The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-08-02 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMON&

NONDAT.--The Hones met at 3 o'clock, and was
occupied for a considerable period in considering :he
report of the select oosomittce, and revising the standing
orders on private Bill burnoose Mr. Layard, in answer
to a question of Mr. LE Griffith, relating to the passport
system, stated that when French peseenger atermers
celled at porta in it. Mediterranean where passport,
were required, it was the eastern of the captain, to
collect the paseporte ; but be weld not say whether the
exemptions of British subjects from the demised for
passports in France included their exemption from this
regulation on going OD board such steamers. Mr. Card.
well, replying to an inquiry of Mr. A. Mills, said there
was no arrangement between this truantry and the Cape
of Good Hope providing foe it. expense of a future
Halle war, an event of which, he was happy to state,
there was no prospect. la reply to Mr. Lindsay, Lord
Palmerston assured the House that the Government
deeply lamented both the moridoe of life and
I,li America, and the distress which the war property
dosed la this country; but fa the present state of
thine they had not thought that any advantage would
be gained by entering into convert with any other
Powers to offer their mediation, or in any other way
interfering to being about a termination of the war.
On the order for mediae the Fortifications (Provision
for Expanse) Bill a third time, Mr. Osborne drew
&Merinos to the alterations which had been ramie in the
original plan for the &beams of Portsmouth by the
abendonmeat of the fort oath. fitourbridge stool, tom-
weeding the anchorage at Spithead, on accruing of the
wain of a solid foundation, end the effect of which
would bo a considerably increased expense. He also in-
dulged in some animadversions upon the still defective
sane of our ordnance, upon which, in the Ire years
betwree 1858 and 1883, upwards of two millions and
asliall had been expended, yet up to this moment only
2.270 glens had been issued to the two services, of which
no mon than 790 were LOB-pounders. The Marquis of
lintragtoo disputed the conelmioe that the country
was in so helpless a condition is Mr. Osborne would
Wei the Home to believe. With nucretto the gem,
the noble marquis entered at wane into a de-
tailed statement of the proceedings of War °Mee

and the Admiralty in the endeavour to supply the
merrier. with an efficient weapon ; and added that
esperiments with the 600 pounders bad been remark-
ably satisfactory, and love! that they scold
do all that could reasonably be expected from
them. Although we were not quite so advanced in
repeat of ordnance as he could dtsire, he saw no
resitoo why, by the time the forts were completed.
thy shoul not be armed with • portion of 600-
pounders, at lose,, and the remainder of guns of
smaller eitql.tre. The bill was then read • third time
and peered. On the order for reading the Indian
Medical Service Bill • third time, Mr. !leanest), moved
that the order be discharged on the ground that the
b.II would give the Seetetery of Siete for India the
poser of returning to the oil system of nomination,
and substituting it for the competitive eystem, which
Parliament and the reentry generally approved. Sir
C. Wood explained that hi. oliject in introducing tit-
m amrc was to obtain a totter de.cription of medical
officers for the Indian write* ; and the bill woull
esable the Secretary for India to avail himself, for the
benait of the native from, of such assistant surgeons
as had entered the Queen's army upon public competi-
tffin, and might subsequently volunteer for the Indian
army. The bill seam •Iso opposed by Mr. Monsen, Mr.
Leslie, and Sir E. Colebrook'; end upon a division the
motion of Mr. Hennessy wait married against the Govern.
ment by 48 to 44. The biU can therefore lost. The
Defence Act Amendment Bill and the Cranbourner
rtreet Bill were reed • third time. The other orders of
the day was then pr4ceeded with.
TUZADAT.-11r. Hennessy moved an address to the
queen praying her to mot her fiat to the petition of
right of Mr. O'Malley Irwin, or to satisfy his claims
without suit. The ntotion gave rise to a long and tirei
some discussion, in the coinoe of which the Attorney
Generals for England and In land contended that Mr.
Irwin had no petition of right, as hi alleged grievance
bed no reference to either property or contract.
Ultimately the ntotion was negatired without a division,
and at nine o'clis.l the Homo was wonted out.

