The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-03-04 00:00:00

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

It the Home of Lord., Feb. 27. Fled Kimberley moved the
Is CUD.' reading of the Pauper Inmates lsissh.rge or ft,gula-
II as. P,'ll. Is doing Oh he glanced at the course twitch
I. Axle. ion hod taken In pest times with nwpect to deallng
with vagrants There had I..tely been a considerable Increase
in vw noisy, particularly In the metropolis, but there was,
he thought, acme misconception on the subject, end the
number of persons relieved were not so large as was gene-
irontned. For the repression of professional meadi.
entry it wasneeruary that vagrants should be treated °pewee
uniform principle, ami the bill enabled the Poor Law Board
to make regulation. se to Met, work, and lodging in all
the workhonws, so that vagrants should not II wk to parti-
cular districts where a lax silicipline prev shed. The bill
would also prevebt ',amide from entering and leav-
ing the workhouse at their pleasure, and switlil give
power to detain confirmed vagrants until the third day alter
their admission. It would algo facilitate the establiihn.ent
of wards or asylums in the metropolis and large towns, in
which vagrants might be treated separately from the other
paupers. Theis would be salutary lirprovenrenle. which
would, It might be hoped, chsck the evil et prof. glottal
mendicancy without c•ustett • revulsion in the public mind
by excessive severity.
Lord Carnarvon said that the system of way-tickets bad
almost cleared Hampshire of enervate, and, if counties were
to be thrown on their own r,sources, it FM the hest system
ie.: trio I. It was bolter, however, that the Government
sr mid .eal broadly for the whole country by some such
mount, as the prawn'. In legislating on this sunj,rt It WM
highly dosirable for the G ivernment and Parliament to carry
the tr,iiic otlout with them, to ass to put down that lodis-
e, :Waste airavgiving which was the most prolific sourer) of
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The Duke of Richmond had great doubts about the or teen
or wat-lukoto, nideee they were adopted throstfhout the
c He much preferred the present M. which would
nuet many of the Mfficultlea ezperMi esi b hard, of
Guart!lx. is &Aim; Ishii rag :ants, and to which, Clem:ore,
he gave hts c irdtal repport.
Lord Silisbury suggested that one difficulty In the way of
h Inc it wayfarers eh editing et- rk—v-z , the otter ifhprepar-
tion be ween r.ailvay fares at-ti their rufam—mfght be got
rid of if working men in search of employment wonid re-
nounce their claim to compenration lu case of accident.
It dlway cAapaulta could carry them very cheaply on such
term..

!Umberley sal tbst runway companks cut not
1.3 allo.sed to kill as wavy labourers as they pleasal, but a
rsuicusaide Villa to thetr clahu might be ei.bcei.l,l to ret.din
for lower tarts.
The bill weie read set Goad time

Lord II srowhy, In askitw for returns which would dis-
to ion the ch irges of mismanagement and extravagance
brought against the adminietration if the Duchy of Lan-
caster In the other house, motored his eatisfaction at the
withdrawal by Str E Peel on the charge of " corruption."
L ,rd Inifferin wet (Over the Items of receipt and expendi-
ture, lu order to redly any misapprenst along which ire
Peres speech might have occraioned After idadicating the
administration rf the Duchy, and showing that the expendi-
ture wee steadily decrearing In the face of an Menacing
revenue, ha described the duties Imposed upon the Chan," llor
of the Duchy. Insteul of behm au Olympliin deity with
noticing to di he was really the cherwoman and maid-of-all-
werk to the Admlnlstration—a position which he hurnotons'y
exemplified by the history of a single day'. work A public
functionary discharging such varied end multifarious dutles
cculd not be described as melees or unnecessary.
Their I 'MAIM' then adjiiurced.
13 (ho House of Conunons, a number of private bills were
read a recoil (life.

M. Willtw.ll whed the Vlce•Presideut of the Connell
whether the (increment WAS prepared to assist the echoob
misters receiving I],o/eminent grants to establish a system
of Itabi tu pe raun esti ni
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.Ir. %V. E Forster stid that the (I.veniment had found it
the-nsolves to initiate such a syste n, hut if tho
mamas, r+ 14 rain and voluntary sehaols could agree up, any
scheme. the Government would he wiutrcg to consider It
sitn a y few to Its being carried into Ifect.

TIIE CO:WU ±ION OF PFACE.

