The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-07-15 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

in the ilo,use of Lords, July loth, tho Duke of Ithihmond
mistt My LOrdS, I beg to give notice that on the motion tor
the second Feasting of the Army Regulation Bill I shall move
the following in lien thereof—'' That this /louse is unwitting
to assent to the second reading of this bill, until it has had
laid-before it, either try the tioverninent or el-e through the
medium of inquiry and report of a 'swot commission, a con,
(dote and comprehensive scheme for the first appointment,
promoti ~, and retirement of officers, the amidirtination of
the regular with the auxiliary laud force*. raid for securing
the other changes necessary to place the tuilitaly system at
this country on a round and elheletit basis."

LON DII;Ifially Called atirlAh,ll t 4, the litrOWth
feetion in Ireland evlnced nt the eleetions for Meath and
Westmeath. attributing the prevailing discontent to the
•• vicious Syston bt party govertnnent long folio,' hr
Ire-
Intel." lie also complained of the rdliance ttetWeen the
Ministerial and Ultraniontane partien ht Ireland, and Ruin.
adverted in., the existence of a class calling themselves
Constrvative Repeaters.

Lord thifferin defended the selection of stlpimiliary
magistrates, which lout been Impugned by tetil. Dunsanli,
ant dedi TT TT g to vindicate the Irish Government against his
general depreciation, congratulated their Lonlshipanpan the
eatisfactory working of the Irish Church am! Lewd Ulu, and
upon the increasing peace at prosperity of Leland
The diseussion upon Irish aihniuistrattun and recent legis-
lation was continued by Lords Dmiutiore and Leitrim.
Lord Denbigh, in calling attaution to the 'argent unsatis-
factory mode of rewarding iovmdiirs adopted by the War
°thee, adverted to Is 0..01 of Captain rinds, b N Mr,
Lynall Thom.. Mr Hililiser, and Captain Harvey, and
suggested the cstalt tstmont if some indepcmlant Whis] m composed of selenti4,o men, liutteg no connection with the
War Lidice, who snould decide upon the anomnt of compen-
sation to be I:,,eid for inventions wholly or in part ;Aimed by
the War trAce
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--The f.,oril Chancellor, in moving the Second reading of the
Feeteshistleal Titles Act R. peal 11111, explained that the pass-
lug of the Irish Chureli Act had rendered it necessary to re-
peal the Act of ISM. which had been brought in to prohibit
the use of ecclesiastical titles by Roman t'atholic prelates.
The bill had been referred to a Select cronmittee of the .•ther
House, and It now contained ri ph4est against any assunip-
tbm on the part .4 a foreign potentate of a right to confer
titles of honour distingnished from titles .4 office.
Lord Oranmore objected to the bill.
Lord Chelmsford sahl that the Act of 1851, which he had
assisted to render more stringent, was of no value except as
a legnaative pri•test, and as everything of value in that Act
was retained in the present bill, it Was Most desirable that it
should pass.
The bill was then read a second time.
Lord Morley. in moving the second reading of the
Factories and Workshops Act Amendment Bill, said that,
(lie local authorities in many places hoeing taken no steps
to eara'y lilt the Factoring and Workshops Act, it was de-
siraide to transfer their power to the favtory inspectors.
Lord Salutary expre:sed a doubt whether the bill would
Puss the ther House this Se,sion.
The bill was then read a second time, and their lordships
adjourned.
In the House if Commons, the Dorking Has, Waterford
Water, and Water-for& New Ross, and Wexford Junction
Railway Bills, were read a third time and passed ; and the
Isle if Wight and Cowes and Newport JUnction Railway Bill
Was read a second time.
Mr. Dihwyn gave notice that in Committee of Supply upon
the Civil titmice Fatin.tes, ho would move the reduction of
the vote fir the science aml art department by £15,453.
Mr. Cul•itt asked the Attonierlteneral whether any
arrangement had been made with the tw.• Registrars if Deed.
fir MidlikSeX, to the effect that they Would Slit, in the event
of the abolition f their offices, elai iii compensation In respect
of the additional feot retch-oil ity aalunl an consequence .1 the
vacancy of the third registrarship ; and, if not, whether lie
aanar any difficulty In making such all arrangement.
The Atturney.Gtheral was understood to say that no
artaliganlent had been made with the two registrars. He lied
communicated with one of these gentleme,i. who stated that
he had no Intention of making any claim fit' compensation ; and he had no hesitation in saying that he entertained a very
dei..ided opinion that neither of them would have the shadow
of a claim to compensation,

