The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-01-31 00:00:00

THURSDAY.

Mr. Boom!, moved for leave to bring M a Bill to
amend the laws relating to Petitions of Right, to sim-
plify the prooeedings, and to make provision for the
coats. He briefly explained the nature and forms of the
proceeding under a Petition of Right, which he charac-
terised as antiquated and obsolete, while the attendant
costs operated as a positive injustice.
Sir G. Lewis offered no opposition, and the motion
was agreed to.
In • Committee of the whole House,
Mr. DILLMTN moved for and obtained leave to bring
in • Bill to amend the law respecting endowed
schools.
Mr. E. P. Bouvggie moved a resolution that, when-
ever this Hours meets for business upon Friday, it
shall at its rising adjourn to the following Monday,
unless this House shall otherwise order. He adverted
to the enormous amount of business which the House
bad now to dispose of every session, and to the time
occupied in discussions raised on Fridays upon the
question of adjournment until Monday, by what be
considered to be an abuse, and • mmlem abuse, of the
power of speaking (the subjects having nothing to .lo
with the question of adjournment), and a fraud upon
those members who had respect for the forms of the
House.
Mr. Muses opposed the motion. He reminded Mr.
Bouverie, whose speech, he thought, teemed with
odicial pedantry, that the practice which he denounced
had grown up solely through the abolition of the old
constitutional custom of speaking on petitions. The
restriction would in his opinion, create great discontent,
and provoke motions for adjournment every night.
The motion was likewise opposed by Mr. JAMES,
LOrd C. HAMILTON, and Mr. W•Lree, and supported
by Mr. Drente.
Mr. DISRAELI was disposed to trust to the good sense
of the House rather than to adopt the resolution pro-
posed, and he suggested that there should be • general
and honourable understanding on both sides of the House
that no question should be raised for discussion in the
manner referred to unless it was of • pressing character.
Sir G. LEWIS concurred with Mr. Disraeli. At the
same tisue he thought it well worthy of consideration
whether some improvements might not be made in the
employment and distribution of the time of the House.
Lord PALMERBTOS likewise opposed the motion,
recommending, however, that the privilege in juestion
should be exercised with discretion and forbearance.
After some further discussion, the motion was nega-
tived by le6 to 48.
Mr. Commis moved a resolution, that in all eases
where the seat of any member has been declared void by
an Election Committee on the ground of bribery, no
motion for the issuing of • new writ shall be made with-
out two days' previous notice in the Votes.
The motion was agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. HADFIELD, leave was given to
bring in a Bill to render it unnecessary to make and
subscribe certain declarations as • qualification for offices
and employments.
Sir G. Lewis moved • resolution, that no motion for
the issuiog of any new writ for the city of Gloucester, or the
borough of Wakefield, be made without seven days' pre-
vious notice in the Votes, which, after a short discussion
with reference chiefly to the power of the House to deal
with parties guilty of offering as well as receiving bribes,
was agreed to.
In the course of the discusvion Sir G. Lewis stated
that the report of the ownmesioners on the Gloucester
election condemned in very strong terms certain provi-
sions in the.- Corrupt Practices Act, and the Govern-
ment had under consideration • measure for amending
that Act and the procedure for the trial of eleution
petitions.
On a motion for going into a committee on the Con-
solidated Fund,
Sir H. WILLOUGHBT complained of the want of miff..
Mont notice and explanation of the resolution intended
to be proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
he naked for delay,
Mr. HANIEZT, Mr. RICARDO, and Mr. W. WILLIAMS
interposed objections, but ultimately the House went
into committee.
The CHANCELLOR of the EICHIQUER moved the fol-
lowing resolution :
That it is expedient to create • charge upon the
Consolidated Fund in respect of the sums due to saving'.
bank' and friendly societies, and to provide for the pay-
ment of interest thereon to the Commissioners for this
Reduction of the National Debt; and also to make
primision for any difference between the emits in the
bands of the Commissioners in respect of savings-banks

and friendly societies and the liabilities thereon; aad
also to authorise the cancelling of inch =mita of filo
several capital stocks of annintiee held by the Commis-
sioners for savings-banks aryl friendly societies as may
appear to the Couimissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
to he expedient, and for the creation of like amonnto
capital stock bearing a lower rate of interest than
capital stocks so cancelled."
Deferring • full explanation of the measure intended to
be founded upon the resolutions until the Bill wee io.
troduced, be stated its general objects, the principal
being to limit the power now held by the Chancellor of
the &chequer over the monies of the savinp-banks
and friendly societies, and to bring the whole of tho
transactions regularly and periodically under the can.
aideration of Parliament. . . _

Mr. H. H regretted that the Chancellor of the
Exchequer had not snnounced his intention of grappling
with the whole subject of savinge•buiks.
Mr. A r aros professed to have obtained but an
obscure idea of the proposed measuie from the enplane.
tion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and especially
of the relation of the savings-beaks to the Gomm:seat,
and how the funds of the banks were in future to be

managed.
Sir S. NOITACOTI suggested that the most convenient
course was to defer the discussion until they saw the
Bill.

Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said that, like Mr. Ayrton,
was not a bit the wiser for the Chancellor of the
Exchequer's explanation. He believed that the change
would be resisted by the airings-banks, the fonds of
which ought to be treated as • bov.a Ada trust.
Sir F. BARING observed that members were not coro•
witted at all by the resolution, which was rendered
necessary by the forms of the Houle. The power of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer over these funds was
large, and he desired to see it limited, though it had
been financially well exercised.
After a few words from Mr. BARROW,
Mr. RICARDO observed that if any control whatever
were left to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the same
mischief which had occurred would occur again.
After a few remarks from Colonel STULL sad a
reply by the CHANCIELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the
resolution was agreed to, and a Hill was ordered to be
brought in.
The House, after some further business, adjourned at
10 minutes to 9 o'clock.