Mr. °two, said that he wished to ask the Ptime Mini.ter
several notations with reference to which he would not now
make coy remarks it, settked singly to ask whether it
was true as stated in the newepapen that peso) had been
amen...led at V. readies between the Prussian Government
at.d the French plenipotentiaries; end if to, whether the
term. were correctly tinted In the taws apes; these terms
ing that Fret cc is to yield to Germany Alsace and
Lorretne, including the fortilled town of blitz and to pay
an Indemnity II 200 millions steeling, sod whetter that li.-
di molt; M tab. paid by an tame of Wrench /tenter ; and if so
whether other parts of France than theta to be ceded
wtil be occu;ded by German troops until that debt is
discharged. If. wished to ask also whether, to use
ta., Prone Minister's own words, her idejasty's 0 morn-
went h n watchful, and had endeavoured, In
concert with other neutral Powers, to moderate these
terms" And if rot in concert with other neutral
Powers, Instructions In thM sense had been given to Mr It to
ItosselL Ile was Informed that the triumphal entry of the
Germans into Paris Ir.d been deferred until Wt dues, ay next,
and he moved to ask whetht r orden had been given to the
two military officers at Vet-B,olles not to take pert he or to
accompany the Germans during their triumphal entry into
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Mr. Gladden. red 'hat, as regarded the qiiestion with
ret reline to the conditions of peace, the German Ambassador
bad communicated with Lird Granville, and himself, early
this morning, brought the authentic hmelligence that
the prel‘minaries had been 'ivied. Thaws, the only
till:lel knowledge they had up to the present. With
respect to the second and third lineations the Gowen].
mans had not teen unmindful of that di claration of his
which bud Se3o referrot to, bat he most leg of the lane.
member to be content for the protect with that suer. No
time would be loat In laying before the lio,tie Information
which would place them in lull possession of the steps which
the Government had taken, but that Information would not
be complete until they had rem ived communications from
P wit. oh had not as yet arrived. With respect to the
f liras q tiitfoe, hisitnottone had been given to General
Walker and Copt sin Hosier not to accompany any triumphal
ectry Into Maria —There sea precedent which he thought was
applicable to the case ; tor in the )ear 1b59. at the close of
the war waged by the greptror Napoleon with Italy, Colonel
Claremont had been ratan: k to the Italian army, and he was
directed not to enter Paris with the French army 113
triomphal procession. It M was thought right that Colonel
Carell^o,l should not accompany any triumphal procession
of the Irrnch army into Ms own capital, be thought it was
middies: that it would be in proper to anew Any of our
°dicers to accompany a triumphal procession of a foreign
array into that caplet.
Mr. suede' led that the Mantels of Elarilogton's
motion for a Secret Committee should have precedence of
the other huriness ; but Mr. We htone dctls.ed, on the
ground that the Scotch members had been promised that the
Scotch Eines:lon Bill should is taken first ; but, by way of
er roprondre, he nurierlook that the Scorch Seat, should be
edj ,urned at nine o'clock if the bill were not read a second
time Wore that hour. Accordingly, darter the sent four
boors the princtoal Scotch members tap:easel their opinions
on various details of the MIL

The 1)13 was na I a me md time at a few minutes peat
nine Wel. ck.

The Wet venirg boshyse having bcen postponed,

The tiler pits of Harthigton moved, as he laid, with a
feeling of painful dismay." fir a Select Comm,. tae to in-
q aim Into the tests, ca "I an unlawful c Wederatlen In the
C misty r 1 Westmeath and parts adj meat, and the best means
o!supptes lug It

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A lonothene-d diecusslen followed, In which Mr. Murrell
sml see, Vol other hon. members took put, sod eventually,
on the tho:ion of Colonel Wilson Pat ea, the debate was ad-
journed, and the House then adjuuked.

la the House of Lords. Feb 28, their lor4stilps met coon
af.,er four o'clock, when the Royal snot was given by com-
mbiton to the folowing bill,, via.:—The Princes. L agse's
Annuity MI, the hob.. Act (1b70) Amendmert Dill, and the
Provkinnel (Mien Bills (Committees' 8.11. The Lords
C-nuallsainiera were the Lord Chancellor. the E irl of lbs.
borough, 'bcount Sidney, Viscount Halifax, and the Duke
Of St. AThans.

In Teo!), to Lord ilcu;dtton,
The Y. of Kin.berley said the may communteation he had
recetred Mutest Vie recess ou the tut ject sf marriage w ti a
deceased wife's sister in the colones. was from Sou. h
trete. The L Attleboro of that colory h.d passed a bUi lega-
lising such man lams, but acting in ;ord.ce with precedent,
he had tatted her Majesty to disallow It. lie had Co objection
to prod,l, e the corretpoubience.
their loreships then adjourned.

