The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-07-17 00:00:00

-it/I lied general), the principle of iiiilrßar4.L'ltl-
- the lid! WRA read a seihtid time.
TM Irish Clithch Rig ace brought down from the Lords.
and Mr. hilatiatone fixed Thursday for the consideration of
the L .rdie Amendments.
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'eyelid NMI were t9rwarded a Aso, and the House ad-
Jourtked.

In the Pollee of Toros. July 13, the Neath and Breenn and
,wattsea Vale and Ne.dh and Brecon Junction Ra.lway Com-
panies Hill was read a second time
Lord Dittfetin, in reply to the Duke of Manchester, said
the Government had no power to prevent the prolonged
ad) urnmetit, of the inquest to connection with the fatal en-
counter with the police at Portadown, although the Govern-
ment very much rein etted the delay. It 11 RS not intended to
remove Noonan in the meantime

rhotlartplis of Townslimd, in moving the second reading
of the E.mcation of Chihr., Bill, said its principle was that
.4 compulsory education. Re had tonight tom ard the ques-
tion because he considered the subject had been permitted
list roperly to sleep.
Earl de Grey and Ripon, after paying a tribute to the
motives .4 the noble marquis , Marquis of Townshend) anti
admit . Una the importance of the subject, said it was im-
possible for the Govemnient to accede to this bill, Inasmuch
as it went to the root of the whole question of compulsory
education, and would clash with the Government's action on
the question.
The bill wa, negatived without a division.
The Marquis of Townshend then moved the second reading
of the Infant Life Preservation Bill, which forbids women to
nurse children without the licence of a magistrate, but which
was resisted by Lords Salisbury and Morley, on the ground
that if it were carried into riffeet no infant life wtiulii probably
be preserved. On Lord Stanhope's appeal, Lord To wusheud
withdrew it.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury moved the second reading of
the Bishops Resignation Bill, which provided a RICATIS for
theresiguatb et of a lmshop, and for the appointment of a
bi,hop-coadjutor in certain cases, and for certain payments
out of the revenues of the bishopric.
Earl Nel•on pointed out what he called one or two anoma-
lies in the lett tine was that the bishop should `re permit ted
to retain his episcopal residence, when, in tact all his duties
were pet fortnei by another Another detect in the hit was
that it did not pr aide tor the resignation of t' e archtashop
in eves they became incapacitated as In the case of the
bishops.
Tie Archbishop of fork considered that the provisions of
this bill were the hest th..t could be made
The Duke of Cleveland thought the bill was founded upon
a just principle ; bat he considered that it dui not go far
el lough.
The Bishop of London pointed out the difficulties of decid-
ing upi oi the pint at which a bishop bee ..... es incapacitated
The Duke of :Somerset urged that the bill might be made
more effective . . . .

eoei, i•e
A discussion followed in which the Lords Canary,'
Limerick, Denman, Powis, Citron. .scl Redesdale took part,
and the bill was then rents recond time.
Tile Court of Common Pleas (c .unity Palatine of Lan-
caster) Bill, and the Municipal Franchise Bill, of which
Lord Lichfield has charge, mussed through Committee.
The Charity Commidaioners Bill was read a aec,tci time on
the motion of the Lord Chancellor, after Commehts by Lord

Romney.
The Special Bails Bill wu also reed a second time on the
motion of the Lord Chancellor, who had undertaken the
charge of it, though not a bill introduced by the Govern-
ment.

bird Kimberley moved the second reading of the Assessed
Rates Bill, the provisions of which, for sanctioning and ex-
tending the system of compounding for rates, he briefly ex-
plained.
Lord Denman made some remarks and quotations.
Lord Grey drew from the bill a moral as to the danger of
meddling with principles for a merely temporal y purpose.
He insisted, against very decided negatives from the Minis-
terial Bench, that both sides had equally sinned in the matter,
and that he alone had uplifted his voice against the abolition
of the o•mpounding system. The conseqiience of party
tactics was that now, the temporary purpose having been
served, they had been compelled to come back to the old
system, though In a less advantageous form. The hope that.
the present hi I gave any security for the personal payment
of rates was a mockery.
After a protest by Lord Granville against the attack on
the Liberal party, whose leader, Mn Gladstone, hail, he re-
minded Lord they, strennoush opposed the abolition of com-
position, the bill was read a second tune.
The Diplomatic Salaries, .tc., Bill passed through Com-
mitteee.
The Report of Amendments to the New Parishes and
church Building Act Amendment Bill was received, and the
Poor Law Board Provisional Orders Confirmation Bill was
read a second time.
In reply to Lord Abinger's remarks on the defects of the
Scotch Salmon Fishery Act of 18dt, Lord Morley stated the
Government Intended to send Commissioners to Scotland to

