The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-22 00:00:00

SATURDAY, JULY '22, 1871.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

In the Rouse ol linda, July 17, the East London Railway
Dlll, and thit North .11etropolittui from ways Dill were resat
third HIM! and passedlhe .
rublie Librariea (ileothuitl) Act (1607) Amendment 11111
Owed eolninlttee.
.I.lourned debate on the Army Regulation Bill was
resittnett by Ltd Abitigt.r. I. ho supported the Amendment,
hltholigh, as an Army I.lllrer on full pay, Ito should In, lime.
111 el in a mcnniary sense hy thy bill. Ile declared that the
valuers of the Army, both of iltreltatte and non Put,
slime eorpa, %hilted matters to remain as they were,
•ttil, after examining the bill as it afferted promotion
and exchanges, expresred himself favourably - both per-
'tonally and on behalf it great body of olheers
hi Is•gard to Mr. Shanty's idoresal to pay °Meet, at once
the rentilstion priers!, tearing ever-regllbillon payinentst to
tahe tare ..f thentielves. The Duke of Richnimul bad, lie
thought, underrated the tint of the Government aehenie,
Ii ednl.l he. 1.4 1.71.10.0110, list x1.E.0.000 a year. Refer-
• 111 g 1,54411rei wrihl Irk I twill experience lit the desire of
British tillirefli to luiuiul,rt'e thelnnelves plrtfeseimuui.iiiy and the
obstaeles turn It ti then *ay by the War I /Mee, he examined
the rhort Penh,. system l.y the light of his Crintean expe-
rience, and ',nutted out thr time of Melt-Seasoned troops In
a caltipaign.

Lord Longford, lanithling that lie was 1.4 in accord with
Shone flitting around him, said that, although the hill was not
entirely m014.1E1..17, he emild see no benefit tither to the
At my ir 1., good government in postponing the decision to
abolish Purchase, which ilesei Pied at a System under
widen iinowitlon in an liononrable service ought not to he
regultiti;.l Lilt,: al terms id eiimpoirctiiiii were now leered
I.ne i:overrinflnt, and, upon the whole, the balance of
iiitibite advantage hying in favour of the bill, he should vote
for the 5e1,11.1 reading.
torit•Liiiiini, as urn Army officer, regarded It as his duty to
Nand hy the ii)stein if Purchase. which he defended ttnrrt
carious eiiiiiiiikrutions. The rower if Selection wolf, under
hurt sNateni. mite us greut ins coUlti lie safely intrusted to airy
viva or mailer) antitorit).
Ile Duke of Ciereland besought their Lordships to inter-
pone no further May in the settlement of this miestio al, since
delay could not but he most injurious to the interests of the
otneent. Nhilly members of the otli !louse hail supported
the i:overnment Bill most reluctantly, and might not feel
bound t,r vote for another nirasuic iiiiering the *slue hliwnol
tank..

The Duke id Yiortl berlanit characterised as downright
robbery any refusal II the part of the Government to repay
1,, officei . the stuns they had 101 l for their ix. •asions.
Ile dilated on 1110 advantage,' or Purchase, and tlie difficulties
seleeti .... , and said that many naval °Meen regretted that
*Ningxiar dhl u. 4 exist in the Navy.
Lord Forte's:lie aupported the 1411, but complained of the
shortcominga of the Government scheme in regard to the
sanitary nahlition of the Arniy, and the Inadequacy of our
present military strength.
• -

Lord Sandwich. W. Nillidia I Meer. offered some practieal
%lineations for inereaming tie efficiency of the Resort:
Force.. adding that If the hill 'Rased no large a stint would ili•
rennin:6l that he felt no coundt IcV that it would he Votrii by
the other house. lie .loothi, theref6lre, stipport the Amend-
ment.

Lord strattiant de Red,.liffe said that all vrere agreed upon
the necesaitv 11l reorganisin, our Anny and increasing its
efficiency hut, regarding the hill as altogether inadenuate
to. the emergency, he should vote for the Amendment.

