The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-02-12 00:00:00

Imperial farlianunt.

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

The fifth session of the tenth Panamint of Queen
Victoria was opened on Tuesday ahem, in by ttoysl
Commission In the House of Lords at two o'clock,
when the Lord Chancellor read the queen'. Speech.
Thie forme' bneinea being over, the Lord. separated,
to resume their sitting at half-pant four. The Address
was Nosed to without • division, and the Duke of
Rchmund laid on the table a Bill for dealing with the
Cattle Diseaae, and, after some formal bagasse, the
House adjourned.
In the House of Comm in., the first business of the
Speaker on taking the chair was to communicate
particulars of writs issued during the recess Mr.
Bra 'laugh arise ho time to hear this announcement.
lie took his mat in hie usual place under the gallery,
W 1..,, severs: mentors soook hands with him.
There were many new members to take their seats,
and it was twenty minutes to five before the Speaker
found opportunity to read the Sanlocal orders. Then
begat' Die process of giving notion of new Bills, an
undertaking the portentousness of which was heralded
by the disclosure of a box overflowing with notice
pepers Mr. Gladstone come lira with a notice of the
Franchise Bill. He also gave notice of a motion for
the revival of Grand Committees. Mr. Chamberlain
gave ootioe of his Bill for the greater security of life
and property at sea; Sir Charles Dille of one to
extend the hours of polling In Parliamentary
boroughs; Sir Henry James and Mr. Cross followed
wi.o Bill, relating to their departments", But Sir
Harcourt, who was present, made n i don,
aid the Government ef London Bill was not men-
tioned. Then followed • long list of notices of motion,
which numbered over a hundred and twenty.
Tail list of motions occupied forty-five minutes,
that which the Speaker, " for greater socuracy,"
read the Queen'. Speech, which was in everybody'.
heads, and Mr. Arthur hilliot, who had been seated
near Mr. Samuel Smith, both arrayed in Court dress,
rose to move the Addend in reply to the Speech from
the Throne. The duty, • somewhat thankless one,
wee performed with a good grace, Mr. Samuel Smith
seconding the amendment in a speech briefer than the
mover's, though oonsidersbly exceeding the model
oration of the seconder of the Address in the Home
of Led,. Alter this Mr. Bourke roes to move his
amendment °ensuring the policy of the Government
In Egypt. The House had dwindled down during the
speeches on the Address and the diminution steadily
grew daring Mr Bourke', remarks, which lasted over
an hour. Ois the Liberal aide the attendsece was
considerably larger, running as high as 23, exclusive
of taunters on the Treasury Bench. When, at km
minutes pat eight, Mr. Bourke sat down there wrs
• pause No one offering to rise, the Speaker was
about to put the queetioa, when Berms de Wosu s
hastily interposed and ea' rd the debate. Bringing
his remarka to an uuexpeotelly early conclusion,
soother difficulty presenter' itself. After an awkward
pane the Speaker again roes, and this time put the
aneorimeat, and to the aurprise of members In the
dining-room and library, the division bells sounded.
Sixty or seventy members mum trooping in, but it
was now too late The debate was finally Mooed, and
there remained only the duty of voting. On a division
It award that the amendment bad 24 amportem
wblld n voted In the negative, a ludicrous result of
a great enterprise which created some laughter. No
one eles rising with an amendment, the lipmker was
NuMnittiost the question that the Address be agreed
to, when Mr. Mac!,., was discovered at the end of
the Front Beach below tin gangway, ducking tiP and
down in nervous endeavour to catch the Speaker's
eye. It was the hon. member's intsation to proceed
with the amendment of which he bad given notice,
and this he did Ins speech which had few listeners
acid a singlesupporter—Mr. Warton. The newly-ban
passion for reticence was so powerful that no one else
mob", and the amendment was negatived without
dlvi doe. By this time (half-past nine) the House had
filled up, and there were ine.osUona of lammed
liveliness. Tim Speaker being_again about to put the
motion for the Address, Mr. Balfour moved the ad-
jouroment of the debate, on Ms ground that members
who had intended to more amendments were not
mimed for the sudden collapse of the debate on
Egypt. Mr. Stanhope seconded the amendment in
an acrimonious speech, to wlecla Mr. Gladstone
replied by showing the accidental nature of the
occurrence, suggesting that the debate might be
reeumel on the Report. Alter some conversation,
In which Mr. Cowen, Sir Charles Bilks, Lord John
Manners, Sir S. Nortboote, and Sir W. Elaroourt
took part, this suggestion was agreed to, and the
House adjourned at twenty minutes past ten.
Toe following Is the gist of the Queen's speech
MYLokDSA(DULfISUO.
--
ND

