The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-02-09 00:00:00

GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMOSS,

The E4tiroatea of charge fo: the public Ber7lcza
-during the year 1881.85 have been prepared, and will
speedily be laid before you.

I antizipate that the Revenue of the current year
wid riAt Nll short of the expectations upon which you
founded your financial arrangements.

MY LORDS AND GENTLIMEN,

Thl condition of Ireland continues to exhibit those
features of substantial improvement, which I described
on the two occasions when I last addressed you.
A measure will at once be presented to you which
will have for its principal object the enlargement of
the Omnpation Franchise in Parliamentary Elections
throughout the United Kingdom. The experience,
gained during half a century by the progressive
admission of augmented numbers to a share in our
representative .ystem, happily warrants the belief that
again, as heretofore, the result of a judicious extension
of the franchise will be a still closer attachment of the
Dation to the Throne, the law, and the institutions of
the country.

I anticißste a like effect from the extension and the
reform of Local Government.

This comprehersive subject embraces all that
relates locally to the greater efficiency of administra-
Lion, to the alleviation of burdens by improved
arrangemmtp, and to the enlargement of the powers cl
tatePayers thvugh the representative system, in-
cluding among them the regulation of the traffic in
intoxicating liquors.

A plan will be laid before you for the extension m
Municipal Government to the whole metropolis.
The preparation under thie head, however' which
hal been made by my directions, has not been limited
to London ; but th 3 actual presentation of furthez
We of the same class must depend upon the lorogroes
fou may be enabled to make with the weighty busis
peas winch has been already set forth.
Other public) wants have not been neglected; and
you will he Invited to consider Bills relating to the
Security of Life and Property at Sea' to the Railway
Commission And its powers, and to the repression c,l
Corrupt Practiaee at Municipal Elections,
Measures will like vlee be laid before you for the
better administration of Scottish business; for the
promotion of education, and for the c!o4lne of public.,
hou.et on Sunday, in Ireland; mai ellen for the hal
proyuvfnt, of Informedles Education in Wales,
j bumbl7 commend your efforts in the matters I
hire panivi 13 you, a vi In al other particolars, to
the hleuing et' Aihry G 4,

In the Rouse of Lords the Address in reply to Ins Speech
from the Tnrone was moved by the Marquis of Tweeddale
and seconded by Lord Vernon.
The Marquis of Salisbury observed that the Speech was
marked by the peculiarity that, as public affairs became
darker, the references to them became more optimistic and
confident. It was obviously intended to be conveyed that
her Majesty's Government were not to blame for the present
condition of Egypt, but the world would not be disposed to
regard as mere onlookers those at whose bidding armies
were moved and territories abadoned. The Speech was
Instinct with the spirit of ambiguity and indecision, which
had produced the present state of things, and which would
effectually prevent the revival of confidence. With regard to
the proposed extension of the Franchise, bethought that the
expectation that it would strengthen the attachment of
Irishmen to the Throne or the institutions of the country
was not justified by experience.
Earl Granville reminded their lordships that when Her
Majesty's Government went to Egypt it was not with the
intention of occupying that country with an armed force.
They had, however, thought it their duty to Europe, to
Egypt, and to themselves to require that while the troops
remained there the advice of England should be followed in
all important matters connected with the government of
Egypt proper. The state of affairs in that country had
greatly improved, and where anarchy and confusion recently
prevailed there was now perfect security for life and pro-
perty.
The motion was then agreed to, and the Duke of Richmond
and Gordon having introduced a Bill to amend the Con-
tagious aseases Act, 1878, in respect to the importation of
cattle, their lordships rose at half-past tin o'clock.

In the Housrs or COMMONS new writs were ordered to be
issued for Paisley and West Somerset, in the room respec-
tively of Mr. W. Holma and Mr. Fenwick-Bissett, res.igned.
The new members elected during the recess took the oath
and their seats—viz., Mr. S. Walker, for Londonderry; Mr.
Honldawortb, for Manchester; Mr. Eckersley, for Wigan;
Mr. C H. Strutt, for East EsEex ; Mr. M`Mahon, for
Limerick; Sir F. Milner, for York; Ur. J. W. Lowthtr, for
Rutaud: and Mr. West, for Ipswich.
Mr. Gladstone, amid 'cud cheers from the Ministeris
tenches, gave notice th on the first available day he will
move for leave to brin n a bill to amend the law relating
to the representation c the people of the United Kingdom;
and also that on the same day he will move the reappoint-
ment of the S'ianding Committees. Mr. Chamberlain also
gave notice of a bill for providing greater security for
life and property at sea. Sir C. Dilke gave notice of a
bill for extending the hours of polling; and the Attorney-
General of bills for extending the Corrupt Practices Act to
municipal elections and for enabling acaused persons to give
evidence. Sir J. IFGarel Hogg gave notice of a bill for the
water supply of the metropolis.
Notice Was also given of close upon 120 bills by private
imimeminbaeryrs,bausnidnietsawwasas
ghoatifipharsotugfive o'clock before the pre-
The Queen's Speech having been read from the Chair, the
and seconded
sfr. S. reply was
Smith.
by Mr. A. IL D. Elliott,
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been
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latterly unsuccessful, whether as regarded the reconstruc-
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lengthy review vicoenViteno fe
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tion of the Government of that ctiuntry, the reorganisa-
tion of justice, the satisfactory adjustment of its finances,
or the tranquillity and security of its frontier pro-,
vinus ; that it had weakened the authority of the
Egyptian Government without providing any adequate
substitute, and that such a courie was not only
fraught with danger to Egypt, and tended to postpone
indefinitely the establishment of a state of things in which
the withdrawal of the British troops would be possible, but
that it dangerously inereased the responsibility and the lia-
bilities of ti.is country both towards Eapt itself and the
European Powers. The right hon. gentleman moved an
amendment to this eff-ct, and further embodying an ex-
presiion uf opinion that no measures would be effective for
attaining the oWeets of our policy in Egypt. and providing
for the security of that country unless they were founded on