The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-07-22 00:00:00

HOUSE OF OOMMONS.

MONDAY.—Mr. Villierz,in reply to Mr. Hibbert,
relative to the distress in Lancashire, said that the
Commissioners w:io had been sent down to Lancashire
were not so hopeful as they had hitherto been with
the prospect of there being any mitigation of the distress.
This arose from several causes, such as the threatened
protraction of the American war, and the exhaustion
of the deposits in the savings banks, upon which the
operatives lied drawn largely during the last six
mouths. The pressing upon the rates was becoming •
serious question whether many persons might not soon
Lind their condition changed from that of ratepayers to
recipients of the rates themselves. His own opinion
was that it would be found necessary to have recourse
to rates in aid, as in the case of Coventry.—Hr. Cobden
asked if the right hon. gentleman had fully considered
whether the Act of Elizabeth. which gave power to the
magistrates to grant rates In aid, was applicable to
the present circumstances. He also wished to know
when, the Government would be prepared to bring
the subject generally before the House before
the prorogation.—Mr. Villiers believed that the Act
of Elizabeth was still in force, and that it might be
usefully applied, as it had already been in the ease of
Coventry. He thought it would be necessary that
there should he some general legislation upon the
subject this session,and that it would be th e proper oppor-
tunity for discussing the whole question. In reference
to the distress in the West of Ireland Sir George Grey
said that after careful inquiry it was not considered neces-
sary at present that recourse should be had to • rate in
aid.

TUDIDAY.—The Parochial Assessments Bill passed the
Committee and the House then went into Committee
upon the Lunatics Lave Amendment Bill, the clauses
of which, up to the 29th, were agreed to.—Lzrd IL
Montagu moved an address to Her Majesty to give
directions for supplying those deficiencies in the former
Instructions furnished to Sir C. Wyke and Captain
Dunlop, which resulted in the signing, by Her Majesty's
plenipotentiaries at Puebla, of a convention now repu-
diated by Her Majesty's Government at home,
specifying the deficient papers. In elucidation of his
motion and of its object, lie gave a history of the
Mexican debt, the conventions upon the subject,
and the 'transactions with the Mexican autho-
rities, issuing in the tripartite treaty, followed
by the withdrawal of Great Britain and &min
from the joint expedition and the embroilment of the
whole affair. He accompanied this historical summary
by critical remarks upon the ocrrespondenee laid before
Parliament, suggesting doubts and difficulties which, be
thought, required farther information for their solution,
and with which Parliament had aright to be furnished,
in order that it might exercise a constitutional control
over transactions tending to war and consequent expen-
diture.—Mr. Layard decline( to follow Lord Robert
into the very wide field upon which he had entered; he
should only, he said, put upon its true footing the
policy which had been pursued by the Government,
which was perfectly clear and justifiable. He then
stated the outrage* perpetrated by the Mexican autho-
rities, which gave Iler Majesty's Government a right to
demand redress, and this being praetioally refused,
promises being broken as soon as made, their right to
interfere by force was justified upon principles that
were undeniable. In that interference we had acted
conjointly with Spain and France, a distinct declaration
being made on our part that our sole object was to
enforce our claims for redress. He adverted to the
mistakes that had been made, and to the acts of the
French commanders, which the British Government, as
well as that of Spain, regarded as • violation of the
Treaty, and the troops of both nations were withdrawn.
He explained and defended the ulterior proceedings of
the Government, and replied to the inquiries suggested
by Lord It. Montagu. —Mr. Kinglake mid he entirely
concurred in almost everything said by Mr. Lays
admitting, however, that Mr. Fitzgerald bad pointed
out • weak point in the negotiations. He considered
that France had wilfully violated the treaty, and that
there had not been • single default on the pact of
Spain, who, he rejoiced to see, was returning to her old
position in Berm*. He was proceeding when the
House was counted out at five minutes past eight
o'clock.

