The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-05-13 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

In the Li. use of Lords, May Sth, the F.arl of Cameroon
a per son,l explanation with respect to ids statistic, of
.runeey to which Lord Northbrook took exception in the
debate on Friday night last. it was due to the House and to
himself that he (Lord Cameroon) did not make hie statement
without foundation. The difference between them was this
he stated that the war establishmeht of a battery war In the
horse artillery, 22S en, and the lield artillery, '277 men, but
the Under-Secretary fr War alleged tha' *he onto Ih.r in each
case wror 169. The returns and etatistees hilLed y the War
Department showed tout so far from having cen.rnitted any
error he had been strictly correct in each of the statements
be then made.

The eac and Towy Rat Pray Bill, and the Constable Gas
and Water Bill, were rind a third time and passed.
Their lon'shigis then wont into Committee on the Univer-
sity Teets 11111
tont Salisbury, in moving, by way of amendment, &clause
.a,bodying the recommendation of the Select Cormadtts e, said
they desired that all the emoluments and honours of scholar-
ships and Fellowships hould he open to every one, but .hat
offices involving religieus tesitilug should be oven only to
those who agreed en the essential point. of Christianity.
in conformity with thie view he moved that every tutor,
assistant tutor, dear, or lezturer in divinity should
be required to subscribe ft solemn declaration that
tie would not Inculcate anything contrary to the teaching
or Divine authority of the Holy Scriptures. Ile should also
propose other amendm,nta—via, that the Chapel Service
should be obligatory; that no orie should be compelled to
attend lectures to which he conscientiously obje, toil that
sufficient religious instruction should be given to members of
the Church of England In ktatu pupillari; and, likewise,
that Heads of Colleges should be exchnied from the fill. The
complicated queetion of clerical Fellowships should be reserved
for Parliament to decide on. Advocating the proposed new
test an at Me efficacious and capable of being soli:reed,
he adverted to the bitter hostility to Chrtstlanity manifested
In certain lin/niers, and cited evidence to show that the
system of education at Oxford tended to loosen all religious
belief. Public opinion had never had the present Issue before
It as regarded the Univeraltles, hut it uns quivocally declared
at the School Board elections last autumn that education
which is not Scriptural Is worse than no religion at all. He
concluded by quoting the letters of the Berlin correspondent
Of The Times as to the state of religious thought and belief
In Germany, which he described as the result of 1 system of
selecting tutors without reference to their religious opinions.
After a lengthened discussion, their lordships divided, when
Lord Salishury'a amendment was carded hip Ti Content*,
against 66 Not Contents.
Lord Salisbury moved on Clause 3 that the licads of
Colleges should nor be included In the tin they were re.
eponsible for the religions teaching end the Chapel Service,
and it was therefore desirable that they should always be
members of the Church of England.
Lord Kimberley objected to pats such an Insult upon the
Tr oncooformlst bay as to ssy a that they were Lot lit to be
tended with the in. rainy of the College As to the Chapel
Service, due provisien could be matte in sunk cases for its
performance.
Their lordships divided, when this amendment was also
carried by by Contents against .19 Not Gontents.

On the motion of Lord Salisldmy, and after protests by
Lord lioughton and Lord K;mberley, an anieudment was
next carried, by 56 votes against 54, declaring that DO statute
or ordinance restrlcti le offices to persons In holy Orders
should he repealed except by authority of Parliament.
Lord Lyveden mov.d an amendment relative to clerical
Fellowships, which I e described as Injurious to the Interests
of religion and the Universities, and tolstasteful to the Non-
cont..rmista, but which amendment wee afterwards with.
drawn

Other rumndmenta moved by Lord Salisbury were agreed
to an amended and their lordthips adjourned.

In the House of Commons, on the motion for the second
reading of the Upper Ii out Purification Bill, Sir C Adder
ley
moved that it be read a second time that day three mouths
lie objected to the bill as a clumsy attempt at private le4llb
'Alton, and as the Government had a g•dier,l measure in
hand for the purification of rivers, It was entirely unneces-
aarY.
. .

-71 re amendment was supported by Mr RoAn, and on a
divtaion the bill was rejected by 147 votes to 115.
Mr. Dixon presented two petitions, signed by 70.000 In-
habitanta of Birmingham, against the Licensing lidi.

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The O'Conor Don gave notice that on the second reading
of the Westmeath Outrages, Are., Bill he would move the
followingresolution :—" That in the opinion of ibis House it
not expedient thst the provisions of the Peace Preserva-
tion (Ireland) Act, ISO, should be continued beyond the
pariod settled by that Act."
Six R. Anstrother asked the Dome Sezrotary whether the
Government were prepared to make any changes In the
Licensing Bill ; and, II cc,whether they would state them to
the Hu,e.

