The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-05-28 00:00:00

Imperial parliament.

In the House of Common; on Mond., the Q..
cellor of the Exchequer (Sir i'iffifford Ncirtifvfieli is
reply to questions, said that, not counting the beet au,.
Indian troops, the monthly expenditure for the Army ie
agrees of the Estimates is about C 140.000, and, in addithz
the Imperial charges of the Cape War were Aces .
the c,,to•i•l thug, s 520.000 The Naval charts' in
of the Fatimates are about Xffil,6oo monthly, bet th.
Supplementary Estimates CS+3oot be laid on the tees
before Whitsuntide. The orders of the day were tite.
postponed for the debate on the employment of lades
troops in Europe without the consent of Parliament co.
mewed by the Marquis of Hartingvan, who 4.
reulution of which be bad given notice, and sought is
ghee, in a lengthy speech. that the Coon, whet lee
been taken by the Government was unconstitotion•L kir
Michael Hicks-Beach followed with his stnendment to tte
effect that the Government had acted within the limit of
their constitutional rigbta, that the guerute.
poseessed by Parliusent mullet unconstitutional actj.
were ample, awl that it was unadviseable to taavn th,
action of the Government at the present moment. In tie
course of hit speech the Secretary for the Colonies eee
railed to order for some rather •trona remarks by Sr.
Fawcett, but the Speaker refusing to interfere. wkie Mr'
y.weett persisted, be deckled in Six Michael's favour. the
then explained that he referred not to any utterance of
any member of the Howe, but to the expressiona which
fell from the deputation to Hawarden ten dui ego. The
list of precedent., he offered wu in the Mani the lime to
was presented by Lird Cairns, and when he had concluded
them he attempted a ffne peroration whirh he led
Intended to be a piece of brilliant poetry, hut the tee.
was perhaps as poor as ever • Cabinet Minister was goihy
of. and created considerable amusement Sir Curio
Duke caws next, and made a very effective speue
did also Sir William Harcourt, the gushers Oa the
Government tide being mainly of the mailer fry typa
Mr. Stanhope, one of the rising young COOlet,etitak
firmieht the debate for the evening to a clone, yr.
Fawcett moving the adjournment.

On Tneeday the House of Lords in a brief sating
advanced the Government Cattle Protection Ball • stag,
In the Commons Mr. Fawcett, resuming the debate on
the Constitutional question, gave notice that, should tk•
o overnment amendment pass, he would on the grat
subsequent day, on going into Committee of Supply, more
• rewslution declaring that, as it appeared that the seen
of India "'woo large as to admit of Indian troops be,
despatched to the aid of England in • Zurotwan
tin contra,
military expenditure of India is excessive. and okay
to i.e redueed. The Attorney.Generat who followed,
went over the now familiar legal argumenu pot ltj
behalf of the Ministry declaring that the Queea has full
control of the Indian forces, and may more them am slas
rleasea, either to Malta or elsewhere within her dominions,.
Mr. Gladstone, foil awing these argument', remarked that
according to the Ministerial theory the duty of Parliament
was to vote the money when called upon, alter tho
expenditure had been incurred i this position be stomata
with great rigour, and equally denounced the
of the Government that outside the United Kingdom the.
Crown could keep up any force It Owed, and more its,
army tv any part of the Empire without eensaiti.,
Parliament. AS long as it was not pleated and., the
necessity of asking for supplies. ni• would he a
sacrifice a the liberties which hove COMA down to oh
and though he should regard it as nothing less than a
national calamity if the seaolution were voted down by
the majority, it was, nevenheleaut the duty of Um
minority to face that risk and take • dirision. In a very
thin house the debate was continued by Sir George
Gethnbot, Mr. Forsyth. Mr. Neerdegate (who, amid a
running clowns of "Nor from Sir W. El mosetne
supported the resolution, declaring that Lord &.e.
(lel I'. Government had violated the prorigtona of an Act
Tamed by themeelyea when preciously in power). Far
Havelock, Mr. Cranthain, and Mr. Childer• On the
motion of Mr. Cr'. tl,o debute wee ediettee3.,
until
ritoraday.

