The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-07-12 00:00:00

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Mr. Nsertmears, who had Idree no of his Intention to
t h.
snout the rejection of the Bill, wee behind t le, tu
who de...towed the Bill a. now
waa eupttlied by Me, CRlntitt,
Ise which he mail tai
altered, u • *iiilatlon the COOttitOnt. ,tcd
had been arrised at,
Mr. P.aaratiaiii if thie Bin did not pare, the meuure which
on this subleet would
would lie brught forward Del'
Y meddle with the eritele e . e trusted
that hr.o
pnAwd, instevi Wain t DIM
nen
, , die nen. member for his advice,'
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pail
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0„ rathwi"niieteahhtlitsyheawator
rarethl:eiimpyioanmsoi giadhnt
.
ien,ruth,e,iwo:,ll:ll,7l:intdoll'r'hg.canwatyhe hi. ocottoo,fen of
g„ foto', Ile complaine I! that the Bill
ny hem what it was when it came out
differed 'coterie
com,titree. The amendments carried upon the report
'I:. .ite,to • gent ritent the soot* and character of
die HO, .eil they, therefore, had • right to oppose it
et its laer 'doge. If alterations, eatenling almost to
pf,,,,iele of • Bill, were to be made after the come
miewa and upon the report, then there was an end to
and
ind of
couldmpn"oribese
that 'writ of mutual
.estifounrabe•rfatnrii
‘iisfaction of the country