The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-03-13 00:00:00

Emperial Varliament.

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HOUSE OF LORDS.—MONDAY. Bill
11r. JA3lre4 moved, al; an amendment, that a Select
The Duke of NIRWCANTLIS stated the MUM Her C • tee be mipointed to consider the state of the
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Majesty's Government intended to pursue with respect law and practice as regards the taking of inquisitions in
to a vote of the House in reference to the treaty of coin. 1 case* of death, and the remuneration 110 VI paid to
inerce with France. He acid that if the address al Id coroners ith I 1 whether it in expedient that any and
be brought up toonorrow from the Co:onions the what alteration should be made in the manner in which
Government proposed to discuss it in their Lordship's such re -ration is now soiole ; and to consider the
House on Friday, but if it were brought upon Thursday, effect nod operation of the statutes now in force upon
to postpone the discussion to Monday. that subject. lie observed that there were substantially
Lord &ism:sin:Kr presented • petition froin 10,000 , three ilue.tions; fin% whether the coroner should, as
persons in Nottingham and its neighbourhood, praying : at pre-ent. he p iid by feta ; secondly, whether the
that the lace trade should be brought under the mere. ! r.munerstion should he by sakry ; and thirdly. ought
nun of the Factory Act. ! the office of coroner to be aholi.licil 1 Ile thought this.
Tbe Duke of NEWCASTLK believed there would be no ancient moil extremely import:int office should be
opposition to the proposed Bill if the smaller mania. retained, and that the mole of re ttttt .ler:diem was a fit
turers were dealt with carefully, cod if the new system I f 0
alll. _...r the inquiry of a committee.
were introduced gradually. Sir G. I.i:wts observed that, although the office of
The Companies (11460) Bill was read a third time, and 1 corner wile one of high antiquity, fuel provided a
the Administration of Poison Bill a second time ; After ' security for the preservation of human life, modern
which their Lordships adjourned AL 20 minutes to 6 changes :mil improvements lied rendered it of less liiipor-
o'clock. I tame than in ancient times. ()be of those Change/. WS/
TVF.SOIY. 1 the alteration of thus old law of demlatail. In conflicts
' between magistrates and coroners, the coroner hail no
Lord EttENnottorrat asked Her Majesty's Govern- I ,
. o,vess, the meision of the ....igistrates tieing final, coil
moot whether any steps had been taken. and if any, of
what kind, and at what ti to columunicate the views lie had nitr.iduceil a Bill ( . hkh snsal for second read•
ing :hat iixvi. gising the cur. noir ..ii appeal to this Court
of the Goveniment with re -pect to the annexation tinten's bench. which woublalT ird a rein. fig. this
Savoy to the Governments of Russia, Prussia, and Aus-
tria, and whether steps had beets taken to obtain their . I.ractical grievance. II." main objection to Mr. Coldiett's
Intl applied to the mode iti which the salary WU. pro-
ve-operation in inducing France to abandon that project? 1,,,,,„1 to be g,„..i. soil hi- „,:„,„bi e„te agei„,t the ~,,,,,„d
The Duke of NIMTAMTLE aaid that the views of Her
Majesty's tioveniuient in respect of the proposed annex eeyiing.
e- He thing:lit his own Bill a reasonab mle measure,
re.
of Savoy had been co tttttt unicated to the Govern-
hut lie had no olljection to the appaint.lieht of a Select
C 'nye to ingiii..o into the expisliency of paying
meats of Russia, Prussia. awl Austria. to the Iw,, latter .1
we coy 1. by Salary, alld WAS prepared to vote tor the
Powers on the 17th. of February, and to the former sit allleiliitileld.
the trith of the same month. Her Majeaty's Goverts•
ment had not by a specific proprwition invited the The .1 scitasion which followed embraced four propo-
co-
operation of those-three Powers in a protest against the aitious—the accond reading of Mr. Cohbett's 1611, the
amendment to refer the whole sui•jeet to a Select (01st-
Theannexation of Savoy to France. mince. the merits of the Goverionciit Bill, and the
Duke of NEWCASTI.V. said that as the House of
Commons had not yet sent up the address of the treaty, question whether both Bills should go simultaneously
before the Select Committee. The result was that Mr.
Her Majesty's Government proposed to postimne the Odilictt's mothm was negatived, and the amendment
discussion upon it in their Lordships' house until Thur.- ...al by )Ir. JAMES with the the addition of certain
day week. words (proposed hy Sir li. UREA) enlarging the terms
Their Lordships adjourned shortly after? o'clock. of reference to the Committee. was agreed to, upon the
. _ understanding that the Government Bill would be post-
THURSDAY. I.mA.
' The Spirits I I raland) Act Amendment Bill, and the
Several questions having been asked. and the orders f Wins! Cnivetsit Bill pa.-ed through Committee.
of the slay disposed of, the Ileum adjourned shortly -
In a l'inninit le! of Way. and Means a remlution was
after 6 o'clock. agreed to granting to Her Majesty a sum out of the Con-
solidated Fund.
The report of the Committee on the Custmns Acts
wail .gileil to.
The House adjourned at a quarter to 4 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MONDAY.