The bill was rnpported by Lord Truro, and opposed by
Lord Brownlow.
Lord 11•111 as examined some of tho objections urged against
the NIL remarking that'. hen it was said it contained no com-
pleteplan it should is, remembered that Annyadmlnintration
was provided by Army Warrants inul Regulations, and not hy
Acts of Parliament. Glancing at the measurers taken of late
years to intiornee the condition of the soldier and the various
measures which formed part of the (Merriment scheme, he
Mill he hail reorymnized the whole Indian Army on the bene-
hold principle of Selection. He had also, as First Lord of
the Admirality, administered the affairs of the Navy in the
same prineiple, and could, like the Duke of Somerset,
testify that he had never received ally application from the
Secretary of the Tivasury. Nor did he see why a peptic.'
Secretary of state for War should lie more exposed' to party
pressure than a political First 1.1,114 the Admiralty. If the
bill pmesi.ll, every officer would have the same means and ad-
vantages in respect of retirement as filch be now possessed,
mid he maintained that taking the Duke of Richmond's own
figures, no utile than ic2,9,0(10 additional would he required
to carry out the Government scheme of retirement runt secure
a regular now of linhuluiiti,iii. Quoting burl Stmtlmairn PIM
:11101./ritita ill support of his position that the want If
autlicklit professional qUalitilratiolli woe mainly chargeable
upon Piachasc, and pointing out the effect.; of the rejection
of the hill upon over-regulation payments. h.. asked their
lordships to pass the bill in the internam of tin:officers them-
Selves.

Same time, considering the period of lite Session, he an-
limatkred that the Debtors (Ireland), Jilackwater Bridge,
Enclosure law Amendment, Pilotage, Coal Mines Regula-
tion, Metalliferous Mince, Pharmacy, and Bankruptcy
(Ireland) Amendment Bills would be dropped.
Mr. Liddell, Mr. R,okn, Mr. •Ntuntiella, and Mr, candlish
joined in urging the Dover 111111111 l not to drop the Coal Mines
Regulation BBL the question behig ripe for a settlement.

. - - -
Mr. Disraeli agreed that, of all the Bills the Government
had intruluced, this was one which ought to have beeu
pressed, even at the cost of withdrawing the Ballot Bill.
Of course, it was for the Government to decide how long it
would keep Parliament sitting, hut the House had a right to
insist on contlitions—that the busioess of the country should be
conducted with a tine regard to its constitutional privileges.
The state I d public business, Mr. Disraeli said, was daily
grossing re unsatinfactory, and for this retlsoll be regretted
Mr. sandstone's intimation that he would put everybody to
an much personal inconvenience as possible if he did not have
his own way. Any attempt to force down this unexpected,
•cessary, and immature measure, he predicted, would
lead to disaster.

Mr. Bruce mig.gested that the Coal Mines Regulation Rill
should be referred to a large Select Committee, with an view
to narrow tile points of I litterence still further and Mr..l.
Lowther, thinking the idea a good one, suggested that it
should be applied to the Ballot Bill. Mr. Nlagniac olescrved
that the miner., rt polled, would prefer the Ballot. Bill to the.
Regulation BM.
The House then went into committee on the Ballot 11111.
In Clause 3,
Mr, Ilentinck moved an Amendment requiring that there
shall be an separate Ballot paper for each candidate, but did
not press it to a division, and a Mug time was spent in dis-
cussing the order in which the candidates shall be inscribed
on the Ballot paper. Various suggestions were made from
both sides—that the order shall be decided by lot, that the
order shall be according to priority of nomination, that the
!MRCS of the candidates shall Inc printed in different colours,
but, iu the end, the alphabetical order enjoined in the
bill was retained by 71 to 16.

The other arrangements of the Ballot papers were also dis-
cussed for a COUSidrrable time. Mr. Leathimi proposed that
the voter shall scratch out the names of the candidates he
does not vote for, instead of putting a mark opposite
the names of those lie favours : lint he pressed it feebly,
and it received no support. Mr. M.Malion carried by 80
to 53 a priivision that in the square opposite each .milidate's
name there shall be a number ciirresponding to his alphabe-
tkal ; and, on Mr. Bentiock's suggestion, the third sub.
sectii ill was left out, which requires that the balloting papers
shall lie kept in books.
Sir R. Sidwin-Ilibetson proposed that the square opposite
the candblatel' names shall be printed in cottons, lint Mr.
W. E -anctian to party colours by Act
of Parliament, and i imately the joropuial Was rejected by
187 to 132.