;VW- - o—n
of the-.proposed
changes in the standing orders was resumed. After •
long discussion, Mr. Roebuck moved the adjoarement
of the debate. in order that the subject ',ILIA he more
fully considered at the commencement of the next
Si salon, when a large number of members would be in
attendance. On a division the amendment was
negatived by a majority of 51 to 14. The discussion
was continued until five o'olock, and the various changes
recommended by the steering orders reel... Lou committee
were eventually agreed to, with verbal amendments.
The amendments to the Naval Discipline Ball, the
Highways Act Amendment Bill, the Judgmsnte,
law Amendme.. Bill, god the Contagious Diseases
Bill, and the Thames Conservancy Bill, were considered
and agreed to. The Lords' reasons for disegreeing to
certain amendmenta made by the Houle of Commons
in the imperrement of Land Act (1864) Bill were taken
into consideration, and at was resolved that the amend•
meets he not insisted upon. The order of the day for
resuming the adjourned debate on the Mutual Surrender
of Criminals (Prussia) Bill was discharged. The
Attorney General for Ireland obtained leave to bring
in • Bill for the recording of Titles in leelsnd. Mr. E.
P. Bouver:e obtained leave to bring in • Bill to cotabltsh
courts of conciliation. Mr. Baring obtained leave to
bring in • Bill to amend the Salmon Fishery Act., 1861.
The House adjourned at five minutes before six o'clock.
TVOISDA T.—Mr. Layard, in reply to • question by
Mr. Kieglake, enumerated throe pottions of the states
and territories of Mexico which have been subdued by
the as my of the French, and those which Lave not yet
acknowledged the authority of the invaders. The policy
of this country had been to recognise the de facto
Government, the condition being that the Government
should he in poseemion of the capital. The archduke
Maximilian was at present in potoession of the city of
Mexico, and also of a considerable portion of the
tenitory, end Her Majesty's Government had inti-
mated to the Government of the Emperor of the French
that when the Archduke should be in Mexico, and had
notified the fact to the European Powers, it eras their
intention to advise the Queen to recognise him. They
would not wait to adopt that course until the main
portion of the states and territorice still under the sway
of President Juama were brought within the authority
of the Archduke.—Lord Howard galled attention to
the aubject of emigration to the United States in re-
ference to the prolongation of the war now raging in
that country, and complained a the orga,nised system
of fraud and deceit which had been resorted to by the
Federal agents for entrapping British subjects into the
United States army, and suggested that the Govern-
ment should exercise greater watehfuln, se and moray
in order to put down such illegal and inhuman practice.
Mr. Layard said the <lactation was • difficult one to deal
with ; in fact, it was itoptasible for the Government to
do more than to reiterate their warnings, and address a
caution, whir h they had done toemigrants to the United
States, respecting the danger to which they would be
exposed on their arrival on the other aide of the
Atlantic.

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FIGUAT.—The House met at 2 o'clock. Sir H
Verney asked whether France and England having
placed on record that in their opinion no satisfactory
set lenient of the ffehleserig-Holatein question could be
arrived at inheredee than by the consent of the inha-
bitants of these duellist Her Majesty's Government
had, in conjunction with that of France, taken step. to
urge on the Government of Prussia the propriety of not
departing from that principle, and the importance to
the interests of European prase of acting upon it as
speedily as poesihle. Lord Palmerston : No, sir. As
ling as Her Majesty's Government was acting with the
other neutral Powers, proposals and suggestions were
made, bet the Conference being over, and their negotia-
tions having terminated, and as the belligerents are
now in direct commanicati n, Her Majesty's Govern-
ment have no intention to interfere further. In reply
to 3dr. Darby Griffith. Lord P.a....A....id thrit ha
believed the reeneh Government bad not offered Its
mediation, and the negotiations at Vienna would
be carried on solely between the belligerents.
Colonel Arehalall asked if the Government intended to
bring in • measure to render the law of marriage in
Scotland more in accordance with that of civilised
eountrie• Lord Pelmenton said Government intended
to take the petition into onniideration. Mr. Hennessy
hoped that after the Yelverton case the Ogvernment
would take the marriage law of 'reload into considera-
tion. Sir G. Grey mid that aa regarded the !etas
marriage the question was one of fact not of law. The
House was then .unimoo.l to the House of Lords to hear
the Queen's Speech proroguing Parliament. On the
return of the Speaker, the Queen's Speech we. read.
and the right bun, gentleman having taken leave of
the members present with the usual formalities, the
House at once separated. shortly after 4 o'clock.
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