The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1870-05-14 00:00:00

lical ACt ISSB, Amendment

"..'he °Aber orders were disposed of, and their lordships ad-
jor diked.
I.llllle Home of Commons, several private bills were read
a third time nal passed.
Somerset leaument gave notice that on this day fort-
s* bt he w..uhl move for leave to bring in a bill to ielieve
.I:dsnops from their attendance in the loose of Lords.

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Mr. Charley intimated that on the 7th June he would move
a' that the power claimed and exercised by the Home Secre-
tary of countenancing illegal lotteries, on the ground of their
goodness of their objects, after having advised the pro-
moters of their illegality, is unsound in principle, unsatis-
factory Its practice, and ought to be withdrawn."
11r. Gilpin asked the Home Secretary if his attention had
been calied to a statement in a newspaper that a manufac-
turer at Manchester was unable to sleep in his own house,
or to let it be publicly known where he resided for fear of
•Oetroae on the part of workmen of a trades union that he
.bel been refused the protection of the Mapchester police,
eV-mit on the payment of S I. per hour for each, man ; and if
such report he correct: and, if so, if the Government in-
tended to take any steps to put a stop to such a state of
Mr ftnice said that he had seen the report, but was unable
to siiy whether the whole of the facts contained in the pies-
tkot were correct. Ile had had communications with the
Sll.horitn-a on the subject, and found that an attempt had been
eat de to barn down the timberlard of Mr. Johnson, in the
borough of Manchester, and an attempt had also been made
▪ hislife outside the borough. He presumed that the report
that the application for personal protection would be made
nets, the borough, hut to the county magistrates. Application
haul tieeti made lathe Government by the magistrates to offer
a Toward for the discovery of the perpetrators of the outrage,
sub he bad cemented to add a reward of £lOO, with &pardon,
'to tar y offence,. who should give information resulting in the
•Crni victim' of the other offenders. in ordinary ?kaalot danger

to file and preperty it was the duty of the l—ciCai—authoritiesito
furnish protection, and he had received no complaint that in
this instance the authoritiea or magistrates were not doing
their duty.
Reg/eine to Sir J. C. Lawrence,
hir enikters laid that applications had been received for
passages for workmen discharged from the dockyards In the
ps h ps shoot to proceed to Canada, to the number of 446
Amnia, equal to :353 statute adults ; and In addition to these,
apg. (teal Mei been receivei from workmen discharged
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iio-1111 Woolwiec-Arseual:anei-oiher departments connected
with the War Calm, The ship Tamar would sell on theist
Of J nue, and the Crnendite on the 7th June. Only two troop-
ships would convey emigrants for the preterit, tut three ves-
sels would be used in the ant nmn for that purpose. The ac-
commodation of the Vessels atta for 1,200 or 1,300.
Mr. Shaw.Lefevre, 'in answer to Mr. Graves, stated that
after the let id October next the light dues now charged on
Wiping mold be reduced by .03 OO(,a year; and Mr otway
Informed Nlr. A. Herbert that our Minister at Athens had
bean toe tructed to obtain the best available legal assistance,
Sla" renerally to take every means in his power—including,
If p %Able, the postponement of the execution of the bri-
gat.its now in custody—to secure the fullest investigation
of 'he circtrust.cm attending the late massacre.
1 he notice paper for the evening comprised 10 notices of
motion and 12 hills In various stages, all promoted by private
menthera end the business commenced by a short debate on
the scotch system of Public Prosecutor. Sir D. Weoderlorn
moved fir a Select Committee to inquire into it, with a slew
to its amendment if necessary, ISA its extension to other
pasts of the United Kingdom. The point on which he
dw,lt longest, and which he criticized unfavourably, was the
secrecy of the preliminary investleation Into crimes, for
which Ito wleted to substitute the English system of pub-
licity.
t ter Fume observations from several hon, member., the
it PM negatived.
t. Lows. m then brought forward &resolution condemn-
ing the iy,tetil by which a large portion of the Indian
resume Is raised frem opium Starting from the doctrine
that a moral wrong can never be made politically right, he
went on to demonstrate the immorality cf the "unholy
ter tlic," as be styled it, by descriptions of its terrible moral
anti physical effects on the Chinese. Among other arso-
ns. its, lie urged that our conduct in forcing this trade on the
Cht Int se had made us hated all the East, end pointed out the
peril to tut. Indian finances from the precarious character of
the revenue.
The motion was seconded by Mr. R N. Fowler, and after
Semark• from Sir C. Wingfield, Mr. NUArtisur, Mr. C. Denison
Mr. W. Foaler, and Mr. Chambers.
Mr. Grant Duff, who opposed it on behalf of the India
remarked that Its supporters scarcely seented to have
Sat Idea 1,1 its tremendous character, seeing that for the last
five years the average product of the opium trade to the
bit Hai, revenue titaA nearly L6,600,uii0. This he described a. a
contribittiou td the prosperityot India from people over whose
tubas call morals the House of Commons had no more
SuPervition than the Washington !bow of Representatives.
If a hat he zalleti the "maleficent °retire" of Sir W.
lesson were carried into effect, either the Indian Exchequer
must receive that contribution from the British taxpayer or
mote other external source, or a new tax to that amount
snot be laid on the Indian people, or public work. in India
in Ind stooped or delayed. int., further, he denied as well
Oat Vie Ii lion C wet orient v ro.Fontnhle fir CIS traffic,
IV Sl.° ISA •;IS ttt, It*tt. 1tt,11115 a traffic had lent
al'rged. Air. Grant ft cace't.,lett by reov.i.,, the "previote
dMIN Ribnaird WIT ;sit oil. I fat motiou, but Mr.