Mr Gladstone eddied to take this opportunity of stating to
the House the Intel time of the Government with respect to
the course of public buelnees. Referring to the bills mentioned
in the Queen's Speech, and which were the moat important
bills it the session, he stated that the G tvernment proposed
to brie c the Westmeath Outrages tell before the House,
not lu the ordnary wanner, but to eels for a morning
sitting on Friday next, for the purpose t the stumd
reading of that measure. There wee another subject which
It might perhaps be convenient to dispose et deters Whit-
anntide—vtz , the considerations of the recommendation
of the Select Conautttee en Public Business. One of
those residua us would, owing to the state of betimes be at
once carried Into silent, viz , the commencement of public
business at a quarter-past four o'clock when no private busi-
ness intervened. There were three of the measure, mentioned
in the Omen's Speech which might be considered a. hav-
ing passed through the House of Common., viz, the
Trades' Unions Bill, the University Tests Bill, and the Eccle-
siastical Titles BIM The next Bill was the Atmy Repast ion
Bill which it was the intention of the Goventrnent to press
forward on Government Melts übtil It was teroneh corn.
mittee. After that hey se ould proceed with the B.itoi Bill,
and after these two bills would come the Scotch Education
Bill, which would be proceeded with. The next bill, or
rather two bills, related to an in:portant subb ct which they
had described under the tame of total rating. It was not
possible for the Government to proceed with those bills dating
the present se Babb. Ihe Ws known as the Lord Chancellor's
bills, it was extremely desirable should be discussed by the
House, arid It possible they would be proceeded with There
MEI remained the Licensing Bill, which it war possible to
divide into two parte—the first referring to the granting of
licenses, and the sec, nil to the regulation of the put-Ale-
house., A 3. As regarded the time of these two parts,
the Government had come to the conclusion that it was
rot in their power to Press It fore ard in a matinee
which would do Julies to it, and come inently the
bill would be witheiawn. As regarded the portion
of the bill relating ti regulation, the Government
did not abandon it, but hoped that it would be
In their pt-met to embody the police clams, the clauses
relating to hours, the adulteration clauses, the dances deed-
ing with the differences of juruidletton in regent to beer.
houses and pubic-hemes in • new bill, and if the House
Should p'eam, to pms It into law this session. The I'reyer
Book ,LeetiOnaryl Bill, the Mine. Remit Alen Bill, the
Pilotage Bill, aid the Merchant Shipping Pll, he Govern-
ment hoped to pass dating this swan=
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In reply to a q-nesti an from an hon. member, Mr Gladstone
said that the ten years' clauses of the Licensing Bill would
be entirely withdrawn.
to answer to Mr Ward Hunt,
Mr. Secretary Bruce exproned his willingness to refer the
various Game Low bulb to a select c-mnintee. In repl3 to
Mr. C Forster, he said that a measure Counted on tile
recommendation of the Truck Comn issioners had been pre-
pared, and would, he hoped, be in rrod need amine the.. ssion.
The Income Tex Bill was parsed through Committ. e.
On the motion for going into Cemnrittee on the Army
Regulation Bill,
Colonel Anon moved a resolution in favour of abolishing
purchase by paying mar the rriptlatn it prices to the cflicars
at once. This was with the or joct of rrinedying the gross
Injustice which, he maintained, the bill did to all officers
who do not at once retire from the service, and In sup-
porting his resolution he traced the history of purchase,
maintaining that the Government, and not the offies rs them-
selves, were responsible far the immoral parts of It, and that
it had been used as a means of making a profit out of the
purchase officers. Ile stowed, too, how the bill Injured the
pecuniary interests of the non purchase officers, and asserted
that it had created so much discontent that if it pawed in its
present shape half the r nicer. attire Army would leave.
The resolution was seconded by Colonel Bartlebst.
On a division, however, the resolution was negatived by no
$o Is 7.
After this more than an hour had been consumed in a
fruitless attempt to get into Committee. The Opposition ob-
jected to Inc Speaker leaving the chair without further dis-
cussion, and after five divisions had been taken, all showing
majorities against adjournment, ranging from 100 to to, Mr
Gladstone gave way, and he further progress of the nill was
adjourned until Tinned oy.
The other orders were diapered of, and the Douse ad-
journed.

