The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-06-14 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Roil ott—Mr. Oaborne inquired whether the Con.
femme bad arrived at any decision respecting the
maintenance of the Treaty of London, and if the
suspension of erns between Denmark and the conflict-
ing powers had been prolonged. Lord Palmerston
replied to the first part of the question that he could
not with propriety state what had been the proonadinp
of the Conference, and to the latter part that oo
arrangement. hail yet been come to with regard to the
continuance of the armistice ; but he hoped, at the
neat meeting of the Conference, that some arrange-
ment would be made. In reply to Mr. Griffith. Sir L.
Palk, and Mr. H. Seymour, the noble lord aloo stated
that the suspension of hostilities would expire on the
12th, if it were not previously renewed. No day had
yet been fixed for the next Conference, as the members
were waiting for instructions from their respective
Comte. There was no name to doubt that the Con-
ference would meet again before the ezpiratioe of the
armistice. Lord Palmenton brought up two messages
from the Queen, one reoommendiog • grant of £2O 000
to Sir Rowland Hill, and the other, pension of £3OOO
a-year to the Countess of Elgin daring her natural life.
On the order for committee of supply, Lord H. Lennox
wished to know whether Mr. Osborne was satisfied with
the reply he had received from the Premier on the
subject of the Conference, and called upon that hon.
member to give him an assurance that he would on an
early day roll attention to the treaty of 1852, and I
endeavour to elicit from the Governroent whether the I
statements contained in foreign journals as to the
proceedings of the Conference were true or tint;
and if it 1111.1 a fact that Ministers, who at the com-
mencement of the session, declared themselves so
frankly in favour of the treaty and the Integrity,(
the Danish monarchy, were now sitting in a Con.
ferenoe which would not continue it, sitting+ longer
if it were not on the basis of the annihilation of that
treaty. Mr. Osborne said, with reference to the
answer of the noble lord, be owned he did not feel
satiafied. became be believed from the first that the
Conference had been instituted more to preserve the
integrity of the Treasury bench, end prevent the di,'
inemberment of Her Majesty's Government than to
peewees the integrity and prevent the dismemberment
of the Danish monarchy. He was surprised at the
reticenee of the Hon.', and thought that the time had
arrived when it ought to be patio 'on of some
definite information. Mr. Dime i mid he was dis-
appointed at the answer given by the Prime Minister,
for, in the situation in which we now found ourselves,
it would have been &Mary, wise, and politic on the
part of the Government if they had shown more
candour and frankness than the noble lord had exhibited
that night. The fact wan, that Parliament was not
convinced that the policy permed by the Government
before negociations commenced was the policy they
were now pursuing. Nor was it satisfied that reticence
should be longer observed. In saying this he did not
wish to interfere with the course of the Government or
to motorman negotiations; but be thought it
would have been more satisfactory if the
noble lord could have said that oegociations
were still going on, that the principles of
policy on which the Government had entered
the Conference were those which bad guided and ani•
mated their councils, that there was a fair prospect of
their 'nomadic', and that if they did not snooped the
Government would take the opportunity of vindicating
the comes they had recommended. Bat when they
heard that that course was one exactly opposed to their
original policy. it was impoleible to expect from the
House of Commons that they should not require some
communication to guide and animate opinion. Lord
Palmerston complained of Mr. Disraeli that be was
taking him at • disolvantap, and attacking him when he
was in the position of • man with his arms tied behind
him. The right hon. geetleman knew that be was
tongue-tied at that moment, and could not give him an
*MOST. To state from day to day what was taking place
in the Conference would be to endanger the results, sod
stsolutely imperil the peace of Europe. In spite,
therefore, of the right hon. gentleman's taunts he should
not be induced to violate what be eoesidered to be his
duty, and throw impediments in the way of a stmeessful
issue to the negociations. After some observations
from Mr. 8. Fitagerald, Lord B. Cecil, and other
members, the subject dropped, and the House proceeded
with the considerotion of the miseellaneons estimates.
Tozarna.—Mr. Lindsay moved for a copy of Soy
correspondence between Her Majesty's Government and
the Governments of France, Spain, and Portliçal, from
1850 to 1063, inclusive, relative to tbe abrogation of the
diserinainating duties still levied upon Bntish vessels
and their cargoes trading with those countries Tb•
hon. member observed that when we resolved to repeal
our navigation laws we entered into communication
with other nations, and asked them if they were pre-
pared to follow our exempla. All other DliiiollB did
ergo to adopt that policy with four or five important
exceptions, and these were Frame, Spa* Peria
Holland, and the United States, He was awaret
foreign nations were not disposed to listen to our
deice, but be Gould not help thinking, if the Govern-
ment did their duty, those nations would uot only see
that It was just to grant us what we had granted them.
bet that it was equally for their own Interests to do
so—Mr. Gibson said be had no objection to produce
the currespendenee referred to, and agreed in the 3211.i0
with the sentiments Impressed by Mr. Lindsay.
He wend the Hoes, that Ministers had kOrt
DO opportunity of impressing upon foreign
powers tbe necessity of revising then- navigation
laws The motion was then agreed to.
Mr. Csird moved that, in the opinion of the Went
the collection and early puhlioatiou of the aintelllbusi
statistics of Great Britain would be advantageous to
the palatial interest. The mode by which he aeggested
the returns @hada be collected had been tried for two
years in two counties in &Mimed with perfect
ft was employing the persons visaged in carrying out
the Oedemata earwig. Bet ea the 6-inch serve, in
England was not yet completed, be would take typical
or sample districts. . and act embrace an imeurnta
nears from every acre GI Land=hout the tioaatf7
and these ample Armtek& be say ten is
England and five in Smilaad ef IOJ,OOO stem tooth.
deveral members having addressed the House, Mr
Gahm, in moving the " previous question,* admitted
that the collection of agricultural st•tisties would
be most desirable In the interests of both the agricul-
tang and immematilis emumanities, but moie-
ties. Mad &heady pained the Hesse to the
easse_Liti be thought there wan no asesseita
fer theft. Sir G. Grey Paid that
the Government were quite satisfied that airiculturel
statist* would be advantestions. but they would be cif
little vale. ultimo tit*, were oollookod toc4l,g Uatti4