The Report on the Cuntoins Acts wu brought up I
and agreed to, with a few amendments.
On proceeding to the other orders of the day,
Lord PALMEIniToN moved tlmt they be postponed
until after the notice of motion given by Mr. Byng for I
an address to fler Majesty on the subject of the cum- '
inertial treaty with Franc*.
The diactinnion of this question gradually drew into
its area topics of much larger diniensions. the most pro-
minent being the annexation of Sat oy to France.
Mr. S. FITZGERALD urged thin subject with great
earnei,tness umin the House, and expremeil his liope diet
Parliament would make a mdeinn protest against that
act.
Mr. BRIGHT condemned the terms employed by Mr.
Fitzgerald, which, lie Viought, amounted to a sort of
menace, and lie implored the House not to chow the
country that they preferred !may embarrassment,. and
perhaps party victories to the acceptance of a great
treaty, and they desired to break of friendly relations
with France for party objects, of which a greet party
ought to be ashamed.
Mr. WHITERIDE insisted that %hat had fallen from
Mr. Fitzgerald bad been misunderstood.
Mr. Onuotote quentioned the discretion of Mr. Fitz-
gerald, and *aid the flow.e not to be led away by anti-
Galilean feelings, and not to mix up the consideration of
the commercial treaty with the annexation of Savoy.
Mr. ROEBUCK inveighed against the Emperor of the
French, whom lie accused of breech of trenties. Ile
feared, lie wad, lent England sl Id be thought to
truckle to him. There wan something in the grave,
solemn deduction of • country like England. With
the treaty of commerce he should be anxious to clue
if lie could ; but the cunsiilenit: of that quention
ought to be deferred until the Roue had an opportunity
of declaring its opinion on the annexation of flutist.
Mr. CoNINGHAM protected against noel, lainguage on
Mr. Roebuck bad applied to the rtiler of France, than
which nothing, lie said could be Wore injurtoni to the
interestn of England, of civilization, and of liberty.

THURSDAY.

