritable Truitt It
had been impossible for him, with the juiticia. esti, on his
time, to undertake all tire question. at once, and the Li. kd
Bankruptcy hail weighty deinio tu preference Ile had, there-
fore, expended e lusiderable thought and pains on framing
a Bankruptcy Bill, which had accordingly been re-
cently introduced Into the [louse of Commons. It was ins.
ristble either for him to hare Introduced, ..r, consi,ering
the great question now absorbing the attention of the Legis-
lature, for that to have duly weighed so great and difficult a
question . this of the Marriage Law, on which, too, the dis-
sent of the Lord Justice General showed that the opuilons of
the diffcrent parts of the Empire were at present far from
1/0411i11.1111.
The Reps. of Amendments to the Common Law Courts
(Ireland Bill wan agreed to, and their Lordships adjourned.
In the House of Commons, on the motion for the second
reading of the Bankruptcy Bill,
Mr. Norwood said the bill had been In the hand, of mem-
bers only a fere days, and there had not been sufficient time
1,, learn the opinion of the country on the bill, lie asked
that further time be given before the bill be read a second
time.
Mr Jessel cunplained of the manner In which It was pro-
posed to deal nub fraudulent bankrupts, who In his opinion,
ought to be proceeded againgt in MeCortiallee with the ordinary
course i-f law. Ile twit that in almost every civilised country
except England the law prevented a man acquiring tuture
operty until he had satisfied debts contracted before his
bankruptcy The hon gentleman then at consideraole length
traced the hiitory of the Bankruptcy Laws in this country.
England stood alone at the present time in the laws affecting
hai.kruptcies, and he considered that we were no better able
to judge eh. woo the proper state if the iIIWA relaince to
bankrupts than those countries which hail gained the ex-
perience of abaut two centuries. Ile gave notice that lie
should try to strikeout the clause relating to reputed owner-
ship, and be insh.ted forcibly on the non:81V of further
changes in the mode of distaibuting the meets of deawased
Insolvents, giving some striking instances from his own pi ac-
We of the hardships anti inequalities Of the present in stem.
Mn G Gregory, who prof, used to repreieni the opinion of
the body of solicitors, approved the principle of el• lug
creditors the management • f insAvent estates, but objected
to the ore till of a special legal tribunal Ile criticised the
language of the bill as being too in respect to part-
nerships and the definition of tradeis he thought also that
pesterfacllities ought to be given for the inception of
bankruptcy.
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A general approval of the principle of the bill was ex-
pressed by Mr. Serjeant Simon, who. however, did not
approve the appointment of a Chief Ju ige both to hear
appeal. and to act ass Commissioner, and pointed ut that
there was no security against collusive petitions. Mr. Mor-
ley, tic. S. Hill, Mr. J. H. Palmer, Mr. Alderman Lusk, awl
Mr. Anderson also .poke warmly of the value of the bill,
though each suggested that on one point or other it might be
*menden in Como& tee.

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Mr Peek complained that the arrangement clauses were
Tactic, that there was nu provision for taking estates out of
bankruptcy; and that there were no repealing clauses. lie
wit so far as to suggest that the hill should he withdrawn,
and another, not so much needing amendment, hr light in.
Mr. Alderman Lawrence doubted whether the lilt would
reach fraudulent trusts, and Si, F. GAdstuld complained that
by the mode in which the Chief Judge was to he appointed
the Chancery Bar was shut

the Attori,ey-Geiteral briefly summed up the liscussion,
repl)n• to objections and laying particular stress n the
tecessity for a Chief Judge, who would be respousible for
the good working of the system lie pronii.ed to give •
rmdid consideration to every suggestion for the improve-
Let of the bill in Committee. _

The discussion en the Bill turned mainly on clause 6,
eh.ch propm.es to retain the power of the County Court
Judges to impris n for debt. Thi woe very decidedly con.
&mord by Mr. SerJeant Simon, Mr S. 11111, Mr. We t, Mr.
M'Slahon, and Mr. Mathison., who agreed that it WU the
use of improper credit hen* given to the working •q 43.11
and that it would generally be regarded as an invidious din-
ti,ction in favour of the frauculent rich against the honest
pr.. - . . . .