Kingdom, and that compularily. He objected to the
resoltvion that it did not samara by on* etep the
prectical end its mover bad in view. The prop.,
conr-e would be for the hon. gentleman to bring to e
bill on th, itehk-ct. Mr. Card haying repl eI, ca,
division the motion was carried against the Government
by 741.02. The Home was couuted out at a quarter
to eight o'clock.
THMISDAT.—The emend mediae of the Intoxication
Liquors Bill was moved by Mr. Lawson, who 41044.4
that Its object was to provide that no licenses to pow..
houses and beer-shots should be either granted or re-
newed in case two-thirds of the inhabitants of the
parish were opposed to it. Ceptain Jervis, in mowing
am an amendment that the Bill be read a second time
that dey three months, said he had lived for several
years in those states of America where thee.!, of
toxicating liquors was prohibited; and he had no heel.
tation in saying that drunkenness had increased under
the system. Instead of a man going openly to • podia
bar for his glass of liquor. he went into cellars, whets
the traits was illicitly conducted. There be got dreak,
and there he was detained until he got sober again, ite-
cause if seen in • elate of intoxication the dealer maid
be fined. Mr. Bright said, whilst be thoroughly spa-
pathieed with those who desired to promote habits of
temperance, be owned he could not ewe his way se
awl, as to justify him in voting for the BA H.
faired that if it passed into a law it might be (Armed
by violent, sudden, and capricious action. That see,da
have injurious consequences to the holders of property,
and perhaps give vise to • pernicious reaction apnea
the praiseworthy objects aimed at by the Bill. Mr,
Roebuck denounced the measure as • mischievous one,
thet would spread dimension and heariburnings
thronhout the length end breadth of the land. Uit
parr- et all it ought to he extended to the refreshment
rooms of the House of Commons. He granted that the
liquor trail() was dangerous to society; but it had beam'
surrounded by all the legitimste and reasonable rostra-
lions that meld be imposed. The working dames meld
not lay in their stock of nine, spirits, and beer. like
their more wealthy fellow-stabjects. To sweep away tho
devote, therefore, from which they received their 'ap-
plies, would be to deprive them of their enjoyments. Bir
(I. Grey objected to the bill that it would lead to the
exercise of intolerable tyranny by majorities over
minorities, and that its genera operation would be so
harsh that an apparition would Try likely be organised
to defeat its provident. Ho admitted, however, that
the existing law, especially in the metropolis, wee not
administered as efficiently .sit ought to be; and if the
licensing justices would upon a th.rd conviction order
the hones to be dint up altogether, Instead of allowiag
It to be opened in the name of another panes,
he thought very much good would texas
After some- further discussion, the House haring:
divided, the second reading ea. negatived by 292 to 35.
Mr. Griffith inquired whether tha Prime Minister
could give the House any information with regard to the
result cf the proceedings in the Conference that day?
Lord Palmerston replied that he was able to answer the
question, and he hoped satisfactorily to the Home. The
Conference had that day agrerl to prolong the arext.,tom
for • fortnight. The House haring gone into committee.
Lord Palmerston proposed that. in accordant' witirthir
recommendation of Her Majesty. the Hoene should
agree to confer a pension of £l,OOO a-roar upon the •
widow of the late Earl of Elgin and Hlowdiso,
acknowledgmeut of the great public service pertained '
by that lamented statesman. The motion was agreed
to MIL COIL On the order for going into committee on
the Collection of Taxes Bill, Sir H. WiSoughby doled
some objections to the measure, and moved that it Tema
not expedient that the Lod, Loomed, and Income T.z
should he collected by altars of the inland revenue.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer supported the Bill,
and explained it. seepe and intention On • divisioa
the motion was negatived by 137 to 103, and the House
went into committee on the Bill.
. _

