The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-08-12 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

'llte lone of Commons, sat WI Saturday, August 5, for
the purpose of forwarding accurst bills through a formal
crag.. .
r'rinee Arthur's Annuity ltill was read a third time and
passe&
tir nonrhOh replied to a question put by Sir T. 'Barley on
the loos of the „ife!nerrt.
The second reading of the .nolletal Committee Bill, sent
elow if some time pp; (I*We the LOMS, WAS opposed by Mr.
an the gronmt that there was not sufficient time and
opportunity loft to consider so important a subject. Mr.
flareourt, fish., also ems sed the bill as amore stop-gap, which
was inadtsplab, :yen for that purpose, enlarged, at a lena,
•tousual rt saturday sittings, on the familiar a--
'lgnitor the appellate jurisdiction of the M 00..., ..lUMellto
o subdued his VieWIS Re to the prom coo-- Lorlic
ourt, ...Mutton of 481 n-wens,

S'eM .teteml.4 tt".tin,thonftb I`.itnitteil It was
RA.p heroic ; and Mr le dtirney, while acquiesc-
ing to it fOr Ito temporses purpose, desired it to he
thorimuldy Understood tsint it must not stand in thw
,d a maa.e roinfrrear,ilslve scheme. Mr. Serfeawt *mon and
rahneemipporteil it On the sawse footing ; hut Mr.
It AIM W.4llabis went 'mar rutty iwto the details, and intli-
eated 'MMus 'wham 011 which it would need amending.
ti tustaooo, use appointinents must he !mote peenstowost,
and tilt depeli,fr.tt 011 the will of the Crown spa !..e was
authorised to bay that otherwise ~one of the 'hours whom
piddle rilmsdir bad designated for this., tt.„r, ililiriot, any of
the .111dgee in Westminster Halt ttit accept thmi.
%ft, this the bill was rvatt a second time, and the other
orders having been dispoSed of, the Molise w‘lpmpn,q,

the HOMO of Istrils, Ansrust C.:Rd Sydney browght op
llt r Majcsty's answer to the Address arveit tn, upon the
Mothut ,4 Lord Nelson, rebitive to St listk:aine's Hospital.
Lord Colchester called attentto. to the law reguisting
public meetings, in councetiost With the recent nivering in
"frofalgai-square.
ford Melville rolltrastell the behaviour el the police
towards the unfottunate inatch molten with the alko of
the authoritio's In regard to the Trafalgar-minus> Meeting.
Iced Worley maintained that the }tome seeretory hail
oiled strict conformity with the law, the provisions of
wbSth he explained,

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The Local Government Mani Bill was read a see4m4 <tine.
The Intoxicating Liquors Licences Suspension Bin was
discussed In Committee, when Lord Bennetts,tip proposed an
amendment extending the scope of the bill so as to include
the grocers who sell wines and spirits. Ile argued that, the
object of the hill being to prevent the acuitisithm
..1 new vested Interests by licensed vietnall,o-, It
o mild be an injoStino to them to anoW awy anillber
of grocers h. obtain licences. After sonic discus-
sion, in w hich Lord Solid iiry and other peers
took part, tool Halifax pointed unit that as the bill only
applied hi licences granted by the Justices, 0041 the grovem'
tieen,en were granted by the Excise, the atneinlment auhl
be Inoperative. The amendment was arrordingly w ilhdrawn,
With the understanding that the matter shoUld IPC tanisidered
en the Report. Seine discussion then arose upon the clause
which enables licences to he transferred from certain slistehts
where there is an excess of publichouses to adjacent dist:lets
where there may Inc a deficiency. Lord Ifylton objectrd to the
clause as defeating the object of the hill, Which was to
diminish the number of licences : and the Duke Of hich.
mond pointesl mit that it empowered the mW3dtrates of
untie Petty Sessional division to transfer nt!ence out of an
adjoining diVinion without the consent et those magistrates.
lord lialifa‘ Was It tiling that this Mot shallamemied
but Lord Hylton divided agains'. the clause, which was rt.-
Mined in the bill by 26 Coat':ilta againnt 13 Not Contents.
On the second readin; of the Mutday Observance Prosecu-
tions Bill,

Lord Chelmsfer.d described the bill as Intended to .lisable
the Act of Chc.rlcs 11.. which was now nearly a dead letter.
the trust'. that the Government would bring in a more com-
plete miusure next Session, Which would give the tradermen
tt..e metropolis the blessing If a day of rest.
The liii xi ax tvml a seeend time.

