The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-05-14 00:00:00

SirLPERIAT, PARLIAMENT.

1...1 the Hews of Lords May 9. Lord Cl mricariie, in moving
:papers oontected with the Irish College at paia, reeapii
Anted its history down to 1815, and ciintioded the ,t wax
to share in the conipensittliiii granted p the French
liiiverintient at that period for the loss of property xustained
Chialtish Jets during the Revolution
Lard Lansdowne had to objection to the production of the
ra hut exphoned that the claim of the Irish College had
'h.esi tally no sidere i and rejected by the English C immis•
and afterwards by the Privy Council. The whole sum
'fr,ntesi by the French 0 rerninent had been expended, and
no funds 1101 V remained out of which the claim of the Irish
•College could be met.
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Lord Reoeslate. in calling attention to the Report et the
Tramways Committee, expressed a hope Oat in the C.overn-
n.e..t Bill public traniways would, aft, aloe.'. t, say fifty,
years' revert to the State, accordi r the principle
adopted on the Continent in regard to railways and similar
tuol ertakings.
The Lord Chancellor tmoved that the commons amend
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Meats to the Naturahmtion hill be agreed to.
L ri Westbury et pres.ed his doubts in regard to the
iihietidineuts, and espectally as to the proviso added by the
Conimous to his fourth clause, which spoke of a person an
...bora of a father!' This was, he maintained, a thing
.physically impossible.
At the suggestion of Lord Chrendon, who pointed out the
Ir..,iorrence of obtaining the Royal assent to the bill on
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Lord eidtairy waived his objections, and the Conimons'
Ilineddments were agreed to, and their lordships adjourned.

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It, the MAIM of Commons, in reply to Mr. Bowline, Mr.
46:wiletone raid that sulli,ieut time had now been aitoseed
lee the clergy and *hoe." interested in the Church re Mug.
laini to coneider the recommendation of the itttnal Com-
tel• thnere for anew lectionary. It was the intention ot the
451,,vernment to introduce a hill forthwith to glee effect to
the rtcommendation t,f the Commiuioners, and he her,
that the effect of the passing inch a measure would be'
Move or dimtnieh the staenation which had prevaile.:, in ow
brunch of trade engaged in printing and publisl,•
.dag pra3 er-
balm