- -
FIIIDAT.-Mr. Disraeli inquired to what day the
Confrrence on the Danish question had adjoureed. and
whether the suspension of bcetbties for • fm-Ml6,
from this day was connected with any conditions that
might account for that particelsr duration of the annis-
Hoe. Lord Palmerston replied that the particular
duration of the Armistice was not coupled with any see-
Maness. A fortnight was the limit of the wespensiesi to
whi h the Danish Government were willing kragres. Mr.
Griffith asked whether it .0 understood that neleslllite
extension of the armistice ..-cold be premed upon Dew
meek by the British Government, in owe the Coates-
estop should not come to a Simi agreement within the
limits of the additional fortoight to which the daratiom
of the armistice is now extended. Lord Peluterstes
said he was really unable to answer what be
might do in a problematical cars of that kind. grtita
order for committee of supply. Lord K. Cecil moved a.
resolution to the effect that it was expedient that the.
duty of ascertaining the facts upon which legislation I.
respect to private bias was to proceed should be dis-
charged by some tribunal external to the House. 'ffites
noble lord urged that the system of conducting mph
1 inquiries by mean, of committees imposed an 111A1110.
comery amount of labour upon bon. members, Mame&
as they had to decide upon matters of fact respeetlog
which they had no practical knowledge. Great dis-
satisfaction, he remarked, was the result, and he could
not help thinking that th duties which were DOW dis-
charged hy committers m.ght be better performed by Bea
Impartial person in the position of an arbitrator. Mr.
Gibson admitted that the existing sistem entailed very
arduous labours upon hon. members; Mill, whatever
might be done to meet the objections raised on that
ground, it was necessary that there should be as
ultimate appeal to Parliament. He feared that Ifs.
suggestion, such as was now made, of which they had
heard previously. were serried out, the remit would he
merely to create additional impedimenta to, and cos-
sequently increase, the expense of private bill legisla-
tion. After a long discussion the motion ROA with-
draws, • division being impomfbie without counting
out, only nineteen members being pireoret. After the
other notices ae the paper had beim die= alt, the
Hones went into committee of supply pre

Tea Can OF A STOLEN WILL. —Sentence was
on Toesday. the 7th inst., in the Court of Probst .;
Sir J. P. Wilde. The learned Judge said be bad ma
doubt that a will had been made as alleged. but h•
could End no resams, either from principle oar
authority, to justify the reeeptioa of evidence nos
iniaatin
the deceased'. declaration as to what his will °on
What he had stated about it was mere hearsay, and
could not be admitted. There wee, therefore, nothing
of which the Court could grant probate. Probate was
therefore refused with costs.

A Patwotia'a &SCAR% —Au exciting chaos artier st-
ranaway pnsoner took place • few days ego at Glonmeteri
A young agricultural laboam bad been convicted of Um
wanton offence of cutting off the tails of several valnabl•
bores's, and was being taken to the lock•np, when be
made a bolt for liberty, and lost bin life. Running to-
wards the river, he leaned from the quay into a barge,
and thence to • boat, in which he reached the
bank safely. Being till punned, however, he essayed
to swim back, but sunk from steer eattatistion in the
middle of the river. awl was drowned.

AKw Corrox Posy—lt iseurreolly mooned lisiA
about 500 balee 4 Gotton are being sent to Harwar, by
• Arm from Dharwar, to be pressed by the Mancha*"
Cotton Company'. praises, sad time to be shipped diesel
front Barrer to England, in a MINI shortly et:peeled
tbere. A few similar movemeoks wJuld draw meek of
the cotton from the Dhas war distriede to that port.—
Tuna of indue.—Karwar Bay is • Ilse commedieme
bay, and well soiled for loading cotton. It is very deep,„
sod has regular soandinp. It is much used am • port at
refuge by native vessels.