Derrymple believed the Chinese would contione to get opium
even it we did not supply It totboV.
Mr. Gladstone strongly objected to the passing of any such
al,:ract resolution withoet .onie previous inquiry and some
stronger proof that te:c reasonable ow of opium was mischlev-
Out rite motto& if ranted, would throw the nuances of
India into e.onfusum, and having delegated these wettr.rs to
the management of the hob in ('OOlO 11, he eve" .:oubted the
, title of the House to deprive the Iwo% of India of the
kti 040 00 of revenue they Oen", from this trade. At
least there would be cast Gouge the revonsihilify of
making g ,nd that defle.,icy, and be challenged Sir W. Low-
aon 1., pr,ceile ':esoliitlon by another devotO g Mr. Lowe's
surplus the!, I,:ar to Ott peep .se. Ile douited, too, our
right uu l..:lerfere with the employment of the native, of
Judi*, YOMO of whom were in t our subjects, he pointed
that the motion would not stop this production of opium,
but would only benefit the smuggler liy Wring kite a prendirm
of 8.. per pound.
Mr. Henley did not reel st liberty to esAl nr.on the Indian
population to sacrifice this regenne we had thrown up
what we derived from gin, on which quite as many people
made baste of Plentielver Oty W retweon made a spirited
reply, and on a division the "wt.:iota question was carried
by I,NO to 46, no that the motion was not put.
Mr. Whalley moved Por a Select Committee to inquire into
the mode of sorest:dig the Income Tax under Schedule ), but
the motion !ruing opposed by Mr. Statiarcht he Ohl out press
It to • diqsjon.
On the motion Of Nr. i'llaft,tone the following gentlemen
were nominated to /WAS on the Committee on Monastic and
Conventual Jessft.:tons :—Mr. Villiers, Mr. Newdegate, Mr.
Jesse!, Me. Thomas Chambers, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Howes,
lafr. C"esn. Mr. Pemberton, The O'Conor Don, Mr Bourke,
Me. Sherlock, Mr. John Gilbert Talbot, Air. Prase, Mr.
iienrce Gregory, and Sir John Ogilvy ; and, at the snagestion
of Mr itykyn, the inquiry was , stended to Anglic..h as well
as Roman Catholic establishments.
S'r ii. Selwin. I litetson's Mine and Beerhouse Act (18601
Aniehilment was passed through Committee, and several
...Oa bills having been forwarded a stage, the ilouSe ad-
journed.

