The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-02-19 00:00:00

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In the House of Lords on %today, Lord Beaconsfield,
answerins Karl Du "id that ihe Government Led
no rettaon to believe In the truth of tha rumour which had
appeared in certain newspapere. to the efft-ct teat •
Dumb':o Roelon molne.". en route to man Turkieh
nxrn of-war in the Sea Of Sr %Moe.. o reply to Etrl
Granville. Lord Dethe confirmed. as the Chancellor of the
Exchequer hsd dune in the other Douse. the statement
that thy‘ hot arisen in the matter of the British Beet
entering the Derdsnellea

By comparison with the overdid ROW*. tbe Previou.
week. the House of Comranne eras scarcely full. Neither
Lord liartingtem, Mr. Gladstone, sow me. Bright warn in
hie piece, on I sthen the questions were over it fell to Mr.
p..rets.e. lot teuporuily 4.12“14/ the position .4 lua,ler
of the Opp either. and question the G .verninent in rho
newt of tlt • day What Mr. Forster partieularly wanted
to knot o whether there WWI an troth in th••rumor
that the Porte bad refused permission to the B. itish fleet
to ent u• the Dardanellea The Cluncedur of the Ex-
cheqou bra, By ens ve•l that " there had been delay in
the fleet getting up.' and that communications were co• 1111(
mi on the •uld• 4: "het: he significantly added, "there
Is no change in the intention .4 her ilisseevy's 0.,v, rn.
meet." rids announcemeat drew forth loud cheers from
the Minleteriaiista. Here the prelinrinaries of debate
' ended, and Mr. Haiku having brought up the report of
the committee OD the Vote of Credit the question was put
that it be received. Thereupon Mr. Parker. the new menthe'
for Perth, rose and attempted to re-open the discussion.
When Mr. Parker resumed his 'sat Mr. Joseph Cowen
rows. The hon. gentleman_prooutled at some length to
explain his views on the &astern Question, and of the
duties of England in its present state. The quest"
before them at the present moment was—ls Turkey to be
strangled and is Russia to succeed to her inheritance?
Were the Turks to be annihilated by men who did
murder for the love of God? "When icebergs flow into I
the southern NM." Mr. Cowen said, '' they refrigerate I
the atmosphere for miles around them. Will not this
political iceberg from the North, when it descends on
the shore, of the Mediterranean, freeze, wither, and
destroy the young 'Meets M liberty which are springing .
up in the Haat r "lilt," he staked later on. "ant' Pert
of the duty of English Radicals to encourage this
sanguinary apostle of orthodoxy Is it our part to ,
eked for this phantom of civil and religions liberty r
These and other outages, spoken with much animation, I
drew forth rounds of cheering from the Ministerial I
benches, and when Mr. Cowen rammed his seat. pro. ,
longed cheer, which came from the same quarter, delayed
f ramie momenta Mr Rathloste's opportunity of speaking.
To this feeling Mr. Rathhone gave expression, and was ,
followed by Mr. Anderson, who protested that Mr. ,
Cowen's remarks were "not tounded on true patriotism." •
Mr. Waddy declared that he "had blushed to hear such !
words," and retorting upon ironcial cheering from the
Ministerialista, quoted from the addreu presented at the I
Guildhall to the Caar when he visited London, wherein I
I that potentate woe described sa "the enlightened ruler of
' • great Empire.- Mr. Gladstone, who had teen present
during the delivery of Mr. Co•ren s speech, next rose, Re- ,
(erring to the position In which the House had already I
fully expressed his "pinion, he said he now believed the
responsibility of the oppoition was at an end, and it
would not become the dignity of the Reuse to attempt to
worry the Government by repeated doubts and divisions,
He greatly doubted whether, on becoming known outside,
Mr. Cowen's speech would tend to increase the stability
and sobriety of the English mind. Mr. Macdonald also
condemned "the eloquent but mischievous speech"
of the hon. member for Newcastle, and the con-
versation wee folitiLlllod by My. Storer and other
gentlemen, Mr. Biggs, getting what we. absolutely the
last wont before the report was agreed to. The Speaker
then left the chair amid some cheering, and the flouae,
going into Committee of Ways and Means, the Chancellor
of the Exchequer formally PrePosed resolution' for raising
the sum of six millions by the USW of Exchequer Bond*
and Exchequer Bilk In reply to a question from Sir
George Campbell, the right bon. gentleman said that in
the event of spending the whole of the money the Govern-
ment did not Intend that the repayment should extend
over more than three ream

