The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-06-24 00:00:00

had commanded fleets or ships of war believed to be in-
dispensable. The punishment was inflicted very rarely, and
in all other respects our sailors were treated with greater
gentleness than in any other service.

Mr. E. Smith supported the motion; while Lord C. Beres-
ford,..thqugia depreceing the punishment, held it to be nn-
desirabie to part with the power of inflicting it, and denied
that the old_hauds_svere tapposo:to-Atir- -
Th 6 arnelfaidelit Was withdrawn, and on a division the
motion was negatived by 120 to 62. '
,
Sir T. Chambers was calling attention 'to the subject of
Civil Service Trading, when the House was caunted out at
ten minutes past twelve o'clock.

-t otsiof•-• •4:,/
In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 21, Mr. Butt, gave notice
that on the motion for going into committee on the Supreme
Court of Judicature (irelaud) Bill, he will move that it is
desirable that the ruins of procedure .should be Included in
the Act.
Dr. Cameron, in moving the second reading of the Banns
of Marriages (Scotland) Bill, Explained that Its object was to
put the marriage laws c. f Scotland on a more satisfactory
tooting. No man could at present be married in Scotland
by a clergyman unless the banns were published in en Esta-
blished Church. Other marriages were allowei, but they
were either registered as irregular or not registered at all.
He proposed by the Bill to curtail the period of residence
from six weeks to 21 days as in England.
Mr. Orr Ewing moved that the Bill be read a second time
this day three months. He objected .To the Bill on the
ground that it was not right to interfere with the present
custom by putting the registrar in the place of the cleigy-
man.

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Mr. Baxter supported the. Bill, and maintained that the
marriage law of Scotland, was in a very unsatisfactory state.
The system of proclamation of banns was only a relic of bar-
barous times, and the "Bill would do much to simplify the
law, and prevent the irregularities now complained of.

Sir A. Gordon, who had given notice of an amendment to
refer the Bill to a' select committee, opposed the measure.
Sir E. Colebrooke and Colonel Alexander supported the
measure.
Mr. Maitland and Sir H. Cunningham° opposed the Bill
Mr. Anderson did not think the Bill before the House
would effectually solve the difficulty that'existed in respect
to the Scotch marriage law, but at the same time he believed
It was a step in the right direction, and would vote forth°
second reading of the BilL
The discussion was continued by Mr. Forsyth, Mr. E. Noel,
Ur. C. Dalrymple, Mr. McLaren, and Mr, McLagan.
The Lord Advocate pointed out the difficulty of dealing
with the question, and the importance of not adopting any
new principle as to the proclamation of banns Ile added
that the Lord Chancellor had the subject under considera-
tion, as affecting not only Scotland, but the whole of the
three kingdoms. Under these circumstances, he could not
consent to the second reading of the Bill.

Sir G. Cimpbellosupported the Bill, and after some re-
marks from Dr. Cameron in reply, the House divided :—For
the second reading, 141 ; against, 166 ; majority, 25. The
Bill was conseeiuently lost.
Mr. S Crawford moved the second reading of the Land-
lord and Tenant (Ireland) Act Amendment, Bill, which, he
explained, was the same as he brought before' the house last
year. The object of the Bill was to restore to Ulster the
system of tenant-right as it existed prior to the passing of
the Land Act.
. Mr. Gibson moved that the Bill be read a second time this
day three months. The Bill was very simple in its appear-
ance, but it had a new point of departure entirely, and was
In fact, a new land Bill, which would unsettle instead of
settllng the quest!en.
Mr. Chaplain seconded the amendment, on the ground
that the Bill was one of simple confiscation.
The hon. member was speaking when the time for closing
the debate arrived, and the Bill became a dropped order. '
The other business having been disposed of, the House ad-
journed.