In the House of Commons, the Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod attended from the Upper 11 .use and Informed
the Spe tier that the Lords who were authorbed by virtue
of hi r Mejwity's cc mnelaston to declare Ike Royal Assent to
Acis tweed upe n by both Douses desired the attendance of
the Commons at the Ileuses et roars to heir the 000IDAGS1011
read She Speaker and many hon. rne,,bers at once pro-
ceeded to the hat of the II .use of Lords, and on their return
the usual business was proceeded with.
Mr. Clem Road asked the Home Secretary If Me attention
hail beeh called to the wholesale manner in whlc'i the police
of some districts hive granted certificates to pedlars under
the Act of last Session.

Mr h.ucs raid that t it attsntl,n had been called to the
waiter an.i he thought it might he advisable to send a c.r•
cut it to the pUce, calling utteutfon so tho 101 Jet. IS was
also In c nteroplatlon to tete atop, to prevent the use of
certificates M a protection tsr menlic intl.

Sir Mos ty Lopes brought forward 612 annual motion on the
entject of Local Taranto], and on this osc Won It tech the
form of a Rs mintier!, eCeliletig It to be neither just nor politic
that local charge, for national purposes should be imposed
exclusively on houses and land, and c Ming on the (term.
meet to it ei nine forthwith Into the incidence of Imperial as
well as Local Tax stlon. Ile began by estimating the total
Inc me of the comsery at £iee,oo,ol.o, mid. asserting that
testy or.e-s,tch of this was anesesd to Local Taxation,
he calculated that from this fraction of sexual Orem,
there were raised In Reel:del arid Wales twenty milli, na
annually of losal taxes—Jost half of the whole Im-
perial revenue, excluding the charge for Intrrost n DAS
[his ettormotu exemption of the sumusl hicome of the
coin:try dir Massey characteriz das monstreus, intolerable,
and 61111 E st incredtble cod on the other hand, the °anon a
real property who was so unfairly burdened, whlle old
privileges vs ere talon foveae, hid had new no pototindiUt•
thrust on them. its aeanut it, 1,0, as a question attendee
the poor man, who we uld be more hehtfited by the reduction
of luest than Of inmate' taxes, sad weal on to c Imparts
local with Imperial [mot' denouncing the former as chaotic,
uusysternatfc, comploated. and continually lucre...tog
Of the X.tal amount of Local T.:ration, £12,000,00Y, he
asserted, were raised for the benefit of the whole
country, arid were Imposed, not by the eaten' ary
choice of the loc diets, but by the arbltrary interfertnce of
Parliament and the central wither'. y. Tide rum he pro-
ceede d to an 11ne minutely under the there heads of moneys
ratted it r Poor Law purposes (Z 7.700,0 0 !nor eye levied
unite the Poor Rate ..... ment, but having no cmnexlon
with the Poor Low (41,000,00 .), and the County Rates
( 3,3:0 0,0), matntaMiug that to ouch rummies **outdoor
maintenaocs, lunatic asylums, denial salaries, *miens-
tion, registration, tele us, polios, alPltta barrack', &e,
utensil as well no real property ought to be made
he contrlt nit ; and that the Imported 0 iv, slime no, which
hat assumed the control In most of them item.,
ought to pay • ',der part of the expense. The pre.
tic. I runt& of the rimiest us jail sy dem was to mak
the Investment of espital in land penal, and hence f
dearer ford, lower wages, and increased pauperism. Ile
pointed out that collet queocea still more dangerous to society
followed from onconragiug the investment of capital in hmse-
buthitng Replying to at cipated el j Jetted., he showed
that the principle of local control fallen to secure economy,
since the central aesthoritles Interfered to much and he
&seeded that real property mid Its full share of Impel ial
Taxation. Finally hews:eluded by ct mplalningof the conduct
of he Ci ,vernnient In this nsatter, and, bolohn* that the Corn-
Mitif C of last year did not touch the gist of the question, he
proaed f or a Royal C,mtutssion.
The motion was seconded by Me Pell, who showed how
the exemption of lend from Probate Duty was made up In
other modes, and, by way of carrying the war Into the
enemy's country, he directed attention to the exeniptlons
seemed by 14611111t10111 arestements at:der icLesiule
Col met Ammtts also smoke in live ur of caldng ptraoual in
aid of real property in beset g tic e burdens