In the Mouse of Lords as Tuesday evening. the Kiri of
Derby said he hoped within a few boom the difficulty m
to the pamage of Übe fleet through the Dardanelles would
le removed—The Contagious Diseases Animal. amend-
ment Act was read a tint time, and the House adjourned.
In the Mouse of Commons a motion was made for the
second reading of the Mancheitter Corporation Water Bill.
- The Bill was reed a second time and referred to a Hybrid
C°9lmiq".- _

--43-n—tVeaneeday, in the Hotus of Commou, Mr.
Biggar moved the second reading of the Voters
(Ireland) Bill, the object of which he described to be
to facilitate the registration of voters in Ireland. On
a division it was thrown out by 134 votes against 96.
Mr. Ramsay next moved the sec ,nd reading of •
Valuation Bill, designed to assimilate the law of
England to that of Scotland, bat the Bill was event-
ually talked out.
On Thursday, in the House of Lords, Lord Derby
Wide several important statements touching the
Kaetern Question. All the Powers, he said, except
Itussii, Lod agreed to the sug.jeption of Austria that
the Conference should be held in Vienna. The
British fleet was at the present moment anchored at
Prince's Island, a few miles below Constantinople.
Tile Porte h Id protested against the fleet's entering
the Dardanelles, but her liajesty's Government, hold-
ing that Turkey could hardly be regarded as • free
agent, had taken upon themselves all responsibility in
the matter. The noble lord read • telegram from
Prince Gnrbrhakiiff stating that since Great Britain
had sent her fleet for the purpose of protecting the life
and property of British subjecta in Constantinople,
IttsWan troops would temporarily occnpy the city with
the object of extending their protection to all
Christians. The tone of the despatch was, Lord
Derby admitted, conciliatory; but the Government
were not oliapoeed to admit that the two cases were
parallel. and had sent to Russia a despatch setting
forth that view—a statement which drew forth some
cheering.
In the Commons, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
made a statement with respect to the position of the
fleet and the general attitude of ,ffairs, identical in
peinvort with that Pet forth in the other House by Lord
Derby. The vote of credit came op again on the
second reading of the Consolidated Fund (C 6.600,000
BEL The order being called on, Mr. E. Jenkins
rose and proceeded impartially to direct his
eriticiam against both sides of the House. Mr Glad.
'tone, expressing the hope that Mr. Jenkins would not
persist in his opposition to the Bill at this stage, to oit
the opportunity to reaffirm his anxiety with respect to
the passibility of • c immunity of action between
England and Austria. He protested against any
combination whatever with Austria or any other
Power, for the purpiwe id limiting the measure id
freedom to be granted to the Solara Sir George
,'ampbell announced that he could not vote for the
Bill, because, after the statement of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer. he was convinced that the vote meant
war. England had, in his opinion, committed an act
of war by entering the Turkish watese against the
Turkish protest. Mr. Bigotr expressed the I 'pinion
that within • month we should hear thst the British
flee • had been captured by the combined forces of the
Turks and Russians. Some cries of "Oh !" meeting
this statement, Mr. Biggar observed "that as far as
he had eonvulted the authorities, he timid that an
ironclad had never been made for which a cannon ball
cannot be nwle to go throna it." Eventually the
Bill was read a second time. Mr. Sclaterßooth
moved the second reading of the County Government
Bill. To this Mr. Stansfeld moved an amendment to
the effect that with a view to simplify and strengthen
local self-government, it is deairabie, with as little
delay as posible, to bring each sanitsry district and
poor law union within the area of one county, and to
give to the ratepayers in and of such districts the
power of directly electing members to the County
Board exceeding in number the representatives of
justices, The debate lasted acme hours, when Lord
Edmond Fitzmutrice moved the adjournment.
Friday, in the House of Lords, Lord Campbell
intimated that on Monday he would move • resolution
that in the opinion ,1 'their Lordships the terms of
srmistioe between Russia and the Porte, were such as
to justify the English Government taking every pre-
caution to discourage encroachments by which the
treaties of 1855 and 1871 were unfortunately threatened.
—The House then adjourned, . . - -