The Sasines Register (Seotland) MR was opposed a cnn-
adt,mble kngth by Lord Colonsay and defended by bird
Morley. Its postponement to another semi .11 was reeon,
metaled by thy Duke of Richmond ; and the Duke of Argyll,
&stile matter was not one of urgency, and high authorities
&demi Upon the details of the hill, consented en the part of
the tirJvcrnment, to its withdrawal.

Tbe Lodgers Goods Protection In went through Com-
niittee. Lord Salisbury, adverting to certain amendments
which it had been neccerary to make, complained of the
krertive c,oolition in which, in consequence of the " small-
hour leotsiation" of the other House, bills especially those of
private members, came up to their loldships.

The Public Libraries Act (1ti.".5) Amendment hill, which
extends to towns having local government the powers enjoyed
by corporate bodies, was, on the motion of the Duke of Rich-
mond, read a second Owe.
Lord Salisbury gave notice that he should not persist In
his opposition to the House of commons Witnesses Bill. an
amendment having liven agived to by the hord Chancellor
svhitit obviated his objections, and their lordships adjourned.
In the House of Commons,
Sir J. Hay questioned the First tool of the Admiralty as to
to the circumstances attending the loss lif the Meg,rre.
the time td the late Covernment, Sir John said, thls vessel
never was sent 11.4111141 either 44 the Capes, no welt was she
known to I.e a worn-4111S 4111 ship, and Mr. Iteeq had reported
that her plates were so thin that she could not be relied an
for more than a year's service. Ile was of opinion that the
Megaton had gone 4144W11 because her plates ware worn out,
mid, as it was impossible the steamer chartered from Hong-
kong could reach St. Pouts before september 3. the Ail-
'enmity ought to have sent a man-of-War from 60watt:ie.
Mr. Bosch. entered Into a long and minnte explanation,
premising that be had no knowledge 44 the eßennistanees sat
the wreck beyond the telegram in the ',pers. It was, how-
ever, he Haan:lit, premature to cowhide that she Inal a hole
in her bottom owing to the thinness of her plates. and In,
pointed out that, as she had landed all her proAsions fit
safety, there was no fear of any suffering from 'swot of pro-
AiSiollB.

A lengthened diewnssion followed, in connection with tho
loss ot the Mc!7,reo, after which,

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The S•diettor-General f r Ireland was qUestirdwd by Mr.
Fm, Mr. Sir .1 Gray, and Mr. Downing as to the ea-
vent Ards in Dublin, hut was unable to afford any informa.
Don, except that the newspaper reports were exaggerated.

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The Report on the Ballot Bill was then taken. A number
of verbal amendments were made, but the only Important
change was to omit the requirement on the voter to make
his mark on the ballot-paper "iii the square." The reason
riven for this by Mr. Forster was that hating experimented
on seven M.P.s six of them made theia matt in the
sarong place. In its matte was substituted a Rested
Isttsvision that the voter shall put his crop. elipesite
the name tif his favourite candidate. It no arranged, at
Mr. Bixon's suggestion, that the municipal authorities may
lend the ballot-boxes Jr Parliamentary elections, and an at-
tempt by Mr. Coldsmid to strike out clause go, a hich pm-
bibits the hiring of public-houses at elections. was thrown
out by it to 30. The third reading was fixed for the follow-
ing day.
ttn going into Committee of Supply MI the Navy Nati-
mates,