Mr. Cave, in moving an edotrese for copies of corm-
epondenee between Her Majeety'a Government and the
Guyer ttttt ent of France in respect to legalisieg the
exportation of natives of British India as indentured
labounms to French eolonice, prefaced the motion by 111
statement and remarks etrongly condemnatory of the
meaeure, which be termed ill-advised and most unfortu-
nate ; and protested againet the treaty entered into with
Fruiter to carry it into effeet on the ,:round of its
injuetice, on that of humanity to our Indian fellow-
enhjecte, end because be considered it frattelit with
danger to onr future good underetanAing with France.
Sir W. EA liot'll %It condemned the measure,
calling attention to the position in which this country
would be pliteed if the err tiet.seetts under the treaty
were not edrrit d out strictly and in good faith.
hurl J. Russets. not opposing the bon. said the
I:ovum:tient had thought that, on the whole, it was
atlvieablt. to enter lot., negotiatione with the French on
this enbjet t. Tine experiment of Cooly emigration to
our own colonies, being well conducted, had succeeded,
and precautions were taken in the treaty to prevent
abuses, though he admitted that there wete incon-
veniences and dangers in the emigr ttion to foreign
colonies which could not be entirely provided for. The
motives for Entering into the treaty was to put an end
to the contracts for shipping negrues from the coast of
Africa.
The motion was agreed to after a few remarks by Mr.
EINNA
Mr. BANG mecca the following resolution:—" That
an I lile a,filrees he presented to Her Majesty, to
assure Her Majesty that, having considered the treaty
of commerce coueltuted between Her Maje-dy and the
Emperor of the French. this House begs leave to
approach Her MeieEty with their eineere :did grateful
aeknowledgments for this new proof of Her Majesty's
desire to promote the welfare mid happiness of her sub-
jecte ; to aestire her Majesty that we shall proceed to
take 11101 144-1-% 101 may he neceseery for giving effect ton
gyetem which we tenet will prt tttttt a beneficial inter-
course between f :mat Britain end France ; tend to the
extension of t eit le ale' manitheture, aund give additional
neenrity for the continuance of the blessings of teams"
If lw were calk 1 upon. lie said, to define what ought to
be our foreign policy. el 1,1 say a dignified forbear-
ance, Gain conciliatfoli, friendly intercourse with all
and an absence of unneeeesary interference in
their affairs. Thia policy, be observed, aas no reason
why we ehould not ellulea coot to promote our trade with
the rest of the world. When he lookell at the commer-
cial treaty with France, lie lid led wish to over-rate its
benefits to ourselves or to tinder-value its disedvantagee.
If lie was asked why lie mummrted the treaty, lie
eliould say that it was hecnise lie ,aW in A the almost
entire abolition of pretection duties and the simplifien-
bon of our tariff. It hail been objected to the treaty
that it WAS 11 bad bargain for the people of Etigland ;
lint lie denied entirely that the lieguiciatiolis had been
entered into in the spirit Jf mere barter coil batmen'.
Thie was not a treety'uf reciprocity, but one or mutual
benefit. If we complained that Frame lied not merelted
at the same rate with us in the path of free trade, we
should recollect that we hint arrived at our present
advanced 'mention by elow and successive stem.. After
noticing the imputed f -eke .if omiesion 1110 Collllllllalolll
in the treaty, the euestione lie would auldreas to the
House, he said, were, whether they believed the coin-
inerciel treaty to be tight in principle ; whether it would
conduce to the advantage of the teat contracting Powers; ,
whether by its operation our ti a-le ntel commerce would
be extended ' • whether it would emotlit the ties of frietid-
chip stud the bonds till alliance with France ; and, lastly,
whether they believed it would bear the scrutiny of
time and the judgment of posterity. If they answered
these queetions in the affirmative, he cleimed their co-
'll EsDA operation in the auldresi.
Sir DE LACY EVANS moved an address to Iler Majesty, The motion was et-emitted by Mr. BAINES,
praying that she would be pleased to order the gra- Mr. LINDSAY, who had given notice of an amendment
dual abolition, as soon as practicable, of the sale and to add to the address words praying Her Majesty to
purchase of oteminditaitins in the army (having due regard adopt such ineasurea as might smear best calculated to
in doing so to existing rights), with the view of substie carry into effect the abolition of all differential duties
tat:itg, for the parelense nletEnt. Ira.iitiali pertly by or, the trade carried on iii Critish or Freneli veauels
selection, partly tt itt rity, grounded on war services of I between (hue wee of Eiteheid and Frame, and their
merit, length of colonial red home services, and attested respective eolottice and dependowiee, and trout port to
profeseional fib:cwt. port within those liinits, esid lie eel e his warm and
The 'motion was seconded by 'cr. Men, who said the hearty support to the treaty, hut he called attention to
question substantially was, whether merit tttttt ey ' its inariiime bearing. Ile had thodelit at first that the
should be the pasepurt to rank in the army; and he seated :12,1 article wee directed Against, English shipping ; but
the house whether, at the prewitt tune, it vt °aid say ' he haul since rotted Hutt it did unit alter the position of
that it was Eleailable that proutoti tttt should pun:Wised Or English shipnwelers. He ehowed that the treaty
by money,—ft system again-It which he urges Cations widened 110 lsuiifii 111,00 011111 ;at the same time. he
objections. contended thet France gained nothing by its restrictive
Captain Is. Veuene movei, as an amendment, a nc'so policy, Whit II was unjust to the Fnewli people. If the
lotion, that whereas the prone:Lou in the seniority corps treaty was to pneluce the reEults enticipat.l, and both
already existing—yis., the Ho eel Artillery, Royal Eagle e tries were to carry on a large (role with each
Dean. and Enteal Maritone,—bein.g of au unsatisfactory other, it was eseetitial, as he showed, that souse change
character, it is not desirable to extent the seniority al I eliould he made tit Cie naviiretion laws of France. Ile
teal to the wholeof the army. Without deesliaig what 01.1 11,i111V.1. however. for reasoinE whieli lie idated, to press
the best *Mem of promotion in the army, he denounced his emending-id on the'prene eit occasion.
the seniority system as the worst. Mr. PLAI 111 OM cinch limed the treaty as faulty in
Mr. S. Ibutuadtr obeerved that this question was • prineiple end one-soled, and the re:iiincion of duties
most
.difficult and complicated one. As an abstract pro- which ace awed it. With regard to it, alleged
position he thought seniority abed ground of proinoti tttt ; advaotages, he believed it wouhl buns in
, but the fact was that different portions of the army had hostility to Ode country 'hi: army, the pnesthood, and
; different principlent of promotion. In the Queeti's set-- the manufactures of Fs dice_
vice, the orineiple waseenionty, aceelereted by purchese; Mr. CLAY Clipp,irted the nu-lion. The treaty, he
in the Indian army it MU seniority pure. Tliequertion said, found great favour in Hull. notwithstanding
was, he thought, overloaded with exaggeration and that it contained no concessien to the shipping interest.
error. Nothiug was more erroneous than to assume that Mr. 11. e.,CHKANE uliscuu..-cul the question of the
a non-parch:seer was a hard working officer, well at- tresty front a polite-al point of view. He could ace no
quainted with his prokssien, and that the purchasing advantege. Ile said, in a commercial treaty combined
officer was unacquainted with his profession. Then he with double ornaments and a spirit of mistrust and