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Mr. Solider-Booth supported the motion, although he
thought it would be better to have some prsctic.l bill ratlur
thao to plunge Mt° • long hoping,. Though mt agreeing on
every point with Sir Massey L pee, ha concurred with hien
that the Government should give • larger contrtbuthdi to the
041311116 of police said lunatics In a ylimis.
After remarks from Mr. W. Fowitr, Mr. White, Mr. C. 8
Read, Mr lo Chadwick,
Mr. Goschen said the Government aireed with the motion
that it awes Impossible to rah. taxation from , no description
of t roperty tune. They also recognized the 4tuty of Inquiry
and indeed had o fleeted much information from different
parte of the e, untry end from foreign eenutries, and if there
ha I Itos.rn a delay to producing it, It was owing to the Intri-
cate nature of the subject. Further then this, their ambition
was to Inaugurate I.y legislation • new era of Local Taxation.
and a liii WWI ready to be brooght in when the Sane of
the 11. use permitted. lie deprecated, theretore, further
Inquiry. winch was unnecessary. Taming on to C11110:10 Sir
L pests arguments, he nest ct.rrected his estirolto to,
the amount of Locsi Tax Ilion, which be put at £1e,G00,10.),
an 1 arca d earnestly apiust any large teautier of charges
front L Cd to Imperial Taxation. it IVY easier to ratio
inea.ty by rates than by taxes, and, ti.curtt it might,, neces-
sary Po elk r the mode of raising the rates, from motives of
public policy he was decidedly against tuning • local into •
national charge. To show that there wu 130 need for such a
change, be steeJpecl the comparatly• Welles of town end

et—the eight- mftUonsbywi
I 4111 tares had increased, flee millions had accrued
in the towns. and more than • million and • half
In poor relief. The only real increase of which the
country had a right to complain w. Malt a million
for the rural police, ant, at to the Poor Bate, it was
44 per cant. h abet In the towns than to the coubtry.
In th 4 country land as d h inn togetner contributed It
per cent. ot Imperial Telethon, and, of this, lard polo
B:,000,(00, or sL per cent, while be some Continental
countries the contr.tottons rose as high as 32 pr re..
Moreover, tho rate in the porn-1 representing in erisi and
Local Taxation paid by the laud had fallen from 4s. 13,1 In
142 i to 3 21. us nib) Mr. Goachen mentioned other farts
of a slander chsrec.nr to illustrate his contentlon that the
land is not unduly burdened, all of which, he said, should be
tel lon the table before legialatlrg. A,ter thistle,: on the
Injo,tlce whch would be done to S no:land and Ireland and
the Northern counties ba transferring charges to the Con.
solidated Fund, and pointing out that man) I indownera had
bought their 11'14 subjects. these burdens, he coneuded
by movlog the previous question.
After remarks also from Sir John Pakington, Mr. ltath-
bane, and Mr. G. lithlirck,
Mr. Gladstone took a number of minute °Mee:inns to the
form of the motion, and ale especially emphatic in urging
that the effe,t of carryirg is nould be to delay the bill watch
thafl meant ti bring in as coo, as there nu any
chance of making way with it.
Oa a division, the previous queltton wee carried by a mu
jowy 01 40-211 to 195.
menolninOtier, of Mr, Giadstonee Committee on the rabro
Btraneas of the Hon, gave rise to in animated conversation,
Mr. 11.:ransis and a Marra at-jotting that the alitial element
was too strongly represented. Ultimately, the het ea pen.
peel ha Mr Gladstone au agreed to, hut Mr. Lowther
Moist, al that he shoubl move an addition to It.
I he lima° then acpurned.

In the louse of Con num., March Ist, Mr. Anderson, in
moving the 4t c nd leading cif the Citation Amendment (Sect-
lute Bill, explained Lica: its obj•ct was to ab 01.11,1 some of
Ines processes of citation in Scotland. l' pier the present
system nothing was easkr in Scotland than to obtain a
decree agMnst a debtor In hie absence; a di, although the
claim for which the decree was given must i, unjust, in most
insiances the decree was practically Seal.
The Iced Advocate admitted the exhitcnce of a geevtirri
anti would not therefore I pose the renmd reading of the
bill, aithou.,h he could no extend to it his approliation.
lie ix Idiot out acme' trovisions of the measure which he
tip Hg 1 thould he brought under c .nsldcration In cons-
Sir. Gordon approves' the principles
lhe bill was the. read a second time.