Major Walker asked the Secretary for War whether there
was any prospect of hia being able to establish sonic more ad-
vanced course of military instruction for field officers of mili-
tia than that now la-evident at the drill schools.
Mr. Cardwell said that the offers %Odell had been made of
Instruction for officers of the reserve forceshad 1 peen aeceptad
to a degree which encouraged the anticipation that further in-
structiona might also be offered. He would give the matter
his most serious consideration.
Mr. Stapleton asked whether it was true that 3,000 bad
characters had been discharged from the army during the last
two years ; whether many of these men mere in the receipt of
parochial relief and whether the Home Oahe was in pos-
session of any information as to the way in which those who
were not receiving such relief got their living.
tiladstone said that during the two years ending 31st
March last, there were discharged from the army, on ac-
count of bad conduct, in all 4,124 fines. As regarded the
second and third questions, there was no official information
in existence.
Mr. Anderson asked the Hume Secretary whether Inc Wan
yet in is loesulieni to state the opinion of the law officers of the
Crown as to the legality of certain la Ming advertisements to
which his attention hail been colic& :Old whether that
legality is to be tested in a omit of law.
Mr. Bruce said that the caw lent been submitted to Mr.
Poland. who was if °pi kk .. that clinic of these to Ivert isements
were illegal, whilst others escaped the operation of law. The
latter were under the consideration of the solicitors to the
Treasury.

Sir 11. Selwin-Ibbetson asked If the attention if the linme
Secretary hail been caned to the disturbances which 1..m1t
place at Wanstead emutuon ii Saturday.
Mr. Bruce replied that the proceedings at the meeting
itself were of a very orderly ammeter, and when the persons
composing It went away a lanky of police which was lii at-
tendance for the purpose of preserving order also left. A
mall body of men who had been watching the (munitions at
a volunteer review in the vicinity commenced breaking up
the palings, awl wets- soon joined by others ; but there was
'lathing to connect thiS outrage with the meeting tint was
held.

Lord Enfield, replying to Viscount ilartington. szd.l that
Lord Lyons had been in communication with the French
Government as to whether any relaxation of the present pass-
port system could be made, hut he was informed that under
present circumstances neither passports nor vises eould he
dispensed with.