Mr. Bentinek was defeated by 220 to 143 in an attempt to
strike 01It the provision for a secret compartment in which
the voter is to mark his paper ; Mr. 11. Bentinek was equally
unsuccessf ill maleay.ouring to alter the proportion Of 0.111-
partinent. ilev.ording to the moldier of Voters: and, after a
few verbal amendments hail lawn made in the subsection,
the further progress of the bill was postponed. until Tuesday
The report of the Irish Education Vote having been
brought hip Wan, after a few observations, agreed to.

Mr. Brute's Intoxicating Liquors Liemices- Suspension Rh
was read a second time, and the Sunday Observance Prose
eutions Bill was also read a second time.

The other micro were dimpawed of, and the House ad-
jwurned

In the Home of Lords, July 18, the Private Chapels 8111,
WWI, on the motion ~f bird Lytleiton and after some discus-
sion, read a second time.
The Charitable Donations and Bequests (Ireland) Bill was,
oil the motion of bird Wilson, read a second time.
The Lord Chancellor. on the second reading of the Statute
Low Revision Bill, sold that it carried the work of revision
arid expunration down to the Act of Union, the number of
statutea repealed being 1,11.10.
lii committee on the Prevention of Crime Bill Lord Hough-
1, on reprotell Ills olojectio. to hooting ilomo iri,uhinils, and
moved the orlii,Wlioll of the provision rcsruiring ticket-of-leave
men to report themselves monthly to the police.
Lord Morley defended the clause, on the ground that it dill
not prevent the criminal from entering upon a new life, and
that by the bill he need not go to the police-station, but
might report himself by letter. The monthly report was the
only method by which the police could exercise the necessary
superintendence over the criminal classes.
I.onl Houghton afterwanls adverted to the frequency of
brutal assaults mum the police and the inadequacy of tile
Volli:lhment, indicted for thix offence
The bill passed thnurgh Conimlttee with amendments
several other hills were forwarded a stage, and their 10111-
,410 a adjourned.