Friday, in the finals f Commons, replying to Mr.
Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said be
could give no information as to communications peer.
lug between Russia and Austria relating to Bosnia
and Horsegovina. He had information that 1,400
Russian sailors had been sent to Dambe, but could
not say whether they had pawed into Bulgaria.
Replying to Mr. Goldemid, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer said that no answer had been received
from Prince Gortachakolf to Lord Derby's despatch
respecting the temporary Russian occupation of Con-
stantinople. In a fiespatch to Lord Loftus, dated the
13th instant, Lord Derby said be had told the Russian
smbaseador that if the Russian troops moved towards
Gallipoli or threatened the communications of the
British Fleet, he could not answer for the ,onsequencee,
which might be serious.-Mr. Osborne Morgan moved
that the time had arrived when the controversy a. to
interment. in parish chnrehyarda ought to be closed,
by permitting such interments either withoet any
burial service or with the service preferred by
relatives of the deceased, and conducted by persons
chosen by them. - Mr. Knatchbull Huggesson
seconded the resolution, which Mr. Hubbard opposed,
as innovations which asked for • change of the law
both of Church and State.-Mr. Richard supported
the resolution, contending that the Dissenters had a
real grievance, which Parliament ought at once to
to redress- During • speech by Mr. Forsyth, oppos-
ing the resolution, a count out was attempted
Yli. Arthur did not believe that conceding the resolu-
tion would be a step towards disestablishment.-Sir
J. Kennaway denied that any right existed on the
part of Dissenters to the use of churchyards, but
advised concession, and mid be thought opening the
churchyards for the future, anti asith.g the charges
for them on the public rata, would do much to remedy
the grievance so long complained J. Waiter
supported the remlution.-Sir J. Balfour believed the
Nonconformist, had • right to Christian burial, and
he would not oppose their use of the churchyard with-
out the burial service of the Church of England. He,
however, objected to the form of the resolution.-Sir
R. Anstruther and Mr Stevenson supported, and Mr.
B. Hope and Mr. Newdegate opposed the resolution.
Mr. John Bright supported it. He thought the
Church would be strengthened rather than destroyed
by conceding the trifling right asked. He believed
the laity were not opposed to such conamaiona. and
he urged Churchmen to act in a spirit of Christian
charity towards their fellow men, and remove a cause
of bitterness which had so long existed.- Mr.
Grantham and Mr. Talbot opposed the resolution.
the Chancellor of the Exechequer said nothing had
been said on that occasion which would induce the
Goveroment to alter the course they had hitherto
pursu.d. He admitted a grievance existed, but the
remedy was not in the House affirming the principle
of Mr. Morgan's resolution.-The Marquis of Harting-
ton thought that as the Lords had re)ected the com-
promise of the Government last year, the only mode
of settletnent that could he brouht shout Was one, if
not identical. ist all events very similar to the principle
as propos, I iii the resolution.
The House then divided-
-227
242-15

For the resolution.
Against .

The Coiisolidate.l Fund Tax Nix Millions) Bill
posed through Committee, and the House adjourned
at 1146.

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