A curious question of privilege was raised Inc W. Tomline,
who called attention to a Statute of 1372 milieh prohibits nit
only sheriffs, lett "men of law' predising in the Kings
Courts from sitting iii Parliament " knights of the shire
and he summated his complaint if the hdraction of the
statute by reference to reeent in which the Govern-
ment hail only small majorities, RIO particularly that on the
Army Bill, by whieh the emit of providing annomies,
for the Militia %ens rout Mural nu the county rates by a ma-
!amity of two iisly Ile was supported only by Mr. G.
'Sentinel( ; and the Speaker being appealed to. declined to
give any answer. Sir ti. Grey pointed out that no man's seat
c,ould be questioned after a certain time Mr. Staveley Hill
thought that the Act was repealed, while the Attorney-
General said that it was ol,,dete, and if it were net repealed
it ought to lie. Mt. filadstone was of opinion that at the
utmost the point reigld be referred to a Select Committee.
A division for adjournment taken far the purpose of testing
the opinion of the House showed that 13' members summrted
Mr. Tondine, and 23e. voted against him.
The House then went inbi Committee on the Ballot Bill,
the second ilause of which relates to the process Of nomina-
tion anal Mr. Forster announced, as the result of iii, con-
sideration of enrions iiiiggestions, that he was ready to Ili.
pense with the presence of the ten snliscribing elect. gm at
the nomination, and limit the parties present to the
candidate tind his proposer and seconder. With a view
of preventing sham candidates, he was also ready to pro.
pose that each candidate should deposit a certain amount
of caution money, to he returned to him if he polled
is specified proportion of votes. On this there ensued a
desultmy and complicated discussion, which at one time had
the effect of inducing Mr. Forster to consent to the entire
minissino of all restrictions linn the attelidanue at the Ninnina-
Mon. This, however, was objected to, and in the end it was
agreed that the persons present shall he limited to the candi-
dates, their proposers and sec lers, and such persons as the
returning officer shall require for his Owl. assistance. It was
also provided that immediate notice shall be given to the
electors of the eandidatee proposed.
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After some other clauses had been discussed,
tin clause 3, which enacts secret voting, Mr. Bourke moved
that it be postpothal until the remainder of the bill Mot been
considered by the House. Mr. Pormilve. sir .1. Ilay, and Mr.
'hurley concurred in the suggestion but Mr. Forsterpointed
out that, after all, this seas a Ballot Bill, awl that it was unc-
le', to delay bmger facing the question sf secret voting. 00
a division the motion was rejected by 210 to 134.
Mr. Wtdter moved an amendment designed to limit the
Ballot OW the present to the boroughs but on a division, t4e
aluvlo'dnent was negatived by NO to 142, and the further piti-
gees', of the bill was again adjourned.
The Tramways Provisional orders continuation Bill was
passed through Committee, all the metropolitan schemes
being struck out.
The Merchant Shipping Acts Amendment Bill was read a
second time.

Mr. tinier brought in bills to suspend for a limited time
the grant of new licences, and to amend the Sunday Obser-
vance Act, by vesting the prosecutions in the hands of the
Police, and the llot.e adjourned.

In the House if Lords,. July 11, the Rail of Airlie moved
the second reuniting of the Public Libraries (Mcotland) Act
(NW) Amenihnent Bill. After a short esplanation of the
changes to Inc made, the bill was read at second time.
Upon the Ecelesia6tical Titles Act Repeal Bill,
Lord Russell, as having introduced the Act which it it now
proposed to repeal, said that a legislative protest against the
assumption of Papal jurisdiction in the United Kingdom was
necessary in 1851. New that the Irish I linrch was diniesta-
hlished, however. it was innite right to repeal the Ail, and
no harm would he donne by allowing the EMllall ratholic
prelates to call thethaelves by any title they pleased. At
the same time, be demurral to the assertion in the pre-
amble that titles of this kind were 'lily regarded as titles of

The discussion was continued by Lord Stanhope, who was
Unlined at the repeal el all Act OblloNjous to many and use-
ful to none; by Lord Lyveden, who hail always been oppefled
to the Act now sought to be repealed awl by the Lonl
Chancellor, who referred to the circumstances looter which
the Act became necessary. The bill then passed throngh
Committee without amendment.

The Burial Grounds Bill was read a third tune and ',nosed.
Lord shaftesbury. in moving an whim's praying that the
children AM young persons employed in liricklields may be
brought under the protection of the Factory Acts, drew a
vivid and sickening picture from authentic evidence if the
ac toil exacted from children of the tenderest years, the
ph),fral effect of this Egyptian lsdulage upon their stunted
frames. Mei the ignorance and immorality consequent Nam
tar nil cupidity and neglect. Parliament 1..1, with the
Silent beneficial results. adopted the principle that children
Mere •Aititlegl to education and to protertion
Ws. am, and employers aunt cimiloyed thrunigtniuit the country
alike bore testimony to the wisdom of the Factory Acts in
limiting the 110111.8 of labour.

liishop of London supported the motion, tisserting
that no knot of child-labour stood more in lived of protec-
tion froni the Legislature.
Lori Morley admitted that a ease had been made out for
the inteeferetwe of Parliament, aril said that clatises would
li. introduced into the Factories And
meld Bill, whirti would place the children in briektlelds
under the protection of the law. Notwithstanding the pre-
itiotion of Lord salislony he trusted that this hill would
IASS during the present session.
Midletoll moretted that the Address did, Mit extend
to the employment of ...lien in hrickflelds.
The motion WIN linen agrve.l to.
Some other business was disposed of,.attil their lordships
adjourned.