Mr. Corry called attention to the Worldr,!: of the changes
ntivalueoll into the constitution of tug Board d Admiralty
by Mr. Childers. Illustrating isici complaints by copious ex-
tracts from the evidence meetly given before the borda
Committee, he contende,t that serious detriment had
happened to the public service by the abolition of the
consultative funetions of the Board, by the reduction
of the Parliamentary and Permanent Secretaries to
mere departmental officers, and by the diminution of tilt
naval element of the liar,!, lie objected also to reduc-
tion in the nullffier of clerks, to the al ailltion oi the office of
Storekeere:;--General, kr., and concluded liy inoving that the
Order in Connell of January 14, ImM—by which these
ch.anges were clfeeted—might to be reconsidered lw
Government.
Mr. Goschen, while contending that Mr Childers, from
various WHIM h3d met with great difficulties in carrying
out his Ideas, admitted that on many points there was
nom for reconsideration, For instance, he was rather
in favour of having a financial Naval boll and a geeeral
Secretary instead of confining the Secretary to Pinaneial
tenctions, and he was also inclined to strengthen and
extend the permanent portion of the Admiralty Stan, so as
to secure the great advantage of continuity. On other
points, such as those connected with the Dockyards and
Victualling Yards, he defended Mr. Childers' reforms. But,
while approving the strengthening of the civilian element,
he attached great Importance to professional assistance,
and be was in the habit of constantly consulting the
three or four naval officers whom he had at his clliow, Ito
was also in favour of a consultative Board when clatters of
policy had to be dealt with, though strongly against giving
It an executive function. As to the evidence inoted by Mr.
4forry, he remarked that the Lord's Committee hail not
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flealifairly nith Mr. Childers in their selection of the nit-
IIeSSOS.

After remarks from Sir J. Ilay, Mr. Feely, Mr. Shaw
Lefevre, and Lord Lone; Mr. Corry's motion was with-
drawn.
In Committee a couple of votes for the Victualling
Yards (C. 68,334 and Medical Establishments , 07,900 were
agreed to.

The Merchant Shipping At Amendment Rill was passed
through toMmittee, and, several ,dher hills having lwen
forwarded a stage, the House artjtmened at ten minutes pa:t,
three useluek.

In die House ef Lords, August 8, on the order for the
first reading of Prince Arthur's Annuity Bill,
Lord Oranmore adverted to the remarks which he made on
the first night of the session with veferenee to the Royal
family, and said he thought if their lordships ignored the
subject of the Queen's appearance in public, the people
would say their lordships had no sympathy with them. The
public most earnestly desired that the Queen should return
amongst them, and it was unfortunate that the rising genera-
tion knew nothing of her more than they learned from the
41aily newspapers. They were also tempted to ask whether they
had been parsimonious when they saw the rulers of other
rountties coming to England, and bodging; in hotels mot
t Piing about tu hired carriages. The blame of this matter
rested with the Ministry. The Queen was shut up in one
political atmosphere, and he believed was unaware "! what
WAN the general public opinion. Were these times in which
lids was unimportant ? Be believed not, especially when
they regarded the course which hail been pursued by the
Prime Minkter, and the present state of the public service.
It scan therefore important that public opinion should reach
the Throne.

Earl Granville protested against the noble lord's speech as
being Irrelevant, and against its offensive and personal tern,
The Queen. he said, was in Um most open and eonildent jai
communication with the hatters of both political patties,
and her appearance In public was a matter between hemeli
nod her medical advisers.

The Duke of Richmond would not go Into the conduct of
the Prime Minister, but was bound to corroborate the noble
carra statement as t, the great cordiality with which her
Majesty real ce.l those who belonged to the patty with whom
be acted.
The bill was then read a second time.

The 8.1,110111:1,1 debate on the House oft 'flhliflll4 Vitite..sOS
Bill IVO Tess wed by
The Lord flomeellor, wlio said that although the !flume
of Lords hail at all tin), possessed the power of administer-
jog oath:, toni o.,us cminibted at thu bar awl beton. 1.0111-
onittees, the [Met. limo' had never enj..yed the right. toll-
incoovenirm.. had from time to time been 1.10,
4,4 ea/dolled, and a t vonlinittee of the idlier
having talon eVidemo, made i( ..ommendittiomi which
Ilehrelied in the pr.,cot hill. Lord Salisbury's objection hn
the bill had been met by a R:,Ving clanse, enacting that the
bill shoold not ermfer any ;olditi,onnl hewer or privilege upon
the House of Collllilons then, is,' than WaS therein erpre.ly
roasted.

