The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-02-26 00:00:00

imperial Warltament.

HOUSE OF LOItDS.

VOIMAY.—The Earl of Baez asked the Government
whether it was intended, after the recent 'Wag in the
aouth-west of Ireland, to withdraw the suspension of
the Habeas Corpus Act at tbe end oldie present month.
He also urged that cli persons monected with the army
who could be proved to have taken part in the inaurreo.
tiou should be regarded al guilty of high treason, arid be
punished accordingly. The Earl of Leitrim also inquired
why the Habeas Corpus Act should not be suspended in
Chester as well as in Ireland. The Earl of Derby di.-
posed of the last question first, by stating that the
Government had no intention of proposing the suspen-
sion of the Hebei. Corpus Act in England-. Adverting
to the first question, the ixdsle earl mid that although
the late outbreak was insignificant, it area impossible to
say that there might not be a danger of similar insane
attempts in other parts of Ireland, and he was not,
therefore, able to give • poaitive answer until he bad
had an opportunity of seeing the Chief Secretary for
Ireland. With rogari to the treatment of the privoners,
where the guilt was of the worst character the Govern.
meat would not shrink from enforcing the utmost
rigour of the law.

SUIIIDAT.-11r. France attended at the bar to be
examined respecting certain charge. he had made
splint Lord Hedged.,le in • lamnblet he ham :scantly
published on new railways. Mr. France persisted in the
troth of his statements, and Lord Redeadale therefore
moved the appointment of a select committee to institute
an inquiry. rim Earl of 0111011/.011 nom d the second
reading a the bill for the confederation • f the British
Colonies in A merica. me Marquis of Romantic, Lind
Month, and Earl Russell supported the bill, and it was
read a second time.

THURSDAT.—Loed Edratheden moved that In any
farther scheme to emend the lteform Act of 1832 it was
not desirable that all boroughs should return members
by the same qualification; lite noble lord iegarded a
further extenaion of the franchise as esjuivalcnt tot king
political power out of the hands of the middle classes,
and he therefore considered that hi. proposal would
have the effect of preventing it from Inning into the
handset &mere numerics) majority. Earl Grey regarded
the question as one that desarved the meet serious con-
sideration, and he hoped it would be brought before
their lordships et such • time so to •fford them • full
opportunity of considering it. To discuss the resolution
in the House of Common; and then frame • bill upon
them to he sent up to the House of Lords, would not,
in his opinion, give their lordship. a fair opportunity of
inquiring into • subject of such transcendent importance.
In the course of the debate which followed, the difficulty
ari:tr from submitting to their lordships the resclutions
passed
by the Hones of Commons before the introdue-
tion of any Bill that might be booed upon them, was
forcibly pointed out, and the motion was ultimately
withdrawn. Lord St. Leopards'. Bill for establishing
muds of arbitration and coucilistion Lir the souls moot
of disputes between masters and worlunen was read •
second time.

FRIDAT. -An address of congratulation to her
blajeatt upon the birth of a Princess was agreed to stem
eon. Lort Clanricarde, in introducing • Bill for regulat-
ing the tenure of land in Ireland. condemned the
exaggerated criticisms that bad been parsed upon the
prevailing aptern. and insisted that Ireland was really
increasing in prosperity. After • brief discussion, the
the Bill was read • Ant time. The British Noah
America Bill pawed through committee, attar a brief
dissuasion arising from the presentation of petitions by
Lord Shaftesbury, from the English Protestants 01
Lower Canada, in the oourse of which Lord Catnarvon
abated that in the Bill every precaution had been taken
to protezt the religions minorities in the several
provinms from being exposed to soy disadvantages et
the will of the majority.

Banntesay.—Tbe 11011110 Ent 4t I o'clock. The Habeas
Corpus Suspension (Ireland) Aot Continuant* Bill was
brought up from the House of Commons. The Earl of
Derby moved that the Bill be read • first time. The
motion having been agreed to, the FATI cf Derby mid
he proposed to take the reoond reeding of the Bill on
Monday, and he ehould thou move the suspension of
the standing orders in order that the Bill might be
ratthrough all the stages the same evening.—rbeir
ing then adjourned.