The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-06-19 00:00:00

FRIDAY.

At a morning aitting, the House resumed in committee
the consideration of the clauses of the Annuity-tax
Almliti 111 l (Editighurght
In the evrt.ing, on the motion for adjournment till
Monday; among the subjects incidentally dicuased,
Lord A. H URCII ILI :take.' for information repecting
the rroent disturb:owes in Neu Zealand, awl what mum.,
Her Mttjesty's Government intended to plirAlle. Ho
staled fo,t4 to 1611UW the cause of the disturbances, an. I
the difficulties which regular troops encountered in
tcrating against the native triben. Ile lit.ewitte fug-
Ilielll4 of preventing the recurrences of such
dLturltances.

rolooel IticasiiN requested the Ilial•e to aupend its
opinion a• to the couduc. of l'ulonel Murray till further
iuformation hail hem n received.
loirrtt4cl7g itaal could not aild much to the
staiement of Lord A Churchill, or to tire accounts ii huh
had appeared in the newspapers. lie agreed that it
11,111‘11 he premature to pr. 1111 l unce any ipinion regarding
the coodu.t id the military authorities iu the trauxaction.
lim thi• unhappy dispute there was reason to believe, he
bard, that the ttoveriior of the colony was in the right.
Mr. A itur:tmci thought that what bad occurred
showed the aiiidoni of leaving the culouitts to defend

a-tain JERVIS, Mr. CHILDERS, •nd Colonel LINDSAY
dissented from the ViCM4 of Mr. Adderley, and Mr. S.
ap:sesled to the ...one whirl. 1 e olonista
had evinced of the value of British regular troops.
The other subjects compre.ouldeti toe COIllit•C, of the
Poor Law officials in the arrest and forcible removal of
a poor hist. worm II from the hospital of St. Pancras ;
a moform valuation of lands awl tenements in Eni,land;
the arrangements slue, the drath 0c Sir C. Harry to
complete the ilousiw of Psrliameet anti the adjacent
boil iings ; additional seats in Kensington Gardens and
the Park.. ; the iron railing round the statute of King
Charles I. at Cliarin;,ocrosta ; the communication between
Sir C. W.usd and the Initial Council on the sul.ject of
the abolitiou tif the loco! European army in hitha ; and
the boats end piers at the Holyhead station. rite first
of these subjects, the cinitlition of the Irish poor in
tl.is country retunieil tim Ireland, was revived at inter-
vals during the discussion, several members bearing
testimony to the severity with which the Poor Law
operated upon pauper natives of Ireland, and to the
necessity of an alteration of the law.
The motion for ailjournment was agreed to
Colonel LIN itims.t iiiii Ted mu address to Her Majesty,
to reconsider the 11th clause of the Arnie Medical
Warrant of October, 1858, AS far IS relates to its
retrospective apt lication to the 'scilicet officers at that
time serving in the rank, affected, ouch retrospective
action, in ids opinion, operating unjustly upon existing
interests.

Mr. S. lialtbFAT regretted that he could not aslopt
the view tvlieo by Colonel Lindaay. The principle of
the w irrant was perfectly &mond, though be admitted
thvt the retroapective action fell hardly Cu wine
viduals. whet wu unavoidable.
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The motion, whicis wilt. supported by Colonel DICKSON,
waii withdrawn.

Mr. lirrir moved for leave to bring in • Bill to amend
and declare the law relating to votes given for c die-
quahlied candiilata at Pal lianientary election•. Acconl-
ling to the preseiit law, a person 'night be returned
a4.iiust the will of ilie constituency, owing Co the Elea
li.. COI JJJJJ itte• bolding votes to have been thrown
away, and he briefly explained the provisions of (hi
Bill intended to reisiody this evil.
Leave was given.
On the order fur the second reading of the Belling and

Hawking Goods on Sunday Bill, sent down from the
Lords,
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r. W. D. figotnue suggested that one it the clauses
of the Bill constructively lcmcned the charge upon the
Consulideted Fund, and. thus being in aid of the
revenue, inte-fertd with th 2 privilege, of that House.
The question having voile unexpectedly upon the
Speaker, who thought the tlitin,tuit • nice one,
requiring cotaideration, on tile motion t,f Mr. Buluta
the ilelaite one atjourned until that 4bay fortnight.
The Tithe Coin uutation Bill passed the Committee.
On the considexition of the Law 14 Proinrty Bill, as
amended, further•mendinenta were discus:ed.

On the order !or going into Conuttittee upon the
Tenure and Imprevement of Land (Ireland) Bill • long
discussion took 'lnce, embracing the history of the
abortive attemptsat legislation upon Otis subject. At
a late hour the louse got into committee, and upon
reaching the 106 clause the Chairman stas ordered to
report ttrogress.
other Bilk woe Advanced a stage, and the House
adjourned at 1 o'clidc until Monday.