The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-07-19 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MONDse.—Mr. Lefevre gave 'intim of his intention,
on an curly dey, to cell the atiention of the Govern-
ment to the proceedings of Convocation, and inquire..
to the legality of the proceedings of that body. Mr.
Dillwyn, in roily to • question by Sir F. El-mgate, mid
that it wais not bin intention to prom. d with his
motion reepecting the troll Church during the preoent
session, but he intimated that he woad renew it et an
early period in the next. The Attention' General for
Ireland, in reply to Mr. Monsell. said he had prepared
• Bill for the transfer of land in Ireland, hut should
not he able to introduce it this week es his lyesence was
remand in Ireland. The right hon. gentleman intl.
mated, in reply to another question, that it *as his
intention to withdraw the Court of Chancery (Ireland
13,11, on accost of the bate period of he amnion. Mr.
Ferreted then railed the attention of the House to tiss
promedoes which have hen ado, ted by waterworks
companies to obtain the @auction a Parliament to their
schemes, the mean. seed to procure supplies, the eff
upon the local ties from ert 1,6 they are token, and.to
the greet 'huger to which the lives of the people
reusing in the •ieinity .1 their store reservoirs are ohi•
tieuelly expo.d. BrO. Grey raid it would he yulte
impusible for the G yiernment to us, ertake the
responsibility of a gee. r .1 in., fiction of the reservoirs
throughout the country. With regard to any flame
water Bills, he thought the committees to which thee
were referred thould ineist upon the ino rice of
strinrnt clauses for the security of the public. Lord
Psinierstoo, in reply to • question by Mr. D. Griffith,
se to the meaning of an excreted a used by iiie tortillas'
relative to the course which might he adopted in the event
0/ cede,. um ingeneies arising in Denmark, ea, d that the
best answer lie could give WAS that, so far as her Majesty's
Government en is informed, they had reason to believe
that there w•• no intention tit ett•cking CoPenhaittlf.
Sir W. Joni& moeed, that in the opinion of this
House, the great but uorequited !services rendered by
Sir F Head, when governor of Upper Canada in the
yore 1857 end 1858, coil for the favour Ole considera-
tion of her Maje tie, Government. Mr. Cardwell fully
od,iricre I the distinguished services of Sir F. Used, and
stated that his case, in enns with that of other
colonial governors who lied memorialiod the Treasury.
we ender the consideration of the Government, and
t' at at an early period :esteem-ion he proposed to teaks
• conimuoiration to the Home ou the subject. The
motion leo then withdrawn, and the House 60011 after
WO. into eonimittes of supply.
TUICEIDAT. —The Highway. Act Amendment Bill wag
recommitted, and the annoys agreed to. Lord Palmer-
ston etatsd in reply to Mr. Hardt:meths, that the conduct
of the Brazilian Government, *Ph regard to the slave
trade, had been invariably mroked by a violation and
no of their treaty eog,gem nts ; and that their
(coded towards the emene,pados had been equally
flagrant. All the efforts which Her Majesty'. Minutiae,
had made to obtain justice for them poor creatures had
failed. Mr. Bright moved the adiournment of the
Home for the purpose of observing that it was the
opinion of the Late Lord Aberdeen, who passed the
Brazilian Slave Act, that it ought lobe reputed, and
that the circumstances under which that noble lord
thought it was justified had entirely passed sway. He
reconitueoded, then fore, that this obstinate soherenee
I.' what was origindly a d-lencelem mea.ore—tor
•coording to the optoion of Lord Truro it wag a a
ii,,, of every international law —ehoold be 'abandoned.