rttu. Candlbh, however, defended the clause, while Mr.
N . wood oNeeted in tots to the abolition .4 Imprisonment
I r debt as a toemitnn to roguery, tool protested strongly
A_ltnat.the Bill lo Its pre•ent form

the Attorney t.enetal intimated that he would not press
the clause if the general opinion in Committee were against
but in defence of it he pointed out that a debtor imuld
ed
be ininrisoned except for contracting a debt fraudulently,
or for refusing to pay when he had the means ; that the
Sentence was limited to three months, and must be pameil in
open court Tim County Court Judges, too, were of opinion
that the Courts could not lie worked without this power, and
that the labouring closers would get no credit witXout it.
After reading both Bills a second time, the douse went
bto Committee of Supply, and the remainder of the Navy
Istimates acre vdtml, viz :—£60,671 victualling yards and
tramport establiahnienta ; £54.757 medical establishments;
116 501 marine divisions ; £801,572 naval stores; £767,010
steam inschi• cry and ships bait by mintract ; £740,61ti new
• building, machinery, Ac. ; £79,300 medical Stores;
• 144 martial law; £120,650 tniacellaneous services ;
£723,111 half pay, £569.130 military pensions; £222,566
Cod Pension.; and £310; 343 conveyance of troops.
The B.ailit ay Companies' Meetings Bill was read a second
thee.

There was a deliste of some length on the Coort of Common
Pleas (County Palatine of Lancaster) Bill, which stood for
Committee, and in the end Its further proaress was postponed
tiatil the &Val of the Judicature Commission hss been
pmentet
ilome other business was disposed of, and the House

