The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-03-01 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

In the HOUSE OF 'roans, Feb. 25, Lord Carlingford, in
reply to the Duke of Richmond, stated that the Ontario had
arrived at Liverpool having on board 31 cattle and 7 sheep
affected with toot-and-mouth disease. Those animals came
among many others from Portland, in the United States,
but there was reason to believe that the Ontario had
brought the disease from Liverpool on an outward voyage.
The diseased cattle and sheep which had come in her from
Portland bad been slaughtered at Liverpool; and among the
other precautions taken was that of prohibiting, for the
present, the importation of animals from Portland.
The Contagious Diseases (Animals) Bill, of which Lord
Carlingford has charge, was advanced a stage by the receipt
of the report of amendments, and the Law of Evidence
Amendment Bill, of which Lord Bramwell has charge, went
through Committee.

The Bishop of Ely moved the second reading of the Mar-
riages Legalisation (Stopsley, Befordshire) Bill, the object of
which is to clear up all doubt as to the legality of the mar-
riages solemnized in the Stopsley church before it was con-
secrated.

After some observations from the Lord Chancellor, the
Bill was read a second time.

Their lordships adjourned at twenty-flve minutes to five
o'clock.

In the Houn OF Common, at the time of private busi-
ness, the Ennerdale Railway Bill again came on for conside-
ration, and Mr. Bryce carried by 121 to 101 an instruction to
the Committee to inquire whether the railway will interfere
with the enjoyment of the visitors by injuriously affecting
the scenery or otherwise.

Question time extended to past six o'clock, and some 60
questions were addressed to the Treasury Bench—a third of
them at least being put to Mr. Treveiyan.

THE FALL OF SINKAT.

In answer to Mr. Gibson, Lord E. Fitzmanrice said that
no women and children of the Binkat garrison had reached
Souakim ; but as the soldiers carried their wives with
them, it was conjectured that they were killed. The fate of
the children was more uncertain. Asked as to the date of this
telegram, the noble lord could give no information.

courtesy between member and member which he believed to
be compatible with the most effective party debates. With
these words Mr. Peel humbly submitted himself to the
House, and placed himself at its disposal.

No other candidate being proposed, Mr. Whitbread and
Mr. Rathbone, taking Mr. Peel y the hand, conducted him
in the ancient form to the chair, and, standing on the
steps,

The Speaker elect, amid loud cheers from all parts of the
House, thanked the House for its indulgence, and promised
that his best energies would be devoted to its service.

He then took the chair.
r The Sergeant-at-Arms having placed the mace on the
table,
Mr. Gladstone, on behalf of the House at large, tendered
to the Speaker their respectful congratulations, observing
that to himself it afforded no common gratification to have
assisted in the elevation to so high a position of the son of a
man whose followerhe had been, and for whose name and
character, down to this late hour of his life, he retained an
unbroken, an undimished veneration. Hitherto the House
had known Mr. Peel as an able, an experienced, and a re-
spected member; now it would know him as an essential
part of its vital organisation. Much would be expected
from him in the high office he had assumed, and particularly
of that impartiality to which he had referred. On the other
hand, the House would be willing and anxious to render
him in return its full support and entire confidence.

Sir Stafford Nerthcote cordially concurred in all that had
been said as to the high personal qualifications of the
Speaker and the claims he had upon the regard and esteem
of the House. The Opposition had known him long, and
learned to honour and respect him, and in the eloquent and
powerful words in which he had now addressed them they
found additional confirmation of his personal character.
They took note of the words in which he divested himself of
everything of a party, personal, or political character; and
on their part they would give him, so long as he occupied
the chair, their full, entire, and undivided confidence.
Mr. O'Donnell expressed his confidence that the Speaker,
notwithstanding the absence from his speech of any refer-
ence to the rights of minorities, would be a protector to
minorities in that House.

The House adjourned at twenty-five minutes to five, the
members as they left the House to the right and left of thq
Speaker's chair, shaking hands with the Speaker-Elect as
they filed past him.