Lord Salisbury Justin.' lee previous opposition to the bill
on thegrotind that it bad laid upon their table for nearly
weeks without any iotimatien that the Government in-
tended to adopt it as their can, and that the Blue-bock on
which it was founded 'had net Cr been laid before them.
With regard to the principle of the hill, it was desirable to
take precautions against any assumption of a power of ml-
- iliriAdiCtiOn on the part of the !louse ,d Commons.
Ile was quite satisfied is tilt the saving clanse nnw inserted.
After remarks front Vora Granville, the Duke of Rich-
mond, Lon" Reilesdale, and Lint Chelmsford. the hill woe
a /11.1,1101 tunic.
lite Redaction (er ('ap,t•• ',Mt) Abolition ltill was, on
the motion of the ford Chancellor, magi after a ,tisminsom,nit in
nineh several JAW Lords took part, en" a second time.
The Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill was, on
the mitten of Lord Lansdowne, read a setotel ttnr, Lod
Re.lc,dale remarking vs nth reference to the new Standing
urde,, that thi., bill al,o had been two months inn their lord.
AM. table without any one taking noti, of It
The Imlay Observance Prosecutions Lill pasead through
Committee.
The Ballot Bill was brought up from the Commons anti
Tend it first time. Lord Granville fixed the second reading
for Thanslay, :mil Lim, Shaftesbury gave notice that lie
move that the bill be read a second time that day six
months, in consequence of the time of the year, and the
utter impossibility of now giving it a fair diseussion•
Their lordships then adjourned.
In the House of Commons, Mr. V. Harcourt gave notice
that early 'kelt session he would move tars Select Cot ttttt ittee
to consider the law and justice estimates, with a view to
heir mduction.

Sir D. Welblerburn wtve notice th:a early in the ned
aession he would move tor a oelect committee to inquire ihto