After whet hat taken (dace recently, when the Howie,
•i h a tla•onsity ,hgt wee &LIMO unpr. ceo tel. eon'
denied the irrita• ng and offensive pe icy of the Foreign
Office, the nobte lord mobs kat., 1.-sin' sem. thing and
would do well to come down and propose the abo'ition
I of an act so ill to defend 1.11 nit was cooed, which had
, no reference to the existing Aide of allure, and which
wa. mot ,ia to pr-duos bickering,. and unpleaoint eels-
I ton. between this country and BruiL Mr. Fitsgerald
I eels/peel his concurrence in the view- of Mr. Bright on
this subject. Lord Pelanerston said that the &Sr lian
Ant of Lord Aberdeen Wa, an elect counterpart of the
measure which he had got pared with reepect to Portu-
gal ; and he was convinced that, if it were repeal d,
tue Brazilian slave trade would be revived with all it.
former honors. The Brazilians had nothing to ooin•
plain of in the operetta of that Act, though no doubt
it was • thorn in their side. All he could say teu, that
he attached so much importance to carrying out our
treaty engagements to put an end to the slave Mode.
tot..' much ari he ',slued the good will and friendship
of the Breads, yet, tis between the revival of the ass*
trade and the friendship of Beata, he would sacrifice
the fri-ndship of that country for the purpose of sup-
preoing the slave trade. Mr. Griffith rem engaged in
moving thac the oractice of appointing a peer and privy
eouncillor exclusively to the office of postmaster-general
is one which is not directed or requited by law, and
does not particularly conduce to the convenience of the
di tributrun of mniisterial appo,stmente, or to the
efficiency of the public servioe, when the House was
counted out at • quieter put seven o'ciloat.
irgoszenae.—At the afternoon sitting the orders
.1 the day for the second reading of the Superior
Courts of COOMOO Law Bill, and for the com-
mittal of the Court of Quo-n'. Bench (Ireland) Bill, and
of the Married Woman* Acknowledgments Bill, were
di charged. Mr. Bouve•ris. in moving the second
reading of the Uniformity Act Amenitsieut 8i,1,•
oil erred that the Bill rga very brief and simple in its
provision% its puiposs being to repeal roman portions
f the Act of Uniformity which required assent aud @ob-
oe
pilots on tit. part of those who aspirei to hold
64tuerships in the universities. By an Act pseud in
1858 it was provided that. as regarded all degrees, en•
meting these of a theoloactal cherecter, no declaration
should be requiod. The exaction of this condition was
not made at all the colleges at Cambridge. Trinity, and
.111010 other colleges being excepted, tie only con.dition
there kid &men -twine that a candidata should declare
hininelf • member of the Church of England. Ha ached
i.e House to repeal this provision, besmo. it 'runniest
to the large and infinential body of Protestant Noncon.
iorntists, and because it was injurious to the univereities
es
well as to the Church of England. Mr. Walpole
mowed that the Bill be read • sound time that day
three months. The result of the adoption of this
"assure would be to draw away from secular edema,.
-hat foundation of religions instruction upon which the
'adulation of the country stood, and upon which the
e notry Area determined to stand. The allegations of
injustice to Noeconforinists were effectually removed
site, the University of London was estobltsliel, end
shot measure was distiactly supported on the ground
'lit the grievous§ of the dissenters would thereby be
removed. Ti.. Universities Act had taken away the
lest grievant* which the dissenters maid fairly cialin to
have removed. The whole quemion turned upon whether
they were to have an Established Church at all. The
House ought not to interfere with clue
which were intended to be specially connected with the
Chursh et England. The disseeters had no more right
to interfere in the gouroment of those eolleges than
the churchmen had a right to beams managers in dis-
eurting colleges. Upon • division the Bill was rejected
by a mai,,,ty of 54, there being for the second
'aiding 101, spinet it 157 Fir W. Hesthocite moved
the second ?lading of the Scottish Epineopu Clergy
Disabilities Removal Bill. The 1110 a. baronet
contended the* the putout state of the law was
quite anomalous, and he trusted that the Hones
would amen' to this Bill, the provisions of which
oed been carstalpotuidered and rifted by an important
committee of the Hopes of Lords. The real objection
to the Bill was founded on an a that then waa
a Sottish Communion Offlos which Popish in its
tendency, but that the supposition was quite • false
eon, and he hoped the Hones would at OOP remove the
*IA lw ultinll DOW aimed. Kr. 11:1aaaird moved,
ivy nor 4 sosailmalek liotigiohisout li NW Oda'

mltee to inquire bow fir ant prit Baps which may be
conferrei upon the clergy of the Erscopal tliorch in
Scotland troutd lilted. re with the Tr. sty .4 Un on be-
t... n Eng'and and flatland, end into the expediency
•., rentoina". at the asap. tin..., from the ininittcri ..1
be B otol d Choro of Scottod the dianbiltie.