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
TI. the Hoye of Lords, April 5. the Marquis of ranricarde
Introduced a rall relating to tenare of land in Ireland, which,
be said, was identical with that he brought forward last year.
The bill was read a first t we.
The /louse went lute Committee on the Governor-General
of Indus Bill.
The Duke of Argyll explained that it hail been found
necessary o repeal the provisions of the misting 1.,w, a filch
were practically obsolete, relating to the residence of Euro-
peans in India. The clause he propose •I now to add was to
free Europeans front being cleated m vagrants.
After • few words of approval from the Earl of Ellen-
borough, the clause was agreed to, and the bill passed
through committee.
The Duke of Somerset asked whether the Foreign Office
could furnish any information respecting 'MK...liege if
washo trim and gunboats in the Island of FOrilloSe. The
noble duke °splinted that he well most happy to ex,
the London Ilimionary Society trim, any participation In the
pro,,dings that hail taken place at Porno's.. /le, hi. ever,
condemned most emphatically the hostilitiee that had
occurred, and the encroaching action of the nthiskiliarles
which had led to them.
The Earl of Clarmtdon replied that all the information
that the F. rel.:s rithce could supply was already maul the
table of the house. It was quite true that operations had
Weil place aciiiitst the Chinese at Formosa wit eh %ere per-
fectly unnecessary. The conduct of the Vice-Consul waa
highly reprehensible, and he had been superseded The
Government had deemed It right to return ('(lie Chinese Go-
vernment ii,tahriliillars, which had been asiessmi by the British
°theirs for military storm used against the Chinese. with an
expression of regret that it should hav,, bean snarled.
The noble earl sent on to consider the question of
missiontry enterprise In China, and said it was evident
that !here was a hatred of Christianity all over the empire,
Which must Lecessarily lead to collisions if the mitsionariee
bmi.ted 01 going there. It was most expellent that the
missionaries should r.elnee themselves to the treaty ports; •
fur ILOSAileeirrier reel I net KO isle tee Interior without per-
ival WO unless they were prepated to pursue • '
proems of concerti,,,, with the sword, It Was necessary that
the missionaries should attention the Ire-cut action in the
interior districts of China The noble earl concluded
by toting a telegnuu from She Rutherford Alcock, stating
that Earl Clarendn's instructions had been acted upon
by her Majesty's rerresentatives in China, and that our !
eel diens with China were never on a m•ire satisfactory
footing.
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In the House of Lords, April 11, the Redheugh Bill was read
a third time. slot passed.
The Ear of Kimberley brought up the report of amend- 4
ments to the Hal•itinal Criminals Bill, and explained the effect
at some verbal alterations which were agreed to.
Lord Romilly objected to the clause which enabled a per.
en who has been take convicted to be taken up on mere
Suspicion, and kept in prison (Id. twelve months without any 4
Charge proved against him. All that would be necessary to
Imprison a man sv•uld be for a constable to take him before
'magistrate, and say he suspected hint f getting his liveli-
had by dishonest means. The opinion of the country would
not endure this tenth clauxe. To place this arbitrary power
In the hands of the atithoritiol, would enable a policeman
having spite widest any man who had been twice convicted
•
to imprison without his being guilty of any offence.
The Earl of Kimberley said he could not consent to the
eritgestioris eel the noble lord, as it struck at the root of the
bill. and he thought the danger apprehended would be ob-
viated by rendering it necessary that the constables should
have the authority of the chief constable to arrest any sus-
pected person.
The discuosion of the clause was continued by Lord,
Cairns, salisbury, and Grey, and finale an aniembenect
Proposed by Lord Cairns was acne by Lord Kimberley.
Coneiderahle discussion arose slot on the provisions
respecting publiebionies and beerhousea Ire mented by
su-pected persons, or suspected of being receiving-houses
for stolen goods. Lord Grey was in favour of yet greater •
stringency, which, however, LOTII Salisbury deprecated as
input to innocent proprietors. Lord Harrowby, the Doke of
(leveland, and Lord Komilly, who earnestly warned the
House against adopting hastily a sew principle of law, took
tart in the discwasion. Lord Kimberley doubted the work-
In.! of Lord Grey's proposed amendment. lie defended the
amended clause as framed by himself.
The report was then agreed to, and their Lordships
adjourned.
In the House of Commons, Captain Archdall 11 P. for
Fermanagh county) gave notice that ore the third reading of
the bill tor the disestablishment and disendowment of the
Irish Church, he should move that the bill he extended to the
Established Churches at Eriglanel and Scotland.
Mr Robert Fowler indeed the Chief Secretary for Ireland
•hether it was true, as reported in The Times and other
newspaper., that at guard mounting in the Castle-yard,
bethlin, on SA Patrick s Bay, the populace "Indulged in
revelry of a dangerous form, and afterwards expressed their
hatred of Englanel by groaning and hissing the National
Anthem, in the presence of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland "
Mr. I'4:heater Fortescue expressed his sorrow that
the question had been put to him, because it tendril to
live something like importance to circumstances of the
non trivial character. From a report received from the
Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police of Dublin,
It aPPeared • hat on the occasion of relieving guard
the revelry Indulged in • as similar to what it had
leen on former occasions. The Castle-yard was
crowded to excess, and tits Excellency the Lord Lieutenant
a" the Countess Spencer were enthusiastically received.
A few roughs got up a dance, but after that was over the
woad broke up and went peaceably to their homes. There
tem a certain amount of his-ing when the National Anthem
was played, but it was not greater than In former years. Ile
was lorry to say that it had always been a bail and offensive
habit on the part of some of the lowest of the populace of
linhlin to express disapprobation when the National Anthem
was played.
Sir Graves coPed attentio• to the rates of Inland Postage
oti printed neatter, and moved a resolution affiri ii i tt g the e 'c-
lean., of reducing them to one halfpenny for two ounce.,
Loth on minted flatter and newspapers. In support of his
lfolvantion r. Graves went deeply into home and foreign
stairtics to show that printed circulars and newapspers can
le profitably coterie.' at e'en lower rates than he proposed,
alum hen dilated earnestly on the commer,lal educat octal, and
mod advantages to be dei ived from tacit Wing the circula-
r,"l period MAL Inill 1,11 the stimulus which we old be given
•lis manufacture I.t paper.
The neat. was ...tided icy Mr. Nfunele Ila, who mentioNed
that orcula a could be carried more amply from Hely to
the Itighlande lean /TOM One part of L nein) to the • thee;
lied hr Mr. Maine, a ho a only quarrel with the moron was
that 11 ,11,1 not go tar, enough.
The Ma gins of Hartington reminded the Horne of what
Mr Graves hal forborne tostate—that the motion dealt With
a revenue let more tran MO 00 e a year, of which half would
bet crificed, in the first year at It-eel The pre inset there-
fore, moat be looked on from a fiscal point of view, ond
iniot he dealt Wall an a port el the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer's general are angements for the year, slid not
bP such a mot' n an tick. The Marrieds profess° I
himself not uneovourable to the object of 1 he motion.
be pointed out some portico! difficulti• • in the
Way, and di:milted whether the Post Office could carry twice
to many papers anl parcen neat preeert without Intel tering
with the punctuality and rapidity of the convey once if letters
and without • great disturbance of present arrangements.
The Post Office, however, required time to consider the
neater, and he therefore coked Mr Grave, not to press
hiC motion, promising that benre the beginning of toe
n%ni: llle,eici ii 'lea. • tees eject aleoulel be Gely iormir.ll into
V.@ Ai to ii ihi, I offered o
lilt,, ha 1111,1111),A a trusty, that It ste.u.ti met be earned lL

tom' iii the optutua ot the litiverumeut ctreumstanthe per-
mitted

The Chancellor of the Exehequer met this by mosing the
previous question, and urged the Importance of giving the
Volt Office time to consider so important a change in their
husine•s, and the inexpediency of committing the ilown to
an abstract otnnion with.ut having weighed all the eon.
siderations bearing on the .change
. .