the means for remedying the difficulties which prevent the
due discussion of the affair of Scotland by the House
Mr. Whalley asked the Home Secretary it he intended to
proeced aith the Prison Ministers Bill at thie late period of
the session ; 1(11.4-41 so, it he would state to the Hoilse the
considerations Mitch indite,' hint to eousider the measure
as urgent.
Mr. Bruce said that he hoped to bring on the bill on
Monday nest. The urgency of this ease depended upon eon.
siderations of humanity, justice, Ulla mercy.
Mr. Newdegate moved the adjournment, (A the House
and proceeded to continent Ifflhl tile
tioverninent had dealt with :outlier is which the
The Speaker fed, '•
awl coo ... mat the hill was down lot Monday nest,
t' '
. not now be discussed.
Mr. Newdegate said thrt Ls speaking of the manner
is which this. soiltno't. ',ma been dealt with. The hill load
been bronetl! .orWarol on the 27t5i March last, and had tilreedy
upon the paper fourteen tiunol ....mended
that the Home Seeretaly had Postre.l,o tins till intention-
ally 01,111110 n. weighs.. •Walu have left town.
Mr. Whotile! 'Condemned the conduct of the Government
In ri,Sri.c.it f this bill, which he said was pronooGet z,„idy in
the interests of Roman Catholic priests
Mr. Collins and Mr Horse.? (Isn't/wove.' of the passing of
such a bill at so tete!. periml of the session.
The ithoWtnii was withdrawn,
Hr. Boss-ring asked the Ftql 1'44. oi the Treasury
whether he was preparcrl tn e,50 her Majesty not to pro-
rogue Parliament nett:. ample time had been giymi to the
House r,of lteeeft for the fullest consideration .of Mt" ,',,ovisions
a the Lallot Bill, which, after seteet`i oivenous in its favour
in this House, was about oc submitted to their lordships.
Mr. Dime,. `.,,se to a point of order. It Was Unit meo•ooary
to list liouse of Commons to .W5(111.041. tt,, of Donis as
their lordships, and he oltie• tett Amt. langffße.
Mr. Gladstone did understand the point of order .
which Is mai ealsed. The state of business wajo now sell as
to eiathre him to twin an appro.oawto i-ltn in the time at
which the Beelike Would 1.-.• ,eti.iiilloll. Ile saw no likelihood
that they-emild nor Majesty to prologue Parliament
until qasolo time had been given to the Buns° of Lords for ,!
tlw fattest consideration of the provisions of the ifhltot Bill,
of course taking into consideration the has e'e,Cmily oc-
cupied for disposing of a Wieiaiifi-e S shillier magnitude.
The Marquhl o Haittnei.oli, replying to Mr. Callan, said
that the ptithuestthill which hail been issued, signed by E.
Itornahv, had been issued by the direetbm Lord
Lietitenant, 1 with his own knovetedrT nuat coneurrence.
As a notice of motion hail t:ettt given on the subject for
Friday lie horasi thAt Its. %/Wham questions would be post-
poned unfit MO,
Mt• tvlielcy moved the third reading of the thstlol 1511
Mr. Disraeli alibi tled thin wan it Wlottoo the thinl
Pestling of a bill a Ith-h had elellased temarkable influence
upon this erasion of I,:tltlaMent. It wtis owing, to this hill
that the ciufro‘ 5 plO, ceilings in that House had bee., on
the, wind,. on, e.ifich everybody dephortel. and ~00e
leoked e*,-,on as disastroas. It wee us hi; Ili this bill that the
Hor,se of Commons load leen...halved of its highest political
privilege tutu noblest 11.k.oviltott that otcontrollingthe expo tali-
titre of nubile r,Mney, It was using to this Stag that Com.
mittee of Slmply, had virtually behe emsed for the whole
session of Parliament to tIM .',,.ioresentatives of the people.
It was owing to this ',lll that many measures of very great
importance sel probable advantage to the couotry had been
storn,..l, and especially that course legislation which con-
terned the health of the imptlistlon of tIaII emintr. The
Government hail frequently Infortited too House the
paramount reason that Ilion to introduce this bill
and to rives it foreurti. Inc Minister in charge of the bill
had ireonientlY teti that the Goterifinent had d,pt.e,ated the
postpewenend, as much as other met:hers 44 the House, of
nopertant measures whirl. tail been brought forward, but
that the unanimous pressure of the cionstituencies had ren-
dered it neeernary to bring in this bill forsecret voting. Relied
alwaro been sceptical with regard t 9 that plea fyr tbis measure.
fie had had a great Interest In the lag gencial chaion, anti
hati watched its progress with kitel totri est. lie toothed no
idea, until it was enthosStstle,ly announced by the Minister
in charge of tho hill. that vote by ballot was a measure which
the countia hod decided upon having. upon titt i-iliject it
as necessary to have an aoocura,r, o.,:h000n and when
they were told that this 1011 hr.. 41 heen introduced and pre-
maturely pressed be•N'ou.e there was an irresistible dentaud '
upon the pert Of the constituencies for it which not be
gratiard in the first to-0 sessions of *We. Parliament, because
the House had to deal it ith *Hit More iniminent and import-
ant subjects, he 14/.o,i:tined that there was no irresistible de-
mand mlO4. the part of the cotintry eehltiteti by the eon-
doet of the corodititencles, 450 tan made Inquiries into the
et-stilts of the last ertlend election in a manner which he
thought tines of the House would admit ,to be fair.
Ile bad placed before him a comolete roPe'cilou of the
addresses 44 members of the lfinis,s, and he gave credit fur
everY gentleimul Whp ,thihteett tiiniself in favour of the
ballet, and to Glow ht‘ added those who mtmottli in their
addre"e" thee did not pledge theioset7es to the ballot, yet
in tittle election speeches aveATed themselves in its favour ;
io the third place b..; had put down as pleolaeot to the
ballot all thon members of the late Palitament who had
been ee ,21eCteol, and who in the fast Parliament his' dvoted for
the ballot and the result, Which might lie taken no emblem-
atic of the irreaintilite Of the en,titlieneles which
inducts' the iluvelnitient itl liellig hi this bill, and to press it
forwent to the great dl•tui mince of public business, and to
the greet dismi,ttlitage of the State, wlthout et-61U to the
Government, and without crept Cu, the 'louse if Conning's,
aes as follows :—There s' l-1 stop England and Wales pledged
to the ballot 103 ntrMhers, for Scotland 10, and for Ireland 10:
t:•1- hindly one-fifth of the 11011., of Colin ..... ,
regretted the introduction if the hilts not Moly upon
the uronnols to, which he hal IsliArkat, but also berituse,
I, bus mind, the pal,jb. opiaion of the country and of