In the House of Commons, Sir 11. Verney asked the Seem-
tary for War what are the intentious of the Government with
regard to campaign maineuvres of the army during the
autumn ; whether in each military distriet there is to he a
separate corps (Tonne consisting of limited minibeis,
coal-
hiaaisng each arm awl department of the whole force of the
country, the regular army, the niiiitio, and the volunteers,
and capable of rapid expansion and ea, of need ;
whether, if such divisions of the army ore formed, means
will be adopted to give to the men industrial ourupation as
well as military training, and to the officera professioual in-
struction ; and whether there will Inc a general officer coin-
Tnnansling cach division, whose duty it will be to ascertain the
aPaeity of the officers under his coniniand, and in, to aid the
Commancier-imehief in the duty of selection.
Sir If. Storks said that it was intended to assemble a force
about 10,000 men, of whom one half NO/1111 Is rc.,:illars and
the remainder militia, yeomanry, and volimmoi They
would be as,eMbled at Alil, m. toil tin y would
mareh into Berkshile, !!. II- IL y he
practical tor about a feat/Mit. Inn each military district the
yeomanry and volunteers would Le trained at far as possible
In combination with the regular forces. The localisation of
the regular forces would be carried out as far as circum-
Mance:, would permit. it RAS illtetOted to give private sol-
diers industrial occupation, and officers professional instruc-
tion There would be a general officer in command of each
nanlitaey liiVIAIOII, and it woold Inc tile duty to report upou the
callseity of tin:officers under his (.10111111111111.

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file iiollSe having gone into committee on the Ballot Bill,
Sir( lii•lke proposed an ainentlinent to provide that the
poll nh uh1e,,,,,,,,,,,ce at each lling place at eight ii the
&NMlkis MAtgkePt Krell UMU 0414 at Wisi

liart tehd ~pposed the amendment, on the ground that
It thg pull were kept open after dark it wutud greatly in.
crease the inducements to lints and persunation.
Mr. Dixon mpp, 1,1 the amendment, and said that Ito
disturhancei would take place in large tUN US under such
circumstances after dark.

Mr. G. Manly obeerved that one f the worst IliStUrb-
1111CeS that ever took place in Birmingham oeeurreil alter
dark. 1 lie amendment would cause great aggravation of
existing evils.

Mr. torster adnotted that there wt.+ a strong reason for
the anteudotent to be found In the facility it would give to
the trorking elitiBe9 to vote. He very much ikubted, how-
ever. whether an extension of the pal would rot I* an in-
ducement to the voters to vote so late that the work ....dad
not be got throUgh its the StipMateil time. lie thotight there
was **Aettsing in the argtunent that personation would be
tendered easier, and also lo the arg 1111 l mit that loithing
should be done to give rho to public extitenient after dark.
lie wilt italigniee of the good working of the Ballot in procur-
ing a oitlet election : but, on the whole; he could not accede
to the amendment.

After some farther lIISCUSSiOII, the committee divided For the smemtmeht, m; against, 230; majority, 179. The
anienaiaent was therefore lost.

Mr. Cross moved a clause providing that all votes shall be
given in the manner in which they have hitherto been given,
and that the state of the poll should not be known during
the hours td• polling. No IQ.: would be admitted to the poll-
hig-booths except certain officials and the voter himself, and
It ,s 01l Id be penal for any of these persons to give inform-
Lion as to the state ,d the poll until it had closed. He
believed that the enactment of these provisions would do
away with inducements to bribery and intimidation.
Mr Forster did not think that even the penalties, to he
Imposed would be sufficient to prevent the state of the POli
becoming known. Ile could not therefore accede to the
amendment.

After further ilieussion, the committee dirtied, when the
were as follows ,--For the timenlinent, 158 againit,
2:34 ; majority, 76.