In thefloulie of Commons, May li, Mr. R. A. Cross, in
moving the second reading of Benefices Bill, said that he
was not aware of any opposition I‘eing raised against it. The
bill did not propose to Interfere with the patronage of the
laity, but merely to stop the sale al' next pressnustione. Ile
urged that private patronage was esraliiished as a public
trust, and HIM there was nii right vested in a patron to sell.
neat presentation The measure did not contain any single
KW:Won which would injure the rights of private property,
but would not affect livings at present under settlement. It
would put a stop to what was a great scandal to the Church,
and an insult to the parishioners.
Mr. heresford Hope hoped that the measure would not be
pressed toe division, as he had some apprehtindon of dealing
in a fragmentary and hasty manner with only one portion of
the question of private patronage He admitted the tandem*
of abuses in the exercise of patronage, but thought that they
might be removed by a well-regulated scheme giving more
power to the ecclesiastical authorities.
The Solleitor-lleneral said that he was not desirous of in-
creasing the patronage now exercised by the bishops. Lay
patronage was a great distinctive feature of the Church of
England, and introduced into her ranks clergymen of all sta-
tions and sentiments, thus widening her Influence in the
country. the till would really strengthen their pa ronage,
and he recommended the House to accede to the second read-
ing, on the grounds that they were not doing anything fresh
in principle ; that the way in which this property was now
dealt with was a public sail private scandal ; and that the
bill would deal with this, whilst having due regard to all
existing interests.
Dr. Bali I hought that any attempt to lessen the evils re-
sulting from sales of next presentations would be useless
whilst the sale was permitted, and therefore supported the
bill

Mr. Stapleton supported the bill ; and Mr. 'Uncle Palmer
suggested that restrictions should be placed en the sales of
advowsons.
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Mr. .1. G. Talbot warmly supported the bill.
Mr. Henley could not understand why the sale of a next
presentation should be forbidden, whilst the sale of an ad-
'mason would be permitted. tie thought the bid would nut
prevent these transactions being carried on
Mr. Monk, whilst approving the principle of the bill,
thought it did not go for enough.
Mr. Dickenson supported the measure
Mr. U. Hardy said that if the hill had been an attack upon
lay patronage, he should have thought it • very injudicious
one. It was true that they might not he able to check the
existing evils entirely, but he urged that they should do what
they could to prevent them. Thee Lurch of England did not
consist of its patrons or the clergy, but of the flock, and to
the ',lock some protection must be given.
The bill was then read a second time without any opposi-
tion.

Vance, in moving the seconsl reading of the l'ounty
Coroner's ,Ireland) Bill, saki that it was founded on the
recommendations of the select committee on Grand Jury
presentments. It proposed to substitute a coroner's salary
of £lOO per annum, instead of fees. The number would be
reduced to US• and the districts would be redistributed. The
election to the offioe would be in the hands of the con-
stituencies, and the Grand Jury would have power to
supslaiinuate coroners.

At ter the various provisions of the bill had been criticised,
Mr. Aytt m moved as all amendment that the bill be read
a second time that day six montos.
The /louse divided—For the second reading, hi; for the
amendment, 172 ; majority, 74,
The bill was theret,re nircted.
The Suburban Commons Bill was read a second time.
The Petty Customs ,Scotland) Abolition Bill passed through
committee, and the 113ilways
,Polvers and Construction) Bill
was read a third time and passed.
Mr. Kustchbull licpssen brought in a bill to continue
certain flanpiSe Acta iu ileant Britain, Kc., which was read
a first time, and thy !louse adjotrned.