Purliament Was SA salt:meetly mature upon this subject to
allow it to 1., dealt w ith satisfactorily. True, the subject
of the ballot had been for forty years ui part of the Parlia-
mentary programme men; Setsions, hus it bad been a
mere abdract question —a discussfOn Orwell, the iettiparative
merits of i. 1.11 1111,1 SeCrCt Dad it, 110 single
instance lei...teed practieal IltMitmtion. The bill had two
principles a libh *sat. entirely new Viz., the guanintee if
absolure seot'ecy, in reference to tolleh it wee °tale(' by the
Miiibler who had charge of the hts., kinit personation flutist
lie atl,twt,l too go 011 volt'. Impunity ; and further. the pro-
posal to throw the eleetlllll eX111,31,11,3 Ul.ll the rates. The I
right hell, gentleman must have known that these points
ntlist have excited great oppositien, it wan remark-
aide that her Modesty's tiovernment slumlti, under
such eircuinstainTs, have taken the earliest oppor-
tunity ho the labours of the committee of Umatilla
charges of fitetion to that pert ei the committee
which was able bi Orm its month upon the subject.
lie maintained that those who had promoted the criticism
upon tilt hill had been justifiable and bed simply done
their duty and it was for Ws lint they had been menaced
by the First MinistePt fin lute 31st July they were threatened
with an not ite.l session, although he never believed it.
liolv bill was now about to leave the House. He re-
m cited its introductioon for general reasons. It WWI a re-
trograde measure which might pet...laps have been of use
30 or 40 Veal" past, lint WIWI: Was unsuited to the present
time, 'the rountl* al•knowletiged that the franchise was a
political MD-liege, anti not a trust, and it was necessary Mr
its tteiwiteral exercise that It shoald Ito excnased
for without publielty he WO public spirit, and
without Initial:spirit C.'ely nation must fall.
Mr. Iflittistone said he had never been more astonished
tr(4ll at the charges against the Government, and imrticularly
against himself, upon which the right ileo• ecutleman had
grounded his speech. lite rtzlit loct! g,entleman had described
the grits ransed rrovreding With the bill, And with res-
Peet to that h.; hail only to complain of the strange exag-
geratto:l whiCh seemed to have become haloitual to the
ttglit item gentleman. Referrin; to sanitary legisla-
tion, the right lion. gentleillan seemed to be unaware
that the tables et mortality showed an increasing
period of life, and that certainly did nit show physical de-
gclieracy. In the seine way the right hon. gentleman spoke
(of the House being Ileptived of the control over the expencli-
ture of the country, but the greater part of the expenditure
hail been votyl loeg fom, although some important votes
had been detayed to the later portion of the session.
Tht reason for the introduction of the Ballot Bill
Was not only the demand of the constituencies hut
the admission to the franchise of the 'afire helpless
classes of the constitoenea. Let the right tton, gentle-
man ask the hull. Member fir Stockport what WAS
the feeling ot the constituencies for the Ballot Bill. More
then 3,000 11tr130113 in that borough had been enhanchised by !
the last reform 1011. They were of all shades of opinion,
but in demanding protection by the ballot they were
numerous. The Ballot Bill was loot the lifth Imm (order ,1(
time if the great measure, which the llovettiment had under-
taken, and they lytt had the beet Indication of the feeling
of the constituencies In the conduct of their representatives.
The right hon. gentleman acensed the Govenoinent of
having charged at the first possible moment their opponents
With faction, and with having repeated it again and again,
and he challenged the right hon. gentleman to show him
where lie complained of factious opposition. WaS the
right hon, gentleman prepared to give him an answer
to that ? Ile hail a right I, an answer, and the cause
for its not being given was that the accusation was
withont the slightest foundation. To say that the oppo-
sition to the h,ili was factious would be unjust ; but lie
had on one occasion, when at least one remarkable speech
was made totally irrelevant to the subjeet, before the
committee commenced ill labours, stated that (luring this
session the position of the House hat been strained, and
that if it were continued a modification of its rules might
Ito necessary. This, however, NViIS before the house had
gone into committee, and no such retennice had been made
to the romlnct of the Opposition in committee. There were
grotinols of objection to many things which hail taken
place in committee ; hut it would be absurd for the fiovern-
meld to wish to prevent discussion upon the details of the
measure. The right hon. gentlenian had gone in detail over
the claims of the hill and had showed with what a patictit
and laborious application the Mouse devoted itself to
iniproving the structure of the measure, and lie
might have said that rarely had the House been
so indefatigable in its efforts to make a measure polled. In
this way the House had testified its own sincerity, and
when it sent the measure to the House it lauds it would
send it as possessing every title to favourable considera-
tion. This was the old faviimite of the people, and espe-
cially of the weaker classes ; it had received from the House
generally free, unsparing sacrifice of time and labour, and
if these linage were true, and the Mouse after its months of
unwearied labour, he would lie an uhf friend to the other
branch of the Legislature who should put in the little plea
of time against examining and dealing with the provisions
of the bill which the House bad passed, and which must
shortly take its place upon the statuto-loook if Um realm.
A long disenasion ensued, in which several hon. members
took teat, after which the bill was then read a third time
and passed, without a division tieing, called.
The Bishop's Resignation Act (ISa9) Pemetuation Bill WAS
read a second time, MO the I nion of Benefices Acts Amend-
ment Bill was passed through II 'ommittee.
The House having gone into Committee of Supply on the
5Ni,11...v al tcjaitshon2ale.a,ll•l,ltd,isawn•eesre(carroet,l),loNht,ortriatliieui!tssittrio:nie6,loorne,i)-.
Miscellaneous Services ,2109,617). 1101-pay tt 529,'1.), Mili-
tary PLIISIOTIS (0355,7i5 , Pensions 012,237,, AmiY
Departments (c173,17ti).
The Epping Forest 11111 misread a third time and passed.
Several other bills were forwarded a stage, and the House
adjourned at five minutes past three o'clock.