Mr Buxton. as • friend to the reduction, supported Mr.
Lowe's suggestion, while Mr. kirodrlck characterised the
opposition as • mere revival of the old arguments against
the penny post.
Mr Gladetone, for the benefit of the new members, ex-
plained the meaning of the previous question, and impressed
on them that by voting for it they were not opposing the
moti. ii, but merely giving the Government the necearary
time for considering the subject
On • division the previous question was carried by 229 to
62. so that Mr. Grave's motion was not put.
The report of last year's Select Committee on the House of
Commons' arrangements was brought under the notlce of
the House by its chairman, Mr. Ileadlain. who drew an
amusPia picture of the insufficiencies of the present Chamber
and the devices to which members resorted for priori g
Seats 011 all important occasion. In a auccient narrative of
the hist, my of the Committee he examined the various plans
submitted to it, concluding decidedly for Mr. Barry's pre-
posal to build a new House on the space occupied by the
Dining. room and the Commons' Court. This could in dime
for £120,000, and would give acconanodatt .n ter Nin members
inste.sil of jug over 300 The present ('bomber would lie re-
stir ed to its original condition, and would be used as a lobby
or anteroom. lie ended with • resolution committing the
House to a substantial agreement with the report ..f the con,
niittee, and recomnieuiling it to the consideration of the
Govern nient.

Mr.' t.t; .......... Lord J. Manners, and Mr. Beresford Hope
pined in condemning as utterly futile any attempt to tinker
up the present House anti In praising Mr. Barry. plan, but
Lord J Manners thought that ally alterations should be
something more than a inere departmental affair, and should
be curried on in concert with the Lords Mr. 'rite also took
the came view, and gave • kilnt at profemlonal opt .. i.. n
the present House could not be advatitait.msly altered, sod
that there was fin rea*m for supposing that Mr. Misery's esti-
mate need be minded!
Colonel Frencu. on the other hand, as chairman of the
Refreshment Committee, ohjerted strongly to the retnov..l
of the Dining-room to the ground-floor, which would Ie
necessary if Mr. Barry's plan were accepted. and urged Vor
Government not to pledge itself to an expenditure whic.i,
Judging from former experience, could not be leas tutu
Z 600,0,0.

Lord Bury was not satisfied that sufficient accommodation
could not be obtained within the present House, without an
expenditure of which no one could foresee the end It was
the duty, however, of the Government to decide • matter
not yet sufficiently matured for the House to pronounce on,
and he moved to omit from the resdution the words com-
mitting the Howie to an approval of Mr. Barry's plan.
Mr. Hunt took a still more decided line in opposition to
the motion, avowing that he MA, not dissatisfied with the
present Ileum, which accommodated all the members who
usually attended on ordinary oecimions, and possessed solrair-
able acoustic qualities. Whatever alteration was necessary
might be obtained by "tinkering." At any rote nothing
ought to be done until there had been some further ex-
perience of the attendance of the new Parliament.
Lord Elcho traced many of the Inconveniences complained
of to the disoiderly habit which hod recently sprung up of
members retaining seats before prayers, by huts and, what
he called, •• devotional doeskins." But the difficulty at pre.
sent experienced in getting seats was abnormal, and like %Ir.
Hunt, he thought that to slew building ought to be COM•
nienced until further experiments had been tried on the
present House
Mr V Harcourt supported the motion : but
Mr. Hodson was of opinion that the House might go fur-
ther and fare wore, than in its present abode, in which,
whatever its defects, everybody could see and hear and
breathe fresh air. He dwelt, too, on the incongruity if a
Parliament elected on economical prineiples committiog it-
self almoit by its first act to an unlimited expenditure on
the improvement of its own chamber, or "club," as it had
been Called.