On Wednesday, in the Mune cif Commons. the Eating
of To (Ireland) Rill waa throat; out by Eli votes
against 177. 11-fore Ser Harcourt Johnttine moved the
second retain.: of the CD Acts Repeal Bill a numbs, of
petitions were presented against the At They included
one from 112 (21. women of 991 town. of Eng land, ficetiand.
Ireland and Wake, sithed by Florence
thole, and Mrs. Butler; another from certain
indentere of religion at Portsmouth, calling attention to
• statement in the polio, report for that district that there
were only 11 prostitutes tinder the aire of 17, and • gran
total of 532 of all ages, in the place& coaaprieed in thst
district To this statement the petitioners save sa
unqualified denial, and stated that in their view the Acts
had a hardening and dehthing effect; whs., a sane of
petitions between 90 and 100 in number were signed by
near', all the physicians and gorgeous in London, by to
of the dent, of London, by the Cardinal Archbishop and
119 of the Roman Clatholie clergy ofLondon, b., is
resident members of Convocation of Oxford Cinema,
by the Provost and Fellows of Eton, by in Les& 01
how-sand noident membors of the Senate of Ounbridth.
by 302 barristers and members of the him of court in
Vindon. and by medical °Moen of health and phyginans
and surgeons in the country, the prayer of all thing that
the law might be so amended that the wilful communith
Von of contagious and infection, disease might be made
penal Sir H. Johnstone, in moving the second reading
of the Bill, bad not proceed...l far when Mr. Arthur Moore
c tiled attention to ton tact that strangers were preseag
The Hones WY cleared for a division; but the
&thing Mr. Moor* to name • teUer, and Mr. Moore
failing. the resolution fell to the ground, and Sir Ithr.
Pours Johnstone proceeded with hie speech. imminent
later Mr. Moore again rows and asked the Speaker
whether it was competent for bias to move that the ladies.
gallery should be cleared. Being encouraged by loud cries
of ovel moth r Mr. Moore formally math the prometh
The Speaker pointed out that a mottos proposing to set
snide a privilege of members, who had the might to procure
admission to the ladles' gallery, could not he pat witbset
notice. • scene of
'spied
excitement followed, amid
which Mr. Moore ' spied strangers." The Sneaker
mid the ho ineMber bad already taken notice of the
presence of s€raagere, and had failed to prodwn • teller
on a &ethos.'b repeat the motion eras tenant with no
Oiginity of the Home' Mr. Moore was warmly
that he was not accustomed to trill* with tb. Home.
when Bir Harcourt Johnstone tom end, coatipuung
remarks, the scene came to • termination. Mr. W. H.
Smith was engaged in maiming eithe Portion of the hos.
member's thatch. when .1 a quarter to eLe the debate woe
adjourned.

On Thursday in the House of the Ornern Prince
of Ger%any was in the gallery of the Room. of Hommoni
when Mr. Orme resumed the debate ou the Constitutioeud
question. Declaring that the policy of the Glovertunast
was approved by • majority ia the couotgr, be ton.eheti-
cslly denied that the action challenged hid been Pass) st
• thne of profound peace. Mr. Herschel) having suppresd
lii. resolution, Mr. Roebuck. who waa received wish load
cheers from the Mlnisterialista stated over again the
arguments frequently repeated in the coons of the
worse of the detats from the rhatt of the Speaker's chair
denounced the Opposition as unpatriptic, extolled the
Executive as aliwise, and described Lord Ratline" motive as "a veins imolai proposition about pan pans
of technical law which the owe of Lords had not
cared to call in question." Mr. addy effectively retorted
upon Mr. Roebuck, 'bowleg by extracts from the debase
on the employment of /adieu troops in Persia in 18N, bow
the bon member for Shefleld had expressed the utmost
horror at snob an unconstitutional step aad had des:laced
that Woos 11540 so gross an outrage en the Coeee'rtseket bad not been perpetrated. It was nearly ow: o'clock
before the Chancellor Of the Exchequer Now: an °nee-
tonlty
of winding up the debate, land the division was
deferred till nes* three o'clock, when the numbers were
—For Lord Hartiagtou's Resolution, 994 against it, 316
majority, ill.

In
the Howse of Lords on Friday the Medical Jug
Amu,lament 8411 waa passed through committee. On the
motion of Lord Hammond. relfthbli P.P." le the Fereig.
Dace basing • Nadas an the future administratioa of
Bulgaria were ordered to be minted.
Is the House of Commons Yr. Fawcett gm weace
an amendment 00 going into Committee emit Mender on the tluppleinentary Istimates for the Indian Poore to
reply to the same bon. gentleman, the Chancellor a the
Esehequor stated that no portion of the revenues of lode
had been devoted to defray the expanse of the taiusseore
of Indian troope to Malt.; mn..omtil there wel 5O
necessity for the senetton of Me Ooondil of teaa. la
reply to some observations front Dr. iteneslY.the
Bps reoploed why be had recoutlY nrololoWl the.'",__
member be Stoke from putting • questiors Hr.,tes
WM,/ that if Dr. 'Comely would put his question gees
for Sanely it should be summed. The Hems thin
resumed the oonsideration of the Civil Service Estimable

BIRTHS.
May US. at fitarmlnster Newton. the trite of Mr. W. C.
Norman of a daughter.
Mar let at Dorchester, the wits of Mr. C.. 1. Wlllissa
Andrews. solicitor, of a son.
May 16' at South Parade. Westmeath, the wife of Ht. A. Poesy, of • aom.
Ma IS at Friary Gardena Dorchester, the wife it Mr.
B. Mitchell, of • son
18, at ho
the George lon. ngfieeh Pests, the wits of
Mr. 1 Brown, of • eon.
Nay 19, at Loneliest, Poole, the wife of Mr. /Arad
Bodge, of • too.
llay 11. Glydelosta MO, porthutar. tb• wile el Br-
Thomas rledeamt. of • sot

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vicar. Joseph James lisMotoesehaea at Mr. JosePh
Burwell, Weymouth, to
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widow of the late Yr. G. Bond. heillt ibeebsewo.

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YoWnieel 500 of Mr. J. Stanfield, Nina 11 mantle

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