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In the House of Commons. August 9, Mr. Cohismid naked
Vi,• First IpiOhiOStriliti of Works whether he could ~,
o lA, arrangements for throwing open to the public ilurbitc
the I e.•:•-s the now road through the Park by ;storey's gate?
Mr. A 5 Cull Said that he had no power to make such an
:trrangement, as the sanction of the authorities was given to
t e• pew road for the convenience up! members of Parliament.
ii any ntramminents of the kind were made the I nivernment
senetion them.
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to, the order of the day for going into Committee of Sllll-
- 00 the Navy Estimates,
Lord Henry Lennox rwe to call the attention of the
louse to the circumstances under which her Majesty's ship
,Iptain was received into the navy, and subsequently sent to
; and to move a resolifthPll hq a select committee to in-
quire into the matter.
Mr. Goschen said that lie had to confront extreme
difficulty in dealing with this matter owing to the illness of
the riwht hon. gentleman the member for Pontefract, and
the absence of gothers who could give him information. He
hoped the House would not condemn the member for Ponte-
fract in his absence, he believed that the right hon. gentleman
would be aide to defend himself next session, and to accept
his share of the responsibility Ile wished the 1100ge to sus-
pend their judgment upon the late First Lord until he could
defend himself. and he thought that the House would see
that the respinsibility of sending the enpla;ii out did not
rest with the right 11011. gentleman.
sir Pal:Mgt.si said that the late First Lord had silf-
fered roost severely by lit loss"( the Confaiii, and had it not
been for the publication of his finfortingite minute, the iliSpOid
thin f the country would have been to have buried these
things in oblivion. The arrangements for the construeth in of
the neee being completed when the Board of Admiralty
under thc late Conservative Government took office. Captain
Coles had made a great invention, and there was a general
ih.sire that it should be tested. Although the C'onstructor's
Department disapproved of this class of ships, he did not
thick he • tmuld Le jai:Gnat in breaking off the arrangements
which were nearly completed, and after considerable hesita-
tion therefore he sanctioned the constniction cf the ship on
the understanding that Captain t roe SllOlll4l carry out his
designs upon his own responsibility, unfettered by the inter-
ference of the Adniiralty. lie heard with dismay upon the
completion .4 the vessel that she hail only Oft. 7ill. free-
board instead of Oft. Idn. OA dlOrigllell. lie thought that
blame should be Ralilrllkol it. several directions, although
he did not believe that any ime scnously antici-
pated the calamity which afterwards occurred. With smelt
in rednetion of freeboard. the Ailmtralty were not
justified in accepting that ship 'Hie dangers of that class
of vessels were pointed lollt try Mr. Reed, in tS6B, lint
the most Beriella warning of all was that gives try Messrs.

