The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-03-19 00:00:00

imptrial Varliament.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

UONDAT.—Lord Shaftesbury introdneed • Bill for
regulating the use of merifleiel vestmente in she ono..
of the Cheetah, and whir le he explained as intended only
to give effect to lonsicogitioned Swag as opposed to
modern innoviv ions, without contravening the canons
or the raisins. The Archbishop of C•neerbore, referring
to a remark of Lord 81.aftmbory, sold the subject of
vestments had been under the °maid...atlas of the
Bishop., bet it involved no mach difficulty that DO
decision had as yet been arrived et. The Bill was mod
• first time. Ltd Russell moved for cortain returns in
emnexion with the Ilepreeentation of th• People in
Perliamsnt, and'in so doing took an opportunity./ reply.
irg to Mr. Dimeell's statement that the rffiret of the
Reform Act of 1832 had been to exclude the working
eon from the franchise. He showed br qaotietions from
his speeches. at that period that the intention of conferring
the power of the franchise to a large estent upon the
trading chimes war not to exclude the working men, but
to improve the selection from that body to whom the
elective power was entrusted. After noticing the varies.
mercuric of Reform which had bean introduced since
1832. and provoking. be • reference to the entoint
inemures of the present Government, • prote.t front the
Pr me Minister that the criticism was premature, Lord
Ittoesli 4loollarert his conviction that the old 'poem of
mot anil lot voting .I...unsuited to the present void (ion
• moiety, as exception. meet be admitted in favour of
1.-dgers and compound honwholders, whir% would quit.
detmet from its origin.' chameter. If it were neciewary
that the working classes obi old be admitted to • greater
share in the Reprementietion. he trusted it would not be
eet the coat of • eomplete extinction of the power of the
middle cinema. Loch Derby designated the speech of I
Lord Ruswll as • Reform outobieglopby, obwrvine
that in it no clue bed been afforded as to tbe smoker's
view. of whet were the practical measures to be adopted
U. the pv sent crisis, and SUM Sting M.lne minor altera-
tion, in the term, of the returns moved for, which were
adopted by Lord ItaseelL The motion was agreed to.
Totaose.—Lnrd Pedeedaie introduced a Bill stored-
int the right of indi•i•inal or. d•tort to proceed against
rdlee•y companie, —Ti.. •manitinente to the British
North America 11.11 weirs finally aimed to.
TRORSDAT. —There was a dig:notion on the queolion
of.. multioe for the army. That stillest was introducod
b) Lord Dalhousie, who diil not eltogitbsr approve of
the scheme which hied been submitted to the Roam of
C be ()mond Peel. In Ow course of the debate
the Duke f C.robridee spoke at tome len ri h, and &p-
-owered to give hi•sepport to the proposed of {hop...ern.
re int. He declared that nothing would bring recruits
U. the army .e reiwily as on Mama. of the pay of the I
giddier, end this was tibia the Government etoremrd•
Eventeolle, the motion for pauses, which had served
Lord Dalhousie as • peg on which to bang laM speech,
was withdrawn, and their lordship. adjourned.

FSlDer. Lord Grey, In presenting • petition upon
the aubj.ct of Parliamentary Refill me, stated concurrence
In many of the •iires therein 'gormand. B. regarded
it.. of the Ant necessity that cry • of Reform
ahould he of an •turn to re•ttle the question at least for
many years He •Iso thought that • much bobler
bane of mai trit•ution of seats than any hitherto put
forward as. required, •troner advocated ineremed
representation for th• educated slaves by the creation
of new ll•tiverelly oinntitsencim, and • representation
of the local bodies. Concerrin • with a statement in the
°ethic,. that any bonsehold auffrage that might be COO •
h.rpmti should be aubjeet to tb• performanal of all the
dolma of lionsel•olders, Lord Grey mintiemned the
primates of allowing holusittoiders whom cites were econ•
mottial for by the hin •lord to not., insisting that one
of It. iffe to bad been to increase bribery and onrrostion
st elections. He ttron;ly favoured • com.iletive vote,
which &pi-roved to hits to posse.' all the elements of
justice, prtioicability. end Welty, and, in hi•
opinion, bossed the beat safrguard, that could he
deveed against a pomible moommly of power by the
most numerous olssa. UPO/1 ON general question hit
expreened apprehension leat one of t• 0 evil. should
000,11r—th•I the Seesion woold pam away w•thout any
Reform 811 being serried, or, an•l as he considered lb.
greater evil, that a erode end itl-conaideied
',told be adopted. fits twitted the Government with
Weir rereate•l changes of opinion upon the subject, end
depiecated the rimiest of any mounts until the redis-
tribution of mats es w• II as the errangernimt of the
franchise bed h en instantly and folly considered by
Perlimient After vln•licati mg the House of Commons
front the charges that had been ressintly mad• mildest
it, and showing that since the Reform Rill, even in its
sh •rt-comine, it had been • faithful reflex of popular
°Metes, It.. f li•bite to error, he urged upon the
Government and upon Parliament the exercise of great
caution and moelsration to prevent the orcurrenos of
either of the misfortunes which h• had indicated.