The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1864-07-05 00:00:00

imprial Varliament.

ROUSE OF LORDS.

TUVIDAY.—Aft.r the second reading of the Brokers'
Bonds and Rent Bill had been negatived. and several
Bills forwarded • outgo, Lord Brougham directed attain-
Von to the state of the slave trade with references to
Braid sod congratulated the House upon the fact that
Ulla abominable traffic had entirely ceased so far Ile that
country was coneerned As an acknowledgment of the
conduct of the Government and people of Brasil, he
urged that the pledge that the Aberdeen Ant chould be
repealed as soon as tile Brazilian nave trade had mimed,
ought to be redeemed, end he hoped that Her Majesty's
Government would not love the opportunity Batts offered
restoring friendly intercourse with the Brazils. Earl
Russell admitted that the Aberdeen Act was a very !
severe eneasnre ; but as long as there was no &lave trade !
it eras inoperative. A party, however, might GOWN into
power in Brazil &tilleds to restore the trsffle, and he
could not see that the present was • favourable moment
to take Cie coarse advocated by the noble lord, inso-
much as the Brazils had thought Si to suspend
diplome.tie relations with Oda country.
Tatne4DAT —The second reeling of the Oyster
Fishery (England and Scotland) Bill IMP moved by the
Marquis of Cleuricarde,but, being oppose I by the Duke
of Richmond and Lord Stanley. seas withdrawn. The
Governinent Annuities Bill, which paw d the Commons,
was nod • second time, after a few words in explanation
of its objects by Lord Stanley of Alderley. The Etrl of
Donoughmore moved a resolution to the effect that,
ornridering the extent to which agrarian outrages pre-
vailed in certain counties in Irelsnd and the difficulty !
which existed in obtaining convictions for offence, of
this description, it wed the opinion of the House that
the power of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland to remtt
the whole or a portion of the sentences panned upon
persons convicted of such crimes should be exercised
with greater care and circumspection, and that the
BMW observed with regret that the Lord-Lieatenant
I had ordered the rel.:time of Michael Duigan, Patrick
Duigan, and Patrick Egan, prisoners under lenience for
an agrarian offence, and confined in the county gaol nf
Westmeath, upon grounds which appeared to be ineuM-
cit.ot. The noble earl observed that he had no desire to
make • personal attack upon the Lord-Lieutenant, but
he oertainly thought Lord Carlisle had displsyed • great
want of prudence in the manner In which he had used
the power entrusted to bite of liberating prisoners
under sentence for agrarian outrages,. Lal Granville
opposed the motion, considering that it interfered with
the Royal prerogative of mercy, and ought not to he
agreed to unite@ it was conclusively established that the
LordLicatenant had been influenced by corrupt
motives. As to the cases referred to by the noble earl,
there was no doubt that Lord Carlisle had acted to the
best of his judgment, end had very fairly exercised the
Royal prerogative. He trusted the noble earl would
not press the motion to • diviaion. The Brat of Leitrim,
on the other hand, urged Lord Donoughmor• not to
comply with this request, but to persist in hie motion,
and take the sense of the House upon it. Lord Chelms-
ford considered that Lord Dononghmore bad not made
out a Mitt, and ultimately the motion was withdrawn.
FIVDAT.—EarI Grey moved a teties of twelve resolu-
tion. respecting the relations between this country and
Japan, which be aMrtned were in • Itighly unsatis-
factory state. He remarked that the treaty of 1858
had been reluctantly granted by Japan, through dread
of our naval and military power, and that whilst it
conferred certain righta and privileges on Britith sub-
ject& it entailed upon her Majesty the obligation of en-
forcing on their part good °upend and obedienee to
Japanese law. This obligation, however, her Majesty
had been unable to fillet, and the reports of our diplo-
matic agents showed that gross insults and outrages bad
been &Abated upon the natives by persons who were, or
asaumed to be. subjects of the Queen. These seta had
increased the inveterate animosity entertained towards
forvignerv, and the reluctance to bold intercourse with
them, and led to measures of retaliation, in which some
of her Majesty's servanta and others had been @offerers.
Therefore he thought it was desirable so to motify the
treaty as to place the future Were-tures of the two
ooentritte on a better footing. In coocluaion, he moved
an addresa to the Crown, praying that suitable changes
should be effected in the treaty, and mob measures
adopted as would avert further hostilities with Japan,
and promote an increase of friendly commerce between
the two nations to their mutual bune6t. Earl Rama
replied to the censures of the noble earl, and opposed
the resolutions, which. after • abort debate, were nega-
tived on a division by 30 to 11.