Lord, the builders, who suggeebo l careful examining
hooid be Made I:lconing by weights to ascertain
the tarsi,b:tt oi the centre of gravity. Why as fling
wn.iong not attended to? Sir S. Robinson count unieated
U report ou the vessel but this was sent neither to the
admiral in command of the aquadreil war to th- ,40,4,t of 'he
ehiP. This weo a.grave.oot.e.tti, a.. entirely owing to
the reform In ;he Admiralty, by which consultative
ror.i to were abolished. When Messrs. Laird made their
demand for payment an inspection was made, and resulted
in a report from Mr. Barnes, which, if it hail been delimit:lied
to the Admiralty, would pr.:lmM* Isv hltd tio eitect oi pre-
venting this eat-fol eilal.oliy happening. The blame must be
spres,i et: i a large number of per Sons, and he hoped that
this event would ~onveY to the country and to those who
had charge of its naval affairs a warning which stogit Peter
by begotten.

AftiA .eMaraa from Mr. Henley, Mr. Caves, Admiral
Ergkine, and LOrd II cott,

Mr. Lefevre said that ninter the foder I. rollicti the res-
ponsibility of Ost. Pl.!. Ciao. toe Admiralty was well defined,
sod Ir.: ieved that not only had Mr. Childers no inten-
tion of throwing his responsibility upon the shoulders of
others, but if his health had penuitted he Woolf I have ae-
celded PablielY tql the respowildlit:.- that could attach to
himself. The .I, rolL tor the Caproin were submitted to the
boarittver a hichthe right hon. baronet, the member fir Droit-
wich, presided. and were Ily them accepted. The e-sr.:l being
two feet deeper that/ was fiderrP:•.t aas due to the faultiness
of the Ohm., fez; the material which was used, idol had
the t',..agus been submitted to unlade criticism by the con-
troller's and constructor's departments, that error would
have been detected and removed r•-• Itgat in, member
for Tyrone hod wia,^el! Me. in IS7O that the Captain ought
to te to sea. The ship was not really accepted by the
Admiralty until she was lost. Their intention was to test
her thoroughly, and then to require make any
alteratigns that foirht lie,essary. The omission to forward
to Adnitrai Milne the report of Admiral R01)1118011 did not
greatly affect the matter, Admiral Milne having been already
cognisant of the dangers of the low freeboard. lie asked the
House to suspend Its JiMitment Mita Mr. Chlide.-e had an
opportsmity of defeedlre,

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Aft ei a tew words in explanation from Mr. Corry, the
motion was withdrawn.

The other orders 'were then disposed of, and the House
adjourned.