ay.•va. ,
in the ma, of thininiii., at the 1111 l ruing sitting, I
Lord stratlmairn objected 1.1 place the imwer of judging
the merit, and demerit, of tinkers in the hands of th„ than. Sic tieor.ie Grey gave notice that on Thursday lie ail] ask i
rnander-inthief avid the secretary of State fir Woe The Ilie (hieenutient whether they ineati to take all) steps to put I
principle of Beiretion, it was alleged, worked well in !ha a stop to the payment if over regulation prices ; and Lord I
Navy, but counter-statements and complaints id fikvieititlsm Lieu" al"' ialve natl.'. thatuliiee waii,iii,p.,laate:,tl,l,rtlilheet.thwasape't.'er I,
at the Admiralty a ere heard in evety quarto- Cuichase if the Exchequer as to
might hid be theoretically the, best ststem, lint it liml extra on the Income-tax, inimeicil with reference to the Army i
worked well tool lie stated some of its nAsantages. Ile next Bill' I
looked at the question in the interest id the mxpaser, who The House then went into i-iinimittee on the Ballot Bill. I
was undeniably a gainer by the lastsent system. The emit, truction of the Itallid box was discinised at vonsider- '
The Duke if %I-styli began by noticing some if the isdnia r',le Ichgth• Mc' lhiatilick sagaci.teil that the fans "f the I
rained by 1,,,,,i R,,,,,,,ii, nail ~,,,t, eehm.ed ti the „0,.„,..eata box should lie approved Ily the candidates, width wee neg. '
in detente of Piirehatie which formed the staple it the I (iced by 1)4 to 43 : and a Turin sail by Mr. Beneford Hope that '
speeches of made Lords apia.jte. ~Ith„,,i, they in deetathd it should be specified in a schedule was also negatived by leo :
that it was indefensible in theory. Defining Purchase to be t'' 46'
a 5,0 steel of promotion by seniorltr. ithaliheil by money, aud laird Claud Hamilton fuevol ali amendment, providing ,
wholly inresPective of commit-Alive merit, he .4,111,4 she that the list. from Which elect. us would know at which i
feet that from t8,./00,05i0 lit closeouts) wits lovested iiy I Drilling phiees to vote should lie published at least two days .
50. ofileces in Proof id the impossibility of fondling the In I...loughs and four days in counties prior to the day of ;
Army system without issuing hits contaet with Purchere election. I
mid the vested interests involved. Passing West to Mr. Forster sail that the ward registers were ityW pub. ;
the injurious effect of Purchase upon Armv ediwation, he tithed a emisiderahle tinie before the eleetions.
said that, altiniugh its defenders at en it I eil it hail its
blots, Purchase 411114 Stand or fall os A %hole and unless it The amendment was migetivcd,
sould be maintained wire A Wire critical, assembly than sir iis wisies es.% id t lie
,44,114i.i,..11 44f the sntilvielehrmeigist„
of that the .
that described by Lord I retlis its apologists must resign their retiorth iis Miner shall rectify toe roll! /
pet scheme. What. then, was the use if fighting for is elector, provided for each polling station to lo a true copy.
system which must le!uiven up the moment the Governracnt Mr. Forster said that under the existing law such certittca.
.d the day &elm,' against ill He neat called attelit- to thin was necessary. lie Would however agree to the amend-
We total of lim Amendment, which was hitrotlimally evasion mmd•
.4 the subject id Purchase, and complained that the Duke of After some further discussion, the amendment was with-
Richmond did not treat with fakirs. the Govennnent plan ih_ awn.
fis developed by Lonl Nortlihnsik. Ile deseribeil the nos`, Mr. C. Bentinek inured the omission °rm., seslion 8, which
iil Selection Ily the commander-in-Chief and tbs. ',ceretary Makes it luctunbent upon the rethrnilig °Meer to provide for
tor India. and WPM why a si-stem of selection apart eaeli polling station sti thstraident with-Ishii:ll.M stamp the
from politico should not 11118 WW for colonelcies of voting pauses
regiments which succeeded Ili high mllitary com- Ms. l'orster defended the provision as being designed to
mambo. Lastly, he °Neste.) fir the Amendment ea an nocier prevent nand. He said that powers were given Vino: Home
stitiational infringement .if the prerogatives of silo "its n, Sven:tidy to provide the instrument, and it was made an
because it asked thrfr larnlshiln to Muse to on's* a bill for oitenee for a returning °Meer Waive information with reg.ed
the reorganisation of the Army until the Cr.e..ii had einhodied to it.
the details in the form id a bill. The' the Government did 1,,,,,t (hind Daimilton thought the stamp should be pro-
hot intend to Ws and if their Lisidships' example were ful- thi„,l l's ti,l ....,„.,.,_th.es, of stall..
lowed hy the other House ritsir Lordships would be the Writ ' . - - ---
to cuniplain. Mr. lienaford Hope said that the thins° as It atoml was