Lord J. liras" idd...ssid. if it was thought necessary to
take the whole question of Savoy out of the hands of Her
Majesty's Government, that might be a useful cont.'s: ;
but there was one course which wan consistent neither
with constitutional I,roceedings in tbst Hour nor with
the confidence usually placed in the Government. and,
above all, not consistent with amicable feelings between
this country and France ; and that was, renewing, clay
after day, irritating discussions upon this subject, ask-
ing for no decisive vote, proposing no definite result, bet
sowing suspicion and distrust, calculated to bring about
total rupture with a neighbouring friendly country.
After recapitulating the coune which the ouest 1111 l hal
taken, awl tlic position in which it now stood, he mMe.I
whether the present was the moment for raising this
this discussion. His permission was. he staid, that if
the language of disapprobation was hoard fmin all the
great Powers, the project of annexation would not be
persevered in. The Government of Sardinia, the l'ower
moat interested in the (pie:diva, hail not spoken ulsin
the subject. His opinion was that the treaty of coot-
fierce with France was destined, if approved by Par-
liament, to draw closer the ties of friendship between
the two nation+, by giving both an interest in the bless-
ings of peace, which would tend to prevent the great
calamity of war.
After some further discuasion the motion was with-
drawn.

The Mouse then went into Committee upon tlio
Customs Acts, when certain resolutions were agreed to,
repealing and reducing duties on a great variety of
articles not under treaty.
' In a Committee of Ways and Means, a resolution was
agreed to, granting drawbacks and allowances upon
spirals.
The remaining business having been disposed of, the
Houae adjourned at luilf-paat 11 o'clock.