THE ISSSSINATIONS AT CONSTAN-
A
TINOPLE.'
Avnipm.4o
The following despatch has been sent by the Grand Vizier
;o the Turkish representatives abroad :
I regret to have to announce to you an assassina-
tion committed on Thursday night on the persons of
his Highness Hussein Avni Pasha and his Excellency.
Raschid Pasha. Hassan, the assassio., a man of Cir-
caatian origin, left the Military School four years ago
as a lieutenant; and afterwards was appointed captain
to be sent to the Corps 'd'Armda of Bagdad. He was;
detained on account of certain circumstances and em-
ployed in different capacities. Eventually he was,
raised to the position of adjutant-major, a function in
the same corps d'art:Lee being confided tolhinn.: Hassan.
made a pretext for not setting out, and was apprehended
in order to force him to proceed to his post. On Thurs-
day, being set at liberty, he went to the country resi-
dence of the Seraskier, and ascertaining that the latter
was in Council with his colleagues IA the abodes of his '
Highness Midhat Pasha, the assaesia followed him '
there. The guards; thinking he was still an aide-gle-
camp, allowed him to enter the Council-hall. Hassan,
at arm's len"gth, discharged a pistol which he drew
from his pocket at Hussein Avni Pasha. While the
other persons present were endeavouring to disarm
him, ]'chid Pasha, Achmed -Aglia, a servant of ,
Midhat Pasha, and a soldier, experienced the same
fate. The Minister of the Marine, as well as a soldier,
were wounded. The assassin was arrested. It results
from these details that the motive of the crime was
personal vengeance, and that the deed has no political
•
character.

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The Grand V zier has also telegraphed to the Turkish
representatives abroad the following additional particulars
respecting the assassinations committed last Thursday even.
lug
:-
"The assassin, Hassan, on entering the Council
Chamber in which the Ministers were assembled, held
• in one hand a poinard arid in the other a revolver, with
. which he fired at the Minister of War. When the
other persons present endeaxoured to seize him, he fired
, upon the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Marine,
upon Ahmed Agha, a servant of hia'Highness Midhat
Pasha, and subsequently. upon'Chuirri Bey, an officer
of Marine, and an aide-de-Camp, who alsotried to stop
the murderer. The Minister of War, the Minister for
Foreign Affairs, Chukri Bey and Ahmed Agha are dead.
Finally, this furious madman could not be arrested by
the soldiers who hurried 'to .the spot beim e he had
killed one and wounded another of their number." •