~_ a trap for the Common tube-mei% and wont.' render secresy
Lord Sklisbury devlined to diSell. the question 111. fl the sole gel lof the interest of the Brit/oh ollteer. Dismissing
hins'ftfide
a ith contempt the allegnf bin that If their lordships adopted - l'itistest saiil thst the whole of this system of
this aniterilment the next bill might nid provide for the pay Stanipmg sad rotten and ineffectual from One end to the
hunt tif over-regulation payments. loi pointedly alluded to '"lt"r-
-11...01 Derby's description id tho constituencies, as inilicor,ag Mr. Hardy said that it would be impossible to keep the
I hat he was hot istibt sat4oicil v. ith his "wn wie.ti In the Into device secret if the returning officer had to seed about the
Reform Bill. licelittlag, blows. r. to bellso-t that the new country to get these instrument, He sulminted whether
constituencies Si tie fir, 1.41,•,1 to robirse ori r the stioliaiiiin the ret inning oiliest could not be trusted to initial tlit ballot
ed rich men. Tie declared (bit. a aCicver statements limi been P.I. "
1110410 to thn 4 olitrary norwitlistimiling, the 44111, ens of the Mr Forster mill that the iildeel of the &n ice Wan that it
Army were opposed to tido bill, BIM were anxious that it Could not lie so easily imitated iin nu Initial.
ishollia !lot pada. it sea possible that if s-e were all thrown After some Outlier, it iscassion,
upon a desert island Purchase might not be set up ti• en M.- c ls'iilinck said that the suliaection hail completely
Iltotitution, and lie al,, nut quite side the Duke ,Of ltrok."11 him fl and AIM the right lion. gentleman could give
Argyll himself would be an histitation that age.l4l ha no intelligible answer to the objections that hail been made
Pet up under such cite...tam. Denying that Prittliase to it, he should take the opinion of the coimailtee upon the
was the tissue upon w bieh they • ere e.dirs into the gatiendment.
toldiy, he said that Plush:me ill4d Proeltie a system of TheConimittee then di, hie ii :—Fiir the clause, IbM; Against,
retirement, and that lie and those shout hint had a le • Majority. ee
right to ask how those °Meets etre to be acconiplishail if it '
Salle ai, lish u e,I. Passing ill etstic review the relations 'The snionilinent was therefore rejects.,
Isleeu it tie Minideri"l lea lure and their followers in the Lord Churl llsnillf isi moved Dist tine Hume Secretary
ialier iliiiNe, he hinted at the improlabilitY that the Chan- alionlit pniviite the rtamps.
cell, of the Eveheimer amibi so ou throwing away X 1,000,008 the. I'. S Ilead. Mr Julian (ioldsmith, Mr. Talbot, and
n )ear on military retirement. Party intluenee was the Mot of Mr li :lope supported the amendment.
the /cilittcal "'atom "f the l aitcd statc* end this w.ieetaietlic Mr. Forster thought Unit the, diMenities of tile 4 axe Were
great danger id our politieal future If pnrehrom hod been greatly exaggerated, and that there would lie no difficulty in
ilesi'elheil aa a ilatem i (selihnity tempereit hy seteetnin, the meeting them. Ile lllconsidere at the best plan mould be
Mom; correct formula id the tif mewed srstew Wm atimnation for the returning Idticer to provide the 1,, pi ender the hi
.
tampend by jobbers* It is. the tanerial dilly of that Howie dria.tf„„. from the floor, enliors
ao protect the .4. Ainiry agishiat nosh and imperfect legiolation,
will hers hotted their Isintehlps not to aleatolon the .Vriay to am i
The C natter then dtvided---Against the aniendinent,
-
alas intim-nee of combined senility inid eorruptioa, -the bill Itel , for ilit memo nieni, 112 , nia jmit y, CI.
was org d forward lip the Prinie Slininter to redeetil the I The Amendment was therefore lost.
hart- 1.14. .if a niche. 71,1064/11. Nit their Lonliiiil pa, by adopt. 1 Mr. James moved all amendment providing that the
in:: the Amendment, a oillil roll:inn thelr titles to the offer - ; stanips haying onee Wen WWII 411110011 never he used again.
tion and e 'Weill 41 the ei sultry. ' After a long discussion the amendment was negatived '.51 a
Lord 4 iralirille regarded the speech Ind delivered no division by 20 to 83 votes.
ilhistrating law fur one of the aMeit inembers of their ,
In amendment moved by Me It Palsies that the voter,
L'i'laiiii"' II -a hip piiiii. "cc'''. ""il l eccaice. it II) bilore receiving lila Ballot pa mu ner, slld staml at the vi-
no, generally oon the whoa; debate, he stated authorit.
ranee to the Indlire in aoth .• 1111.'0%1.4'Ni and facing outwards,"
lively that, althp ough th (
e ireVerninent ...Mil not be ' I at ile his inime Anil hie 4inalifieation were proclaimed by the
fal ..fic""aii4.' thc M4' "nice wiailil with ell niccill 'll4 It piddle crier, gave rise to an amusing discussion. and wax net