-
MI ADMIRES'S BMITIL—Sorma time ago I unattested theft
Madehim Smith bad got married, and ocemimally
attooded Divine service along with het huolosad in •
chetah not • hundred miles front the town of Linlithgow&
After the trial, her father and mother and the other
neantiera of the family left Illythewoodeqmni and Moir
• bones in a rural district near Linlithgow, where
Madeleine got married to • Meter, who felt • tender
pasiou foe lierself and pity for bar meddles. EIC
an appointment in ao indicates In me of tint l
seaport towns in the south of England. Thither Made-
leine and her husband proceeded, and for a time seemed
to be in the enjoyment of connubial felicity. But it
oozed out that aim was no lees • NOTSOMS(II than Made.
line Smith, and the scandal became so Aram that the
huobend was compelled to Item his situation. They
then proceeded to • smaller town in Ragland. tithe aft
• much reduced Mary, Madeleine's husband dot
situation; but here, too, her sin found her out, and bee.
husband fell into a melancholy mood and died. Made,
lune was not long in following bey mouse, and died
recently. it is said, of • broken —Edinburgh coe-
yrepoodent of the lievervese Advertiser.
'The Berl of Enniskillen, Grand Master of Um Orange
Society, has issued an address, in which be benessies
its members to retrain from infringing the law. His
lorddiip has heard with much sorrow that they hem
expressed an intention of oelebrating their "revered
anntverearicer by promotions and otter demonstrations
ia such =anti. as to riolito the " Act of Pediment
enacted against them; but, although no one can fool
more strongly than he that this law is one-sided imadi
uncalled for, he Dererthelms counsels them as loyal
men io obey it, as they are booed to do, whatever mar
be their .pinion of its horahne,s and unfairness."
TESTIMONIAL TO • QUA.C/L—Tbe following lama
-
was written by the undersigned to Mr. John Pillabeny
• travelling quack doctor in America:—" Awn bale':
bonny (adder of mankind. Yore pills have made • neer
man of me. I shall be • hundred sad My yean of alga
next fort of Axil. I have been suffering from that
dreadful diabase called informashon of Ws Mamma&
for upwards of • hundred yews. My doctor told me
ten peers ago that of I didn't Me menthin dm for it
soon, that it would gpst to krourek. and then Doable
woodcut kers it. Part of the Moo I wag Mem, so
grate was my agerny. %me times I would be in seek
peas that I koodeat be moved without balmiest am
two yoke of oilmen. Foe throe mere I koodest neither
lay no, set so I was oblemed to rood. One dm yen
earn along tide way with • little green eisiel in pm
band, and a bine cotton nialmile under yen left ann.
You looked pouter than yam aist so I Mort you
might still be Moist. See Ito yew— "
you give me sernthin her. Ise or HO me r Oen
you to as. (brindle bet • little tin box), "Take them
akkordia to the direksbum ; of they dos% bum yee,
they will kill you, sore; tbsp soy" I'llwar In met
000 dollar, if you plena" I )set as Mow Td jeep
, as live be killed so not, so nook the box, mad pot took
the mom. Wel. I sweltered the pills, bri It was the
Wrest Job I ever dim. It met NM Moe grain as mast
ar
paying my rent dom. Bat is two weeks after the
ilapia and emeglia we. over, I was •am ma I
have hese a sew man ever mem TM la
basil! left my Mumma and gone inle myhusne, end
I have seris Mode of studyin for the kw. I think I could
prattle at the bar. May the blemingeof lb. Irma, aad
the Wieder follow you wherever you go, for you
doctored their hatbands and fatbers.—Yourn tall death.
Jowl BarnS, -

8-r-ris sr CILLIOLINI —A remarkable incident
eesurred oa the Shannon a few days eines. A little boas
re pleasure beat waa unfortunately espeised ia the deep
tideway, at an awls of the river, sad three ramie
ladies, with their three friends of the MII/Oldia• aparlsr.
were at onos immersed. The sake were subweeryeed by
their specific gravity, hat the feeedes, *NO ens Is
a queer way into the water, righted it wees.iike the..
Soya that, however dropped, always rra., Wink sad.
horse erect, by the salmi oriaoluw, 'sew down the
surface of the pelbusid rirossi,
sad mini:Wes, ills
swiss So the rilialsfitlemr" was shows
la Me tsar that II row PK or orplodell
tar lies hundreds of yards d isnieg the
arraphe, before OM of the ad reds L
on the weetrarr MAW ''priedvandlekkhe
stalely hied,plump, haring lb* is.iss late pg.
yoga leo%