In the Hones of Linde, May 9, Lord Kimberly laid on the
table a Bill for the Coldederation of the Leeward (V eat
Indigo /elands.
The second reading of the Workshop Regulation Act
(nee: Amendment Bill which is intended te wove% fun
thee protection for yet= percent of the Jewish faith was
moved by the Earl of Airlie, and agreed to after a brief con-
versation.
The Presbyterian Church (Ireland, 8111 and the Primitive
Wesleyan Methodist Society of Ireland Re gulattou Bill passed
through C immittee.
Lord Rosebery, after adverting to the various 'accessions
from the Established Uhurch of Scotland in conseemenee of
the exercise of the right of patronage, end especially referring
to the recent case if Queens/eery, milted whether the Go-
vernment intended to deal with the hew of eccleslest-eal
patronage in Scotland during the pro ant Session.
After a few remarke from Lord 'tautly, and the Duke of
Richmond,
The Duke of Amyl' meld it was not the intention of the
Government te Owl g in a hill tide Session, and referred their
lordships to The Times of that mond, g for a tell explarintlen
of the reasons As nee of the largest holders of eecleasetleal
patronege in Scotland, he admitted that lay patronage had
been the one and ma cease of nioeern acceedone and
ruptions in the Scottish Church, and that the pull- et ought
to or taken up In another Session either by the Government
or by Parliament. Lao patronage probably cimid net b-
abolished without some compeneat ion, hot he should be him
self ashamed to receive a Angie terthleig for his petronage
The Archbishop o' Fork, In moving for papers containing
euggestions drawn up by cathedral In dies for the linpreve-
meet If cathedral setahltahmerts, pointed cut various
methods in which they could no made more useful toll
brought into conned, n with diecesan works and the needs
of the Church. The Bhhope of Clocetter and Ely followed
with seeirestleos if similar 'disport, while Lord Fowls
hinted that the remedy wog to snits citent In the hoods of
the right rev. hence,who largely appointed the canons
Lord Buckhunt moved an Addeo' to the Crewe with a
View to relieve Mrs. B irgoyne from the liabilates wi ieh the
had 'named through the lugs of llor Majesty's chip Captors.
Thle event was so on, hely exceptionst that It could not ,
furnish a precedent ; at el he also pointed out thet th • debts
!hound by ear tain B lito9oo, ammo Beg to £OOO were not
for himself, bet to hereelt o/ the officers of the ship.
Lend Lauderdale said that the Captain ntl. an wed
mental yew:, and if tie Adineatty tint not admit this t be
he an egenp.lLllliii C34/9, they weird never get arm's to go
out in snob ships. The Admirelty, however, had dons
nothing for fhe wineries end reelable r f the Captain's crew.
Parliament, he belle yea, would readily make a grant to matt
Mrs. Bergnyne's habilitiee,
Lord Caupealown sealed the conditions upon whlce this
mat could alone be made. The Adralrelty hod no funds
eveitable for each merpores, tint the suhject of rAtertna Mel.
emegnyne from these pecuniary Ilabilltie.a was under the con•
alderation of the Government.
Lord neee,,nrst, on this assurance, withdrew his motion,
Ind their lordehlpll adjourned.
In the flow., of Commons, Mr. G ildney pave notice teat
on the e.h of Jkirof he would call attention to the amount
of put lie debt and tha revenue of the coutitry at the mad of
the tali quarter of the peeteet century, and to the amount
of the public debt and thll rirenue of the country at the
present time.
B Adderley gave notice that en June eith he would
move for leave to brims In a bill to consolhlate erd amend
the laws relating to publa health and local Government.
Lord Robert Montagu asked the Under Secretary fr
Foreign Altair' whether, in treating with the United States
Government respecting the claims eating out of the captures
made by the Alabama, it was hitended to recognise claims
ot British subjects los illegal captures of merchant veered,
by the crud en of the United States Madre the war, or of
ittitteh property destroyed by orders of the United States
autherittes.
Lord Eriaeld said the only definite intornation he WAS
able to give in up!): to the qttestion was, that the Govern
melt bad heard to city by telegraph thet a tied, had been
1.18.9": tot, e the lament moinent, they Were not In a 1,0"
*On to Pllbn•li Ito eintents.
Ain Cherie. Reed (ho PnttmeelenG•tual when the
romisidt Inmery le•n Snedny hr.b or In the eedartment of
tne Pmt*(lilieslrma take place, and by when] it would be
conducted.
Mr. Mongol Mid Mat the Irquiry would commence at ""'
and would he Condt: I.y 1,-,1 Bothnia's, the hon member
or It °meth (Yd. G. Grey), aeil himself.
Mr. PJonsell, in answer to Mr. Maguire, Fuld that the
charge for Money orders for V. and it, erectly had been
increased from 21. to 4 1., and from 6d. to 6 I. respectively.
The charge for orders for £7 and £lO exactly remained the