he if 10 enforee the plan laid Islore the House and the a ti treated Corp seriously. Ultimately it Waal neg. tiv • Iwithout
aii this deluste. If the i loveninient desired a mere party tillimpli ~
~,,,,i ~,
they void.] not wish for a 1111 l re (avowable state ot things - '— ' '
thin to appear to lie engaged in a stniggle. In a hleli they Ti,,' nest amendinerit stmel in the mime of Mt titirlton, i
were eel tain to be victorious, to prevent the 1 ',Move) of an but tie lie abandi ined it Lord J Maine.% s took it lip. II • Inn,.. I
posed that whereat dial... was entertained of the identity 44 I
a 1414-h lea/1 44111.144.;41 to he connected WWI the class in. ,
I crest of that lions.'. But, oss lug as lie did more than ' a voter lie ninth. 'lc required to laign his name or make his 1
Is'lhaps any one else to their iordships' House, he besought mark, and that the penalties 441 forgery should attaeli to per.
ihmil to pause and to remember the position held by that ',illation in thie Acts Mr. Forster opposed it .ai the gro 1111 l I
House &Ivan; the Conservative leadership iif the late ih,ke that it might lead to delay, and that the penalties were too i
44 Wellington and ford herby respectively. The piliey of severe, and it a, . * rejected by 1,5 to 114.
the Duke was to avoid collision as much as possible with the The hest /11114Wetion (10) require. that the returning
other 11.41. e, aline all the victories wmi sailer the late haunt 4.lheer before the pilling shall exhibit the Ballot-box eilligy
lisrby aere sterile. and the present Division would certainly to the earitlidlatia. agents , and Me Forster agreed to a nna-
w,rue under this category. ;sestina from Mr. James that this should be done within 15
their loribillipis then divided, when there appeared for the iiiii iili 4
' i • heron) the election. but Mr. 0. Bentinek insisted
-, • ond remling—conterite, 130; Not l'ontimts, 155. The l' that the interval should be five minutes. Ile wart defeated
' • ,ke of Richmond's Amendment Waa then foil sill aglnf.g. 4 Ily lia to 67, mol at this point the Committee was adjourned
• motion, and agreed to without a ilivhdois and their until Thursday.
, . ildlips adjourned. The Sal 1111 l n Fisherlea Bill can X ithdrawn.
In the limuse of Commons, iss-t it. Fitenianriee asked the At the evening sitting the House Wan counted out.
Filet Lewd if the Treasury if It was the intention of her
44 ajciity's Government to dent with the question of university
reform by the appointment of a Royal Commission or other-
wise.
Sir. Gladatone said the Government were of opinion that aeald amee a re,,,ation.
d Is, most expedient and advantage.. to the In. .
f. rests of the universitieo that a GOllliniaNion should issue for In the HOILIe Id Commons, July 19, Mr. Ey. y gave
k n ve notice
that on going into Committee of Supply, he %mild call atten-
tion to the administration of the letropolitan Police, and
It woul
Mr. H. R. Brand moved that thin onler for going into cony
•is,ertaiiiing and bringing to the knowledge of the finblie the mitten 4/11 the Registration if Parlianientary Voters Bill hr
exii,t revenues WI property of universities and college..
l'hey had hail Panne preliminary consultationa with some of discharged. Considering the 44pponition that hail been made
by country menthers to the bill, lie thought that the object
the authoritiea of the indVentitieli upaii the question. It was, I he hail- in view would be InAter at Y I
matter for consideration whether it sl Id be done by a bill relating to boroughs. Wined li seising first the
Unialli elonnols•1011, or whether it would be necessary V. resort After atm worila from Mr. Collins, the motion was agreed
to Parliament. Th., Gover 1111 l ent would not take the former to and the bill withdrawn.
step utile., they were aiwirell that they would receive .4111114
tar), and elleerfill 4:44-44peralion from the University and Col-
legiate authorities. As far . thrin ill, lilies bad gone, they
tended to show that they would receive Ntleh rgeoperathel. L ,
When the October terin c 1111 l menceil, the Guyer-mama would owc t
etoleavour to inform theniselven tally upim the aubject, and
If the result Were stich as they hail s • reason to expect it
..1.1 be, they would at mire advise the Crown to Issue a ..
ihe llft then went into committee on the Registrathin
of Voters Bill (No. 2.
.enforoi,jon for the purpose of bringing out clearly the whole : Passed. •
of the facts. Clause 1 was agreed to with mime slight amendments.
'oiling moved an amendment to Clause 2, altering
, tbe date of qualification from ten months to the last day
of May to twelve in int
. he to the 24th day of June. 'Me
milment was agreed to, and the clause as allnellded WM
I Mr. Minds moved the oniiosion of Clause 3, width pro-
.. .. .