report.
Lord Overdone move fort return of pictures purchased
for the National Gallery, explaining that his motive was to
show the public that the mauagement of the Gallery deserved
its confidence.
The return was agreed to, as was also a return moved for
by Lord Carnarvon. of cases tried to the Court of arches from
the Ist f July, 1867, to the let of July, 1869, ami their lord-
ships adjourned.
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In the House fre Commons. Mr. A. B. Sheridan asked the
President of the Board of Trade whether he hail Yet re-
ceived a full account of the teenier of persons killed and
injured at the recent boiler explosion at Bingley ; whether
it was trite that twenty persons were killed and nearly forty
seriouily injured and whether he could give any informa-
tion at to to loss of life and property resulting from the
boiler expli sitai which had since occurred.
Mr Lefevre ,in the absence of Mr. Bright) said that neither
the Board of Trade nor the home Office had received any
official report or information, and he was, therefore, unable
to confirm the statements which had been made.
Sir Henry Selwin. Ibbetson milted the Vice President of the
Cernmittee of Council on Education whither it was true a
numher of forearti cattle had been stopped an diseased ani-
mals at Thames Haven and Brown's Wharves within the last
few tiso • ; sect if so, for what reason they wire stopped, and
what steps had been taken with respect to future exporta-
tion from the ports irom which they were sent?
Mr. Forster said he had not received sufficient notice to
ertahle him to inquire into the matter before butt night
and he hail not yet obtained the information desired. It
wee possible he might be able to give the information thin
evening.
The House then went into committee on the Contagious
(Animals, Bill The provnions relating to the rates were
criticised at length, and it was agreed as to the rate in ait
Shut the principle should he open to question at a future
stage, though the claims were formally agreed to. Sir C.
Ailderley carried against the Government an amentlineet to
clause 90, making the balance of ail, rate applicable to corn.
pensation for cattle slaughtered, under certain circum-
MASTIC., between the passing of the Act of 1865 and the ap-
pointment of inspectors under that Act.
The Valuation of Property (Metropolis; Bill was also passed
through the Committee
At the evening sitting, Mr. Torrens called attention to a
petition recently presented from Matte, complaming of
anomalies in the constitution of the island. The chief
griesance on which he numbed was the naltures of Crown
nominees with elected memoers in the Legisla, ive Connell
and he complained also that of late the Governor hail always
been a mi.itary man. He conclnded with a resolution ceiling
for the restoration if the ancient constitution of the Wand
Mr. Morisell made a brief reply, pointirig out how rapidly
the island had increaied in niaterial prospevity of late. chiefly
owing to the enlightened iiClioll if the Council, and assurnig
the House that its civil interests would never be sacrificed to
mill urn consblerat oes.
Mr. Torrens withdrew his motion, end
Colonel Sykes next brought before the House the state of
our relations with China, particulerly in reference to the re-
vision of the Treaty of Tien-tsin. Commencing with the
rather alarming promise not to go further hack than A.D
265, be reviewed rapidly bet at length 'and latterly ill a very
impatient House the principal features of Chitie-e history,
and particularly the numerous remllions agait it the central
authority. His chief contention, which he thus illustrated,
was the utter impotency of the Pekin Government and its
inability to carry out its engagements to cur trade ; and lie
maintained that it, return for the services we were compelled
to render Ye were entitled to a revision of our trading rela-
tions, both in regard to transit dues and the right to reside
in the interior.
Mr. Liddell wits of opinion that, if we desired to preserve
our China trade, a new system of diplomacy, based on a
steadier adherence to international rights must be employed.
On this aremint he highly approved Lord Clarendon's policy.
sir C. !Mike msde some observations deprecating the par-
Molar charges advocated by Colonel Sykes, arid
Mr Otway admitted much truth in the descriptions of the
weakneee of the Chinese Executive, which howeyer ought to
lead us not to weaken it by harrassing dements, but to
strengthen it by every means in our )iower. Ile did not
attech so much importance as Colonel Sykes to the par
ticular facilities which be desired sod in regard to the
revision of the Treaty, every care had been taken
to ascertain the feeling of the mercantile c,on-
munity. It was the opinion of all the authorities that every
change introduced into China by European agree) mast be of
a gradual character. The Geverinnent was now in a state
of transition, and it was thouebt deeireble that the revision
should be postponed until the yowl E itperor came of age,
about four years hence. In the meantime the Foreign Office
would act on the policy of looklug solely to the Central
Governuient for redress if any failure to carry out treaty en-
gagements, and not dealing with the local authorities.
Mr. Alderman Lawrence moved a resolution calling for the
abolition of the House Tax Ile condemned it because it
interfered with *he construction of houses specially
designed for the working dames, and led to a great waste of
buildirg space; bec.use it increased the expense of police
serveillance, and fell met heavily on the ph, rest classes,
while the large merchants and warehouseuien escaped it
altogether.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer declined to condemn the
tax, whirli he held, with Mr. NI Tulltich and Mr. Mill, to he
one of the fairest of all imposts. Mr Alderman Lawrense,
he thought, hail mode out no case against it, the his erg...
meets were taken more from the exemptions and the eve-
(110118 of it than the tax itself, and he had proved, not that
It ought to be abolished, but that there should he tm exam lu'
tire,, and that there ought to bra graduated scale, so as to
get more out of the large houses He argued, too, in its
favour, that it fell ultimately on the proprietor, and urged
the wisdom of not maid,- g our system of taxat • on too nnifor m.
Mr Alderman LairreUCe dit not press his muti .... to a