. . .
Hassan, the assassin of the two Turkish MiListers, :
was hanged on Saturday morning. A telegram in the
Figaro, under date. Pere,. June 17, says that, "He
was hanged at dawn this morning from a ' mulberry
tree in the centre of the square of the Seraskierat.
The rope was two feet long, and of the thickness of
a person's little finger. The knot was under the left '
ear. Hassan was a very tall man, so that his feet
nearly touched the ground as the body swayed to and
fro. His arms were not fettered, and hung down
naturally; he had no shoes on, only white socks,
white cotton drawers, and a white shirt, the back of
which was covered with blood .from a large wound."
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. COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
.. The following is an extract from a-leader in Th. Tiutes
remaclittig upon the Elementary Education Bill: •
. . . It is a
_simple: matter. of .fact that everywhere
there are persons, and families,' and in those families,
childrep, who, resist every effort that can be made to
indabe or Compel attendance. As the children in these
cases are KeneradirjusC those characters which if they
do not turn out Well will turn out very ill indeed, it
becomes 'doubly important to have them in baud. . .
Pi is true. enough that the parents often. want their
childra te'' de the work of the house and to add to
the common ftind:frOm an
.early to a late age.. But
everybody who has really lived much among the class
will hiVe a painful remembrance of many children sac-
tificed to this alleged necessity. A boy or girl who goes
to hard work, or any outdoor work, at the age of eight
gr nine seldom grows up strong, healthy; or of full
stature. If a boy at sixteen looks thirteen, stunted
alike In body._ -Ord- mind," the reason is that poverty
sent bins tO work at- eight,-, or, perhaps, !seven. The
mine explanation is given- When's' Man at fort-five
liskrheutnatism in his lower extremities.• Early' work
.makes -dwarfs- and cripples, as well as dunces, and
there can be no 'excuse for it. But the most,lament-
able of all sacrifices is that of cornmeal occurier co,
when the eldest girl of A large family. has been kept at
home nursing, ,cooking, cleaning, carrying' water,
stitching, scolding, beating, dressing, undressing—at
the age of nine or ten discharging all the duties of a
large household, sometimes even without the 'aid of a
mother. The frequent result is early death. Now,
of course, it cannot be said that this is an
unavoidable necessity. Neither can it be called
impossible that a girl .in this position should give on
the average five attendances, or fifteen hours, a week
at school. This, be it ever borne in mind, is all that is
required, and we do not think the nation ever will go
the length required by the hon. gentleman who on
Monday night professed himself not content with less
than 400 yearly attendances. Up to a certain point
the cause of education is the cause of health, strength,
and life itself, and represents a necessity. . •
To illustrate the' entire working of indirect coMpuls
sion, we are told to consider the case of a widow, who
looks to be assisted by the earnings of her son from the
age of ten. It is confidently expected that in this hope
she will keep the boy at school now. This is a ques-
tion of experience, and experience, we apprehend, will
be dead against it. The widow has great present neces-
sities, and gives them the preference over necessities
which are remote and doubtful. She wants the help
of the boy immediately, and by the time he is eight
she would much appreciate the 2s. or even is. a week
he might earn. She knows that at thirteen—not to
say twelve—he will be his- own master; he will
get a situation, far-or near, as May be, and be
ranch more likely to ask for an occasional shilling,
than to send her one. Ile will want all he gets,
ihimble
separationcontribute
to her anyber attemptwantswdi oonnlhyehrapsaternt to 'make
iankeevita
of the link of natuce..that now ties, them. Village
widows are seldom able, if they wish it ever so much,
to give all their attention to their own families, which
are consequently apt to ran wild. It is just one of the
cases iriswhich the State has a special call to intervene
for the .sake of orphans who are suffering a want As
serious as hunger or nakedness? and in one way or
another the State must see they are at school, All the
other instances given presuppose an amount of calcula-
tion Of which the labourer is incapable. It is true he
does look forward to the future—that is, if be is an
ordinary, specimen of his class. But:it- is not‘a remote
or deferred future; not one to be looked at across a
gulf of years, but one already in operation..,A labourer
is always impatient for the growth and development of
his child, and rather disix sed to find fault if the fruits
of education do not show themselves imitediately.
But he neiver will go _through he
that in so many years the child will
process s fcalculating
ottiff hi
shan ds,
or an addition to the.household ways and means. One
of the, greatest blots on the character of the English
labourer is his utter indifference to any plait of saving
to comprhe a larger period than Se \en years, and his
r eagerness. to divide andftsquander the scanty hoard
Ahat accrues. The prfflent state of the whole in. community is adverse to an
of
is ao
h-
ladnrgeinblwe
ilclhgaor aocut et t
The
e world, he
labourerPuid
ential
I,lsPewellects tieheat
bares not how far, and has no doubt ofei h• t r finding
some employer and some Work, if only they have
the
fireequalities tfsually stipulated for. In agrieultural
service, strength and health, or "hardness," come
fieiat ; then looks, manner, honesty, civility, sobriety,
and so forth. But let anybody jast consider how
little heis aczustomed to insist on a certain amount
of education even -in the higher kinds of employ-
ment. Every householder of standing Must recall
many instanceStof making the discovery, 'simile time
after the engagement, that a servant doing With.
,her
work well, and 'growing into favour, could not read or
write. The dikovery amused rather thinilistbneerted
tie niaster and mistress, and if the fact bid its incon-
ytnience, it baci-goo its compensation, If this be the
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