ill reply to %Ir. Walpole,
mr. 1:lac beteene added that the exact purneee of tide leseedry
11.111,1 lee entirely confined to the fact, with respect to the
ProPerty of the universities MN 1 colleges.
Mr. Eaatwick asked the President of the Beard of Trade
whether the rope system of commode:diem between ;Nissen-
, and the eme, in charge of railway trains had been ye-
till I : and, if we, whether lie had any objection to lay •
melt report upon the table ; whether there ire any oh-
o lay upon the table of the House a copy of colonel
Report 1111 major Wethereela system of comment
-
mot, whether the Board of 'rralle intends betake rime-
dix.over the heat nwaies of communication between
'IN and officers in charge of trains, and to encoutage
on.
resident of the Board of Trtule said that the power
mod of Trade consisted in approving of the 111101111 Of
polemic:diem, and they haul approved on at of the
I the rope system, eseepting OIL tWO of the railways
II they hail approved the eleetric mode of comment-
There were tic I reports of the inapecteers on the lope
Poe three or four yearis past ; but there were elaborate
upon the whole quextlon, including that system.
Yolland and others had reported upon Major
eel's speteni that it was ley HO 111e5114 one of the hest
- There was considerable objection to presenting
teens to Parliament.
'r""' 'dated. in answer to Mr. Itaines, that it hi not
11 tee legidate hlll, eOOllOll on the COUtAgI4.IUS Lhacases
Attorileyaieee,t, llanswer to Mr. G Gregory, et-
au opinion that the ordinance of 46 Edward 111., en-
. lawyers from the representation of ...counties, had
ad the forue of s Ast„em, hut to remove all doubts it
ended to repeal it. Colonel Minium attempted again
a discussion 1111 thti topic, but without eitael, except
a scene of con... Matilde confenioll.
bra-etch, with tont oh 7.411,1 .171 the hsee kllard
of the Estinmtes, ecekcel when the Irish Education
1,1111 be reported ; and
dneldone took the opportunity of making II state-
li. the Wore el/11101 Of tile SeSPIIOII. 141.1 tO lierf.orni
I 111 111 the •• massescre of the Innocents." lei the Mat
It gale an emphatic denial tl3 tile rumours of the in-
aiauadoninent of the Ballot, Pill. These, he reineuted,
fonnded on an entire misapprehension eel the
wrinds for closing Jupply sad lerirqing the 1101100111
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local expenditure, and no sufficient IVIOIIIII hail been given
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Mr. Vernon Harcourt said that the select committee came
unanimously to the conclusion that it was necessary to ap-
point a permanent registrar who should supervise the work
of the overseenfl.
Mr. liranil opposed the amendment on the gro 1111 l I that the
appointment of a registrar was one of the slain principles of
the bill.
The claitse was agreed to.
Sir c. Dilke moved an Jimenilment to Clause 4 providing
that the borough list shall lie arranged by districts, and in
each district by streets is alphabetical order, and in each
streets by the names of qualified persons in alphabetical I
order. 1
'the amendment. after some discussion was agreed rO.
An ameminient by Mr. Collins, giving the authorities of
towns nut! exi.eviling 20,000 in population, power to irriiiige
the 1.1.4,110 lists alphabetically, and not by streets, was also
agreed to.
Statue discussion took place on the 17th Clause, which pro-
vided that the registrar appointed by the bill to supervise
the preparation of the lists should have loner to correct
clerical errors in the list without reference to the revising
barrister. tin the question that the clause should stand part
of the bill the committee divided :—For the clause, 74 ;
against, -17, majority, 17.
tievend intervening clauses having been postponed,
Mr Wharton moved the omission of clause 16, which gave
the town councils of certain boroughs power to appoint the
registnirt. Such a position, he surged, was against the main
prim iple f the bill, and it would give to these toms coMicils
a power of 'unlimited johlsery
After a discussion, in whi,di considerable obiection was
raised against the clause. on the ground that town I.lOllllOiS
were laulitieusi lashes. and would support their own juirtitails,
the committee dividesi—For the clause, 114 ; against, 51
majority, 63.
Mr. Mal:0111i 'rut out amemiment to clause 24, which
provides that the registrar, his partner. Or clerk, shall not
Interfere in ally election by voting or otherwise, omitting the
disqualification, so far o.:.;rt rchttud tu votit;,.. The amend-
ti:.cut WUs ik.;rta,sl tss.
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