The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-06-14 00:00:00

Imptrial Vat liament.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

11011DaY.—Lord Stratheden moved that an !iambic ,
address be presented to flee Majesty for copies of any
correspondence which has taken place between Her
Majedy's Government and the Cabinet of St. Peters.
burgh on the imprisonment in (Mx!no of the Rev. F.
Anderson, • British subject., during the autumn of
1883; and also for copies of any correspondence which
has taken place betweeo Her Msjesty's Government and
the Bev. F. Anderson on his imornonment. Earl
Howell said the question had been referred to the
Queen's Advocate, who MY of opinion that the case
was not one that could be speSally taken up by the
Government. As FOOD, however, as they heard of Mr.
, A nderson's arrest they applied for his liberation ,and found
that he had already been discharged. The Earl of
Clarendon moved thews:end reading of the P üblic Schools
Bill, the object of which is to render any new appoint.
ments to the governing bodies of public schools subject
to future legislation upon the question. After some
discussion, during which several observatione on the
report of the Public School Commissioners were made,
the motion was agreed to.
TIMMY.— The greater portion of the sitting was
devoted to • discussion in committee of the clauses
of the Penal Servitude Aets Amendment Bill. Some
Important amendments were mule, and the Bill having
Famed through committee, now stands for thini reading.
Taulanae.—ln answer to the Earl of Shaftesbury,
Earl Russell stated that at that day's sitting of the
Conference on the affairs of Denmark it was agreed to
prolong the artnt.tiee for a fortni-ht from the 12th
Inst. The Marquis of Clanricarde inquired if this
determioation had been arrived at with to eincurrence
of all the powers Earl Rumen said tint it had. The
Danish representatives at fir-t propoe-d a fortnight, 1
which was objected to by he Germans, but subsequently
the latter gave their assent, The Marquis of eland.
carde, in moving for ooirespondettoa and pspers relative
to the enlistment of Irish emigrants and eirditiate in
United States armies, said that for the last two years
the Federal Government had displayed a deliberate in-
tentl.n to recruit its army from foreigners. ana
especially from Her Majesty's subjects. He complained
that while Ministers had p rmitted the Fecleals to
obtain arms and munitioos of war from this country
without question, they had put the Foreign Enlistment
Act in force the moinent the Confederates ivinced •
dedro to obtain si ilia of war from the same eoueee.
Re had no wish to declare war against the United
States, but he did think that the Government ought
to make vigorous remonstrancee on the subject ; and,
If these remonstrances were not attended to, then it
would be • question whether a declaration of war
would not be juatillable. Earl Russell replied that Lord
Lyons had repeatedly remonstrated with the United
States Government, and the Foreign Offloe had done all
, in it' poster to second his representations. He denied
that Mini.ters were blameable for what bad taken place
in stems* to Irish en:Pignuts. He believed that the
Iri.h peasantry had been led sway by their own inure.
dulity, sal bad themselves alone to blame. At the
, same time it was highly discreditable to the civil and
ripled military authorities of the U' States that they had
not fully investigated the mutations that had been
made to them by Lord L The noble marquis had
enggested that if our remonstrances failed, the case was
one for • declaration of war. Without going to that
, extent, be was bound to admit that the cant was
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one of that class which did frequently lead to war ;
but we bad just as cinch reason to complain of the
'induct of the Confederates as of that of the
Faders's. Remonstrances would be continued, and he '
hoped they would be attended with 'ewes&
YllDAT.—After the Chain and Anchors Bill bad been
read • second time, and the Chimney Sweepers Bill
read • third time and passed, the Earl of Hardwick*
directed attention to the letter of Sir Richard Bromley
to the First Lord of tbe Admiralty on the reformat
Greenwich Hospital. He ob,erved that this noble in-
stitution was possessed of enormous property, but of
late years it had exhibited symptoms of great sick-
ness and the melody was that which might be termed
• " house divided &spinet itself." He understood,
however, that Her Majesty's Government had deter.
mined once more to take up the question with a view to
putting the hoepital on a better footing, and he trusted
I that the noble duke at the bead of the Admiralty would
I at once adopt measures for placing the hospital in
such a po.ition that it should be worthy of the im-
portanee attached to it by the nation. The Duke of
Somerset sketched the reforms whi4 the Government
coniemplated introducing in the administration of We
hotpital, which were explained to the House of Cots'
moos as evening or two ago by Mr. Childers, and the chief
features of which, it will be remembered, are We neer-
Cation of the hospital as an infirmary for the reception
of infirm and disabled seamen, and the devotion of the
rest of its revenue to augmenting the allowances for
out-pensioners. A short conversati su followed, in
which Lord Colchester and the Karla of Shrewsbury
and Derby took part, after which the .abject dropped,
and their lordships adjourned.