carlie7aci;Vg7ther 'for the fifth semlon of thit
Perihtment that you mar Kahl sddreas yourselves to uns
discharge of your ardeons mid ever-growing dutisa I
costae* to bold friand'y_ sad harmoolus Mallow with
al. forei‘a Powera romainnleations with the
Piesideat of the French Remhlio. arising out of epeolal
targeted, la Madagascar. him aimed, a. I bad anticipated,
la a OISIOM/f such aa tends to conlirm the cordial ander•
stanehig between the two oatistrise. Having bad every
mama to be sat'eled with this tranquility of Egypt, and
with the made in the establehment of orderly
inosagi whys during the autumn lietructions foe
Calm for the further redaction of rny
military f and for 111414, concentration mainly in
Alexandria. But is the month of November the
EaPtiall array atipointwd to MallIt&ill the rul• of the
lath. Bju4ae weri defeated and broken up with
beery ims. Upon the occurrence of this defeat, I
It wise to rem . the order I bad given as • preeentios
egain4 the liveable effects of the milit try reveres in
Emit itself, and t. preein le all doubt at to the certain
seaistwno. of It. eyeeqailitY. While an unforeseen and
ealszoi loos necessity has thim required me to impend the
measure I had aiopted. the MOI of my occupation, which
has bir., expumi.4 to you at former time; continues
without change I have offered to the Egyptian Govern.
went rich oonamis at itiNmared to be required by •
pr odent regard to the sateust of Its reseurces
and to the podia oxidition of tier country.
I haus also despatched Mel w-G moral Gerdes to report
no the beet imam of giving Of•ot to the resolution of the
libellee to witberawfroct tk• Wafer of the gouda', rod
me ponsitlel 0•-0 tv ICI Is Ha szaaaaaa of P•
• 111%

Gear:yew or TEI Horst or Countarm —The tatimatire
of coerce for the pubbc ...trials during the year
have boon pr•par• and will speedily be laid t fore you.
I antictpate that thy R•venue of the current year will all
tell short of the sup otations upon which pea founded
your financial err dagamenta
MT LORDS alti) GINTIJIMIX—To• condition of Ireland
continues t • xlit bat M. 0.& starve of aubirtatitial Improve-
ment which I described on tee two occasions when I last
addressed you A oserturs will it once be presented to
you, which will have fer its principal object the enlarge-
ment of the occipatiria franchW In Pyrliareenter,
elections throughout the United Kingdom. The experience
pined during balf • century by the progressive iriesion
of •ogreested numbers to • *bars in Our repremutatire
system happily we-rants the belia that again, am h. rota
fore, the result of a Judicious extension of the franchise
will by a end obey, yttacoment of the nation t 3 the
Throne, the Ise, and the inetituilons of the country. I
anticipate • like rff.cit front the extension sad the
reform at Local Gordis's:mit. A plan will be laid before
you for Ihe extension of Municipal Government to the
whole Metropolui. Otser public manta have not been
neglectyd ; and you will be invited to consider Bill,
relating to the security of life and property at we, to the
Railway Couun.satun sad its powers, and t 3 the rypreasion
of corrupt practices at municip 41 election&
I humbly commend your efforts 'n the Inattyrs I have
named to lou, an I In all other partion'ara to the blessing
of Almighty God.

HOUSS OP LORD&
TROIIIDAT.
At Thursday's sitting of tAs House of Lards, the
Marquis of Salabors gave notice of a motion omdsmno
tory of &Utah policy in Ifigypt L r.l Granville, in
austral' to • good an, nal I nJ now. 01 M. mptore of
Gummi Cordon Ll' the rebel, had reached Me Foreign
Ofßoc Lord Luneriet mov.d for an retiirn
r•latiog L Irsmod; and on Lord Carling% n offering to
produce a poril in of the inforcustion naked for, she
motion was melons:ion. and was oarriad by a meinty of
ere. Ramie tlto atting terminsted. Lord 'or,
notified an &Afro, at s R ui Commission to isqa.r.
Into the volition of hooaum to. working dame.

TuDor,
In ths Hoots of Lords on Friday, the Lard Chaacellor
pressated tares &no—one tor the thCar adsnibistratiou of
passoard nista; &Gather to amend too prarltros of Cho
County Coons in relattoe tebentraptoies. ond • third to
amend the Lao talons/I t, tint roatitution ol ocatjuaal
r‘lthtn In reply to a onrati.n, Lord Bodaly atatod ga,,t
It was proposed to trusser tie Hyde Auk astute 04 too
Deka of W.Lieto l Alderebot The 801 l a North-
brook, In reply to 1,111,1 Bury. stated that • la,dy of
mono. bad bean o.da,ad to nortioro• the navy now on
tho Rod Be. station. This was ell the badness.