'mt.. scd on ti•ent by the 13t1. and 14th C..sole. II , ei
nfir dean-Won the ..m-ndm. nt was •ithdrawn,
nil (I.- 14 'I w. read • second tone. Bever.' balm wets
l I
in .01 driern. •,,d other• forwarded a stage, end the
Flou e adjourned at sit del ck.
TIKIIIIDAT.—Sir N. H. Beach tank bin seat for Bid
Gloucesierslwe in the roma of Sir C. Otdrington,
tee °ed. On the motion it Colowl P•tten a select
C mmittee wa• awn:Anted to revise the at iodine orders.
will, initrnetioni tt atwitter the elprdiency of ronst;-
•utit g • committee of teferee• (one .4 them to be an
enci eer), under the authmit• Vie Howe, for the
nor.. mee'y econond 41 d clan f ccrtain qty.-lions .4
'a t commonly arisiny in the proceedinr upon private
Bills. In reply to Mr. Otchrsr.e. Mr. 0 lam di &in. el
to give • promse thst he would bring in Any triestire
nctl ee•sLot for mak ng it ednivls enr on railway Cm-
.co m, .0 wtahliph -num inodo or communication between
guards and ps•eencers in renal,. truing. In .5, lying to
.fl inntlin of Mr M. If .tquh.r, Mr. Cardwell stited
that dispatch.' had resched .he Col .nial Oflice relative
to the late repel, of the tn•ops at T..umerra.
In New Z alant by the Illaor.e.s. That renal,e wee
atttiboted by General C•meton to the en. (04one:treated
by the intri•-aw nature '4th. interior fcnc. • of the
• pall, end the endden 4.11 of to many officers under the
kl•ori fire. It also appeared that the natives. availing
themselves of the dwitn. a. escaped during the night.
The ',pent wonl.l be plea d in the Min& of memhers
eth ai little d• lay ai twasitile, On II- cortsr for read-
ing th New Z shind Guarantee Loin 8.11 • second
tim.• Mr. A. klills word as an amendtinnt that the
B II b • read a second time that day three months, which
led to a long dcbite.
FkIDAY.—The Dterace Prevention Bill was
disowned for a ooneid. r•ble t•me on the motion for
going into committee, and was eventually withdrawn
by the Government. The House then went into coop
mitt., on the Impluventeot nf Land Act (1864) Bill, and
haying advanwd to the 75th douse the clwirman was
orderai to r•pott progress. On the resumption of
Lu•.ness In thc evening. Lord Palmerston stated, in
reply t. Mr. Osborne. that there was no pres. at inten-
tion to ap..oint i o 'noel at Rio, and that Mr. Morgan,
Or consol at Billie, would. ad megrim, transact the
°Goatee, busin•-• there. He also mid that the Govern-
ment did not intend proposing the repeal of the Aber-
deen Act of 1854 relative to the Brazilian slave
trwla On the order for going into arumittar
of attPcif • conversation of a brief and desultory
chowder was rained by Mr. &Milo Cochrane, respecting
the conditions opon which the lonian I•lands have
been annezed to Greece, and the convention between
Her Maje ty and the King of the Rellenes with regtrd
to the claims of Britith subjects and others. Mr.
lAyard stated tl.st be hoped the Greek Government
would do justice to the pensioners ; and as to the
bondholders he trusted al.o that some utisfactory
smniement would be entered into with them; bat he
did not think Her Msje•ty's Government was bound kJ
interfere heatreen the Government of Grieco and its
nrivete creditors. Seven!. thee subjects on the motion
1.. r apply having been dammed, the House went into
CoMtnyt..e of supply, and proceeded with the considers-
ton of the remaining civil service esti...ales.