lihe Mune then proceeded with the C
~mmittee on the
Iri,h Land hit. commencing with Clause
lip!. regrewr had been made, the 6' and utter some
Until Thursday. ... wan again adjourned
The Bridgewater and Beverley
Oisfrahchisement and the
Norwich Voters Disfranchisem
its were read a third
time and passed.
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l'he 'l°4 of liar"' 4s, •
brought in e bill for
then. -
&weeding toe law rela•
.wf..e. to procedure at varliarnentery
elw,lions, which he Fa'
..f fee the outset was wounded mainly on •
it ...
the report of the re. A Committee. (.11 one point, however, was cliametrice
,„„ • At Opposed to ie- the abolition of manilla- ,
Ais present public, ceremony the 1.111 proposed '
"Batts tiorninateen, which the Marquis described
Ae The Reteraing °Ulcer on receiving the writ
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' bones on incertain day, within which nomination
Arlatea are to be delivered in to him, signed by a pro
:awe eecoveler aud eight other electors. This delivery
• Ist homede personally by the candidate, accompanied by his
Ater,,.er and seconder. A nomination may be withdrawn at
any tirrte within two specified bourn and if no more candidates
are iowninated than thole are mats vacant, the Returning
elate, all at a specified time declare the election, and
advertise it. After combating the arguments urged before
the onimittee in favour of public nontinations—mentioning
incldentally that candidates would still continue to be heel° '
• for the expenses of an election—the Marquis passed ;',ll to
explain the proposed procedure in case it be tiecessary
to take a poll But first, ho dilated on the serious
evils of the present system, and deelussing briefly
and dismissing as inadequate the two alternative reme-
dial soggested—vie , voting paper. and an increase in
the number of polling places—he intimated that the
Governineut had decided to recommend vote by
Baiht for the adoption of the Rouse In discussing the
Obj,-ctions easiest the lisreot, as stated in the _Report, the
31a1intis laid most strews on the "public trust' argument,
'wh:cit, he said, had Beg weighed with him against secret !
Voting. But purity, tranquillity, and freedom of election be
hell to be lit least as important no publicity of voting, arid
exp.olence, he wined. showed that when the necessity for
Secrecy
the secrecy itself would be dropped,
sod no Than would think of concealing his vote. With
the obj.ctain that the Ballot favoured bribery and
'Personation, the Marquis dealt at length, and laying
diera ae a teat of a good Ballot that it should secure
easy identification of each vote by a Court of Jos-
tle., w‘th absolute imposeibility of detection by any
other %arson he explained the details of the particular sys-
tem 01 Ballot proposed by the bilL The Returning I
OM we will provide • [sufficient number of polling places,
with a deputy of his own to preside as each. The polling
Waters nil resemble a banker's check, both paper and
con iterfoil hearing the same number, but one en the faceand
the 'tier en the back. The presiding officer, on delivering
the caper le the voter, will enter his registered number on
the rounterfoil, and the voter, alter mitring to a private corn-
per molt to erste the names pf the candidates for whom he
dot s rot vote, will return and tat the presence of the Return-
ing I ether deposit the passer in the box At the close of
the poll the presiding officer will open the Ballot-box,
ant hi the 'napels in the presence of the candidate's
age ,t=, Pe" .1 them no, end send them loth° Returning Officer.
Be hint the votes will be counted, and the result declaied
sod fol'uer t hoed The counterfoils will be sent by the deputies
diner hem the polling stations to the Clerk of the Crew n,
aud Elie no big papers when they have been counted will also
kw tirore Cy the Returning Officer. By this means, he
con•rnstoel, .04olute secrecy will he insured, while if a
vote in questioned and shown to be had before a Court
of tretice, it can be easily identified by the register
man err en the counterfoil. The bill will also forbid
thh lace of peblictiouses as committee-rooms, Ac., and it
swill declare that every expenditure by a candidate, however
lota, cent, if net returned In his accounts shall be deenie I to
be corrupt. Finally, he stated that it would not deal wilt
mui•icipal elections, and alter inviting suggestions for Ps im-
provement, he concluded by eat:denting a tolerably confilent
belief that the bill would go a I..ng way to secure freedom,
pur ty, and tranquillity of voting.
Mr Leathern declared himself diseatiefied with the detail,
of the bill, particularly with the imperfect character of its
syst-ni of secret voting. Ile would have preferred a Ballot
Bill pure and simple, and declined to withdraw his own
Ballot till in it. favour.
A short ill,cuotion followed, after which leave was given
to I ring in the bill, and the second reading was fixed for
the oth of ii ay, and the Bowie then adjourned.
le he FU-lise of Lords, Mayl9, Lord Clarendon gave notice
of his intention to ask Lord Cainarvon ;who is absent from
Lordoo) to poetpene hie motion relating to recent affairs in
Greece, which stands in Ms name for 'I intraday.
The Furl of Ilarrowby laid on the table a bill to amend
the lw telatfetz to the sequestration fee debt of benefices in
ifeel..mi and Wake.
Toe bill wait read a first time. -

Si'veral bills which were brought up from the Commons
'were resit a lint time.

th, motion for going f! ito committee on the War Office

Debtwarr defolded the Government from the °beer-
-veto ois which hawl been made by the opposition on the
reci nd relining fif the hill. lie denied their allegations that
dist orittrit and dissatisfaction had been produced by the re-
ductions whiicii bad been made by the Government, who, he
conwroWel. had acted prudently end wienly. No appre.
haw tow reed be felt about the condition of the army, or it,
1ea,,ir10,9 for seri ice.
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The Earl of Longford maintained that all that had been
WO by the Opposition on the second reading was perfectly
AIL fled by the circumstances ,d the case.
Their lorcships then went into committee on the MIL
0 lb. clause which proposes to at point two under seere-
Eel they moved an amendment to the effect that both
'those Metals should vacate their seats on appointment. At
present the bill only makes it necessary for the Financial
Under S fcretary to do so.
1 he Luke of Richmond said he had, Once the second read-
ing oh the bill, considered the matter in all its bearings, and
1111.1 Cottle to the conclusion not to offer any further opposi-
tion to this PIIL He, however, suggested that the Surveyor-
Cleaieral should receive a permanent appointment.
Earl Granville thanked the noble duke for the course
which he had pursued, but appealed to Lord Grey not to press
hie elm tul mct.
Lord Grey raid he could not withdraw the amendment in
the Owen co of any argument against It
Their 'lordships divided, when the numbers were—contents,
: Fir n.contents, 33 ; majority, 6.
cause as thus amended was passed. The other clauses
Per, also passed, and the bill was reported.
he Medi ' bill
ml red.

was formally coin-