WEDNIBDAY. —Sir B. Leighton moved the second
reading of the Night Poaching Prevention Bill, the
motion being seconded by Mr. Mainwaring.—Sir G.
Grey, admitting that the subject deserved the conside-
ration of the Howe, urged, among other objections to
the Bill (whieli had been sent down from the Lords),
that it greatly increased the stringency of the Game
Laws, and gave arbitrary powers to the police and to a
single constable, On the fare of the BM, it appeared,
he said, to have been framed with the greatest haste
and want of consideration. An important question
connected with this subject was depending in the
Courts of Law. in support of his objections, he went
through theolanses of the Bill, pointing out the hmh-
nen of the enactments and the looseness and want of
precision in the language, and recommended the with-
drawal of the BilL —Sir H. Stracey gave copious
details of the statteticr of poaching and the habits of
poachers, whom he identified with thieves, insisting
that there was a necessity for more stringent mea-
sures to repress night poaching, which, he said, had
very much increased. He supported the Bill.—Mr.
Henley said, as Sir G. Grey had made so complete an
exposure of the details of this Bill, lie should confine
his renisrks to ita principle ; and be denied that legis-
lation was called for in this matter, and that, it it was
required, the Bill would tend to diminish gang poaoh.
ing with violence, believing that it would, on the con-
trary, increase it. He cited facts in relation to
crimes and to the repressive power of the police, de-
duced from the returns, in support of his objections to
the Bill, and dwelt upon what he believed would be
its mischievous effects. He oonaidered that the police
had powers enough, and objected to increasing them,
at least without more information.—Sir J. Pakington,
in replying to Mr. Henley, said be had listened to the
latter part of his rpoech, wMoh was Ins great measure,
if not altogethar, irrelevant to the question, with con-
siderable regret. lie had thrown ridicule upon returns
of collisions attended with reaulta that were a disgrace
to the age, and which it was the duty of the House
and the Government to pet en end to If they could.
A question which involved the morals of the people
and the protection of We and property was not to be
disposed of by sneers, and he complained of the indiffer-
ence of the Government towards it. He dwelt upon
the nuinhert enraged in the lawless and dangerous
Practice of night poaching, which the police could not
effectually deal with, and which therefore called for
the consideration of Parliament, and he should vote for
the second reading of the Bill.—The House divided,
when the amendment was negatived by 149 to 94, and
the Bill was reads second time.
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THO R DAT. —ln reply to General Peel., the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer said that he had no intention to
ask for a vote of credit on account of China during the
present session.—ln reply to Mr. A. Mills, Sir C. Wood
said that no official information had been received with
respect to the rumoured symptoms of disaffection in the
north-west province; of India.—ln reply to Colonel
Sykes, Lord C. Paget said that the 1,000 officers, engi-
neers, and seamen goieg out to China in the Sanspereil
were reliefs, and not a surplus to the regular naval
forces in those seas.—ln reply to Lord H. Lennox, Sir
G. Grey said that as soon as he WAR aware of the recent
attack upon Mr. Pilkington in Waterloo Place, as he
was going from the House, he called for • report from
the police. It appearei that there were tire eonstables
on duty in the immediate neighbourhood, bat at that
late hour the locality was very deserted, and there were
no witnesses to the actual assault. A person informed
a constable that a gentleman was lying on the ground,
but on going up no one WWI found there. Mr. raking-
tln, although seriously injured, had managed to get to
his house, but be had • most feeble recollection of the
attack, which was most sudden; his watch was taken
but not his money. A precisely similar attack was made
about the same hour that night on a son of Mr. Haw-
kins, of the British Museum, in Piccadilly, but although
the policeman did not see it, lie rendered immediate
assistance. There was no reason to impute blame to
the police, who had evidently been watched. In both
oases the watches bad been accurately described, and he
hoped would lead to the ap}rehension of the parties
concerned in these outrages—Tie House then went into
committee on the T..ast India Revenue Amounts, and
Sir C. Wood made his annual stateroent with regard to
Indian Finances.—Mr. D. Seymour considered the
statement highly satisfactory, and the resolutions which
had been moved pro forma were agreed to.

PRIOSBOBI OF FAUN:B.IBL —The increase in the
number of paupers relieved in the last week of Jane,
1862, over the number in the corresponding period
of 1861 was 127 per cent, in Manchester, 84 in Salford,
18 in Liveryool. 38 in Wigan, 41 in Bolton, 86 in
Oldham, 100 in Bury, 119 in Rochdale, 145 in Burnley,
283 in Preston, 306 in Stockport, 322 in Blackburn,
and in Ashton•under-Lyne no less than 458 per cent--
namtly, 9,632 instead of 1,727. In Macclesfield the
Increase wea 34 per cent., in Birmingham 14, in Stoke
6. in Leeds 3 per cent. In Nottingham union, instead
of An increase, the retains shows a decrease of 6 permit.
and in Sheffield union a decrease of 20 per cent;
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HOLLOWAY'S HINTSI INT AND PlLLS—Throat Affections—ln
all mei of relaxed, Inltatned, and ulcerated throats, safety
may always be seemed by rubbing Holloway's Ointment
upon the glands under the lower Jaw. Its curative powers
may be accepted without doubt or distrust. In Dipthezia the
most marked success has attended its use, in cases where the
disease threatened to run a fatal course In spite of the ordi-
nary treatment, me application of Holloway's Ointmeit lite
it well for children's ailments, where internal medifines can
with difficulty be administered 'it hen pills cannot be swal-
lowed without pain, they shou d be reduced to • powder, and
used oonjointly with the ointment, whose cooling, soothing,
and healing action they augment by their purifying powers.