Mr Lunnt denied that this was a question for the Gov-
ernment rather than for the Howe. Speaking for himself,
he held that eoher the present House moist he left as it now
stood or a new House must be built n the site indicated.
lie believed that the present inconveniences must go On in-
creasing, anal sooner or later Mr. Harry's plan would be
adopted.
Mr. Walter agreed with those who thought the present
House unworthy of the country, and that no use ul
Went c, mid be attempted within those four wail, The in-
sufficiency of the present House would become noire marked
tech ye .r if the perceptible tendency of members to attend
to business went mi increasing.
Mr. Gladstone emphatically asserted that this wan a matter
on which the Government ought to be guided by the House.
But it wit. • matter on which the House could not at
present express an opinion; far the 240 new members
ought to be allowed the benefit of some experience
before deciding. Ott the point of the growing disposi-
tion of menmers to attend more assiduously on which
Mr. Walter and other members had remarked, Mr. Glad-
stone said there was a similar phenomenon in the first
Session of the first Reform Bill but it ilia not continue long.
In the present impossibility of coming to • decided opinion,
he asked Mr, ileadlam to withdraw his motion, and it was
accordingly withdrawn.
Mr. Sheridan moved his annual resolution for the reduc-
tion of the Fire Insurance Duty with scarcely any other pre-
face but that his de ire was, not to disturb this year's nun.
cial arrangements. but to commit the House to an opinion
for next year. The Chancellor ef the Exchrquer, however.
hen that it would be a breach of duty to express an mita m
either one way or the other within 45 hours of the Budget,
and urged Mr Sheridan not to divide the ILRse. Mr. She-
ridan seemed determined to persevere, wheridipon Me. Glad-
stone moved the adjournment of the debate for a week,
which wan agreed to.
The other business wan disposed of, and the House ad-
jounied.
In the House of Commons, April 7, Mr. Kavanagh asked
the Chief Secret-try for Ireland whether he would object to
have the provisions of the hill to Amend the Law for Licensing
Beerliouses extended to Ireland.

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Mr Chiche, ter Fortescue said he had examined the bill
now before the Hou.e with a view to a.certain whether its
provisions could he extended to Ireland, but he thought
It somewhat premature at present, before the bill had pit,sed
through c“nintittee, to state whether it would be better
to make the bill applicable to, or to legislate separately for
Ireland

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Mr. 11 Mahon moved the second reading of the Poor Law
. Ireland) Amendment hill, awl in 11011111 to the lion gentle-
man said it was alinbst sinner to a bill introdu..l to th-.
II ti se. Pee. The chief object of the hill was to extend the
area of taxation for rating to the roll f of the p or,
aunt thus relieve the towns from the burden of main-
taining the p. 'or dri en into them by eviction from
the rural tlistri.-ts. awl he piloted out that he
rates In towns were being constantly increas. d by evl. thins,
which had the effect of driving the poor irom the ritral di-•
teas into the towns whit., were compered to supp .r* them.
The result was that in the case of New Ilo•s the town rates
were as blob as es. 3.1 in the pound, while those in the
country districts ranged fr.-in Is to On contended, thee-
fore, that thei e si est b. 1.,' 111 11,1111illthe old law if
and settlenieut as it prevailed in England, or a system of
union rating.
Mr. thrum n strongly opposed the bill, and moved that it be
tread a second time that tiny six months Ile objected to the
bill on the gromal that the If use was tout in pos-ession of
sufficient information upon which to legislate; that the sob-
ject was one if to,, great importance to be undertaken by an
unoiliciel simpler, and that the moment elamen tor legislation
was union urable. Ile admitted that the present sysiem was
unequal, and that In some eases It operated Mustily, but the
grievances ought to Ise remedied by the Government.
Mr. Knight seconded the amendment, and urged that
union rating in England had proved a complete failure.
owing to the absence of that system id supervision which
prevailed its parishes where every rat, payer had a direct
personal in.rest in keeping down local burdens.
Mr Kavanagh urged that Ireland si ~,,, Itl be plied in
respect to its poor laws itpon the same footing as England.
lie sant it WM a mistake to suppose that the two countries
were not analagons, and to claim for Ireland exceptional
leglalation as in the case of the land anti the Irish Church. Ile
supported the amendment, contending that it was impound°
to deal with an isolated mention of this nature without
considering the much lat ger subject for poor law charge-
ability.
Mr C Fortescue admitted the esistenc• of great Wept-
arnica its various ele, teal diviAtins iii Ireland, and th dight
that further inft.rm.dion was desirahle. He should theretoee
suppott the second reading of the Lill with the view of refer-
ring it subsequently bi a select committee.
Mr thlWllilig denied the necessity ot further inquiry, the
effect of whreli mould be merely to shelve the question for
another session. . . . .

sas e•
Mr. °seamy tPought the whole subject should ho deferred
until next se-sill, as the Home had quite ci ugh to do In
the present Parliament to settle the que.tion of the Irish
Church . •

Sir M. 'licks Reach sald be eras not prepared to support
the second readier of the hill.
After a few observations from Mr Maguire,
"

Lord Claude J. llandlton spoke until a quarter to six,
when, in accordance with the rules of the !louse, the dehate
closed, and the Rouse adjourned.