The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-03-04 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

MOWDAT.—There was a somewhat refreshing same in
the House on Monday :night. At half-past 4 o'clock
Lord Pshuarston rue to call the attention of
oar senators to a matter which deeply affected the
privilges of debate*, and that turned out to be the
transmission of a hostile message to the Secretary et
State for Ireland. by the redoubtable representative of
Tipperary the O'Doirouchne. In the debate on the con-
dition of Ireland on Friday night, Sir R. Peel declared
that no respectable person had responded to the appeal
made at that famous meeting at the Rotunda over s bleb
the O'Donoghne presided, and which, it will be remeup
bored, wet him his eommiesion of the peace—to the
Irish to be traitors to England ; and the O'Donoghae,
after baring thought the matter over, same to the
conclusion that the remark was offensive to himself and
that it demanded explanation or expiation.—Lord
Palmetston, that man of peace, having learned thet •
hostile niessage would in all probability be sent to Sir
Robert Peel, addressed a letter to the letter' explaining
that the sending of such a mission would be s. breech ol
the privileges of the lispixiss,, and that its acceptance
would be equally 'en. The O'Donoghtus had not
challenged the offensive words at the time, and
according to the rules of the House he could not do so
beyond WI walls. The aballeage was Dent. Si, Robert
was asked to name • friend, and Lord Palmerston told
the hon. bisronot to name himself; not that the
tremier intended to arrange for a hostile meeting—far
fK.m it—his object being, of *purse, to bind over both
belligerents, by the rules of the House, to keep the penes.
The matter—which afforded admirable sport, apparently,
to the representatives of the people—after an explanetion
by Major Gavin, the freind of the O'Donoghne, and an
apology to the House by the latter, in the making of
which he eontrived to tell Sir Robert Peel a bit of his
ntinCillarlii dropped. The Home afterwards beeame •
committee of supply, and Lord C. Paget was subjected
to • round of questions on naval subjects and the naval
estimates.
Toranse.--Tlre business was of a miscellaneous
character, possessing of but little public Interest. Mr.
Denby Seymour entered into a lengthened review of the
provisos of legislation in ecclesiastical matters, In the
course of which he stated that the statutes relating to
ecoleaisatical sffain, excluding purely religious and
eleemosynary questions, amounted to no left than
2,254. Many of them were obeolete, and a most
distinguished commiseion had reported that they amid
be reduced to 170. fie therefore urged that the
Government ought to deal with them, and moved
"That it is expedient that the ecclesiastical statutes
be revised, with • view to their eonsolidation."—The
ISolicitor-General admitted the importance of the
subject, but as eoelesiasticial legislation was so intimately
and minutely mixed up with thriost every other statute,
he was of opinion that it was not desirabfir to deal with
the subje^t by abstract resolution. The Government
hoped shortly to deal with the Ecclesiastical Courts and
Ecclesiastical Law, but it could not pretend to enter
upon the wide field suggested by the hon. member. Sir
G. Grey ebteined leave to bring in a bill to mend the
Acts relating to the expenses of witnesses in pries.
cations. . .

Wiiifinnar.—Three imbjecle of nubile importance
were dismissed during the brief sitting of the Hones,
the Whipping. the Conveyanee of Voters, and the
Qualification for Offices Ein,. The object of the font Le
to deprive local authoritee of the power of indicting
punishment for acts of insndination in gaol,
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the anhject tight with*, and if left in his hands he (the
Hnoie Secretary) would not neglect it. A great deal
was said condemnatory of the practice of flogging, Mr.
Hadfield especiallt remarking that this kind ef punish.
meta was ineonaistent with an age in which W 3 had
330,000 Sunday School teachers, teaching 3,000,000
children, Sir B. Leighton, who in addition to being an
I. • V.J. or Visiting Justice, anxious to vindicate
the humanity of his order, stated a curious fact in order
I to disabuse the public mind with reference to the state.
merits that had been made by the promoters of the hill.
It had been declared that a boy had been whipped for
having stolen an orange. Nothing of the kind, said the
apologiet for whipping, he was flogged for "hi. previous
bad character." If Sir B. Leighton intended by this
, interesting anecdote to showjliftt the 'letting justices
might be safely intrusted with the custody of the " oat"
the illustration was exttemely unfortunate. If the boy
wark.indicted for stealing an orange he ought to have
been punished for stealing an orange, and not for faults
he had previously committed, which, although they
may have been sufficient to constitute " • bad
character," were not legally before his judges. The
bill was ultimately withdrawn. The Con veyanee,of
Voters Bill was lost by a majority of thirty, and Mr.
Hadfield's qualification for Offices Bill was read a third
time by • majority of thirteen.
TtlUnaDar.—The new members for Gloucester took
their seats. Sir George Lewis introduced • bill for
authorising the issue of commissions to officers in
the army without the Royal sign manual. The object
of the measure is to relieve Her biajevty from the
discharge of a formality which has become specially
laborious and irksome.
FRIDAY :—The business before the Honse was of •
miscellaneous chatnettr, consisting chiefly in asking
questions and offering explanations. The Speaker an-
nounced that he had received a petition againat the
return of Mr. Cliapinan, the new Conservative member
for Great Grimsby. Lord Palmerston stated that
Government had no objection to the Revised Code of
the Minutes of Council of Education being considered
in Coutimittee of the whole House. Mr. Hennessy com-
plained that all candidates for sub-inspectors of schools
in Ireland, unless they belonged to one religion, were
excluded, and expressed his belief that all sectarian
distinctions should be abolished. Sir It. Peel said the
system had always been adopted, and it worked well.
In reply to Mr. H. Berkeley, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer said if the Galway contract was to be re.
mimed, the noble lord at the head of the Government
would announce the fast to the House at a fitting
period.

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