division.
Earl Grosvenor brought before the House the hard case of
Cheshire, which, hevilig lost all its cattle by the rinderpeet,
I er.ura now under a debt of £260,000 for co impeodat on pair
for slangh. ered animals; and on the grounds that it was hy
the inacdou of the Oovernmeet that the plague reached the
county,and that the cattle ere slaughtered tor thepo obi: good,
he moved • resolution declaring that the circurnstanc.entitled
the county to the favourable consideration of tile Govern-
ment, with a view to some remissiou id the debt. Ile Was
supported by Mr. E Egerton, Mr J. Tollemaelm, mid Mr
lienley, who admitted that the application was exceptional,
but the case was excep tonal, because the Government was
responsible for the misfortutie. On the other hand,
Mr. Carnegie opposed the resolution, and threatened that
not only he hot others, if it were carried, would demand
stnliturcompeirsallorie for their localities
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, while sympathising with
the losses of the county, sp.ke very strongly tigaibet the
motion In the first piece, it was an evasioe of the Verbs-
neuter, rule that no private niember should propose
a charge on the pub to; and he denied that there Ivan
any precedent to compel the Goveninreot—through the
H ..... 0 id vomnioes—to forego a debt due to tile public.
He pointed out, too, that it was itilt a Mere rertineooll
which was ached, but rather the tramfer of a charge trout one
p •rtion of the community to &wither, or a grant in aid from
the Cousolidated FUeO. The whole debt wao silly about
11 per cent of the rateable valto of the pi operty of the count,,
end it was hardly worth while hi violate ae iniport.int priii-
ciple for so trivial a burden. As a turther objection to the
resolution, he read passages from the report of tut inspector
rid show that ordinary care had not been used to check the
disease.
The discussion was protracted until long past two o'clock.
Mr. W. Egerton, Mr. Id Cold., Mr. D. Chadwick, and Dir.
Laird supported the resolution, while Colonel Amcotts, Mr.
Melly, and Mr. Gladstone opposed it. On a division it wu
lost by 05 to 126.
Mr. Bruce brought in his BM for protecting the funds of
Trade Union Societies from fraud, and alter some other haul-
heat had been disposed of, the House adjourned.
In the 'louse of Commons, July 14, Dr. Brewer asked the
Secretary id State for the Hume Department If he had any
Information On which he could rely of the large anti still
increasing number of infants who are alleged to be boiled as
" still-horn ;" and whether It is the intention of her Majesty's
Government to render registration of the burial of such chil-
dren in all cases compulsory
Mr Bruce said the subject formed part of the inquiry being
conducted by the Sanitary iumunissi ..... arid niendiers of that
comninielon WhO took an interest in the subject would be able
to prosecute an inquiry officially.
Mr. Locke Klou moved the second reading of the Real
Estate lilted.) Bill. lie commented uport the great li j.-
Lice oceasioned tip the present state of the law as regarded
the real estate of persons it, big intestate, end said that a
grave question of justice was involve, in the bill, mid
win-thee great Or MAI it ought not to he passed by.
Mr. kieresford. Hope opposed the rilll as tending to the
ac Uniulal ion of estates to an cutest which would he very
undesirable, and he urged the House to reject the bill, as it
had id- ne in 16.9 and 1866, and moved that it be read the
second time this day three month.
After a long discussion, in which several hon. members

took part,
The solicitor. fleneral remarked that the hill was an
excellent one as for as it went, and he hop,' the lions° wDIIIII
pane the arrow' roadie's Any ollretionahle restores if it
could be alterwarils altrred. He supported the bill 511011
one ground in pArticular, and that was that in no other
civilised country in the world was there a different law for
the disposition of one ciao of property as distinct from