Mr. Hermon next moved are amendment, providing that
the poll should remain open until NiX o'clock.
Mr. Forster thought the amendment was open to much of
the ohjeelion which was entertained to the former amend-
ment, whilst it did not possess its advantages. lie was of
Opinion that it would be Pretenthle to hem the hours*on they
now stood until the experience of a general election bad been
gained.

Sir J. Elphinstone proposed that the poll should commence
at six o'clock in the Morning.
Mr. Forster opposed this as Ming unnecessary and un a
division it Was rejected by a majority of 201—the numbers
being 324 against 57.
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A diviaion was then taken upon Mr. Hennon's amendment,
When the numbers were—For the amendment, no ; against,
309; majority against, 243.
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Mr. .f Lowther next explained all (11110 rate SCheme of
voting by voting papers, which he proposed to Substitute for
the Ballot, contending at length that It would enable non-
residents. absentees, and persons not given to facing popular
tumults to vote, who were now disfmmhised. He described
the numerous safeguanls by which personation and every
possible fraud would be obviated.

he had finished his speech the morning sitting came
to :in cod, RIM timk iSCUSSiOII of the proposal was adjounied
until Thursday.
•At the evening sitting,
Mr. Seely called attention to recent changes in the consti-
tution of the Admiralty, and moved two resolutionseondemn-
ing the perpetuation of the form of a RIMINI, and declaring
that the odhees of Controller mid Superintendent of Her
Majesty's Navy should be held by persons of special know-
ledge. In regard to the second resolution, he indicated
various points connected with the building of ships, the
Ininiugenient ,f the dockyards, At., in which the public see-
knowledge
vice suffered by the employment of persons having no special

On a division, however, the motion Was negatived by 110 to
I 30,

Roundel} Palmer inoved an 1111.11‘,,, it. the i'r.ovn pray-
ing for the inorrporation of a ifeneral School of Law in the
metropolis, through which all persons admitted to practise
It. either brimeh 4.f the profession shall be compelled Pi pal..
In slipport of it he expatiated on the olesultory and empirical
character of our present legal education, and on the
Importance and to all the interests of the can.
try of It scientific professional education. Ile described
a text, in considerable detail. the reception given to the
SChetile by the Universities and the various legal societies,
and cordmverted at length the pretensions of some of the
Inns of t to superintend the legal education of the
country, and the objections raised it the joint training of
banisters and solicitors. Sir }Mundell spoke till nearly two
o'clock, and. Mr. if. Morgan having seconded the Address,
the debate was adjounied on the motion of Mr. Jessel.
The other business was disposed of, and the House ad-
journed.

lii the House if Connanns„fuly 12, Mr. TI. Dalrymple,
having presented a number of petitions in favour id the
Habitual Drunkards' Bill, moved its second reading. lie con-
tended that the increasing support which the bill received,
and the returns made by the .perintendents of police in all
parts of the country, showed that the importance of the
question had md decreased. During the year 1570 the re-
turns from 25n superintendents, not ineluding the metro-
tmlis, stated there had been 10,952 convictions for drunken-
ness. and 27.1.0 fur crimes arising tort of drunkenness. The
present system if repressing drunkenness had signally failed.
he pt-rite, With Will MI this hilt 11111ility dealt were those who
either by hereditary taint, .liy the exhaustion id nervous
energy. or by the force of evil example had, had recourse to
drunkenness till hi had gained the complete mastery of
result and morality. To restore these individuals the
allurement 10114 he removed and the subject of treatment
lutist lie placed under more rational and hygienist ic influence.
There was no via o,oedia until ethreation should teach the
people that drunkenness was a vice and a disgrace. Either
the habitual dinakard must be lett 118 he Was, or else he 1111“4
be forcibly taken bold of. There were three ways in is deli
the bill provided for the treatment of habitual drunkards--
first, by voluntary action, the individual placing himself ;
secondly, by the arthin of relatives and friends, due safe-
guards being provided against aliases ; and thirdly, by the
interference of magistrates, who should have power to commit
tit reformatories teas who had been convicted three times
thiring six months of drunkenness or offences caused by
drutikenntss. the contended that, where an individual was in
astute of habitual drunkenness. sons tit lie dangerous to him-
self or others, or ruining his family and himself, personal
librrty must succumb, as in other matters, to public exigency.
Ali habitual Munk:int WitA &tilled by the bill as one who by
reittioll .4 frequent VSCeittilVe 11, of intoxicating liquors was
Incapable of self-control, dangenius to himself and others,
and incapable of pnmer attention and cartel his affairs and
family. The costliness of the system would lie amply corn-
lansated liv the decrease of pauperism and crime, and the
spire thus rendered vacant in gaols and workhouses could be
appropriated to the purposes of establishing these reforma-
tories. The average undoubted cures in the .natoria of
America were froinas to oo per cent.
After remarks film Mr. :Salt and Colonel Akroyd,

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air Wilfrid Lawson pointed out that each of the six bills
which had been introduced with the objevt of removing the
evil of drunkenness was based upon the principle that to
check drunkenness it was necessary to remove the facilities
at present existing for obtaining drink. This Lill dhl not
go to the root of the evil, but only sought to mitigate its
consequent:vs. The principle of the bill was good so far as
It went, and Inc hoped that the Home Secretary, althoo,h he
einUtni not tarry his 111111 measure, would not stand in the way
of this.

Colonel Ilarftelot moved that the bill lie read ;I Sc..] title
that day three months. Ile regarded the measure as a very
crude one, which was totally incapable it beinz modelled
into a pies-rut practical legislation during the remainder of
the present stoiufl. Ile looked upon the poacr it prom.sed
to give to a litigistrate on the certificate of two persons to
deprive an indichlual of his liberty fort leiigilty period as a
very dangerous one, and eontended that if it were in trot
those persons among the upper classes who ought to collie
within its provisions would escape while the elierathei iii
the measure would lit restricted to the poor.

After observations from several other hon. members,
Mr. Bruce opposed the bill because it bristled WWI on-
J.:Lion:Lido provisions. It would have been far better that
a Select Con 111 l ittee should have been appointed fir
into the subject, for this great infringement of indivi-
dual liberty ought not to take place without the fullest possi-
ble inquiry.. Flo thought, also, before they enalmrked on this
system they should have sul omitted to theta smile experience
of its working elsewhere. There were two great difficulties in
connection with it; first, as Mille definition of what habitual
drunkards are: and, secondly, whether there was any hope
that tins system would reform them ; and the Honor ought
I, have some further information Upon these points. Ile
hoped the second reading of the measure would mot be
pressed, but that the hon. member would, at the
went of the next session, nioVe for the appointment of a
select committee to jtoj.tire into the subject.
Eventually Mr. Dalrymple accepted the proposition of the
Home Secretary, and that more readily because he believed
that if he had persisted with the 101 l its seciatil reading would
have hero carried. The bill was then withdrawn.
Mr. Dixon, in 1111111111 l the second miffing of the Element-
ary Education Act (1,70) Amendment Bill, mid that the
system of cumulative voting in school board elections estab-
lished by the Act of last year ought no longer to be con-
tinued. He complained that in the Birmingham School
Board election the Liberal or non-sectarian party had not
returned so large a number of candidates as they had hoped
do, and that in consequence the utmost harmony ilid not
prevail between the members if that board, the unsectarian
party tieing opposml by the representatives Of the religious
Imilies who had Imen returned. Ile proposed that instead of
there being a general election for the lmard every three
years, one member from each district should rutire in each
year, thus bringing about lin annual election ; and that no
elector should give more than one vote for each candidate.
Mr. T. Collins liniVed as an amendment that the bill be
read a second time that day three months.

After a rather long dlecuussboui, the lull was negatived with.
out a division.

Mr. Ifenni nimed the second reading of the Local and Yet-
-801111,1 Acts (Ireland) Bill, I. hich provides that 10,n1 bills shall
be tried before election judges instead of the parties cot,
eeriest being put to the expense of appearing before a com-
mittee of the House of Commons.

After some discussion the debate was adjourned, and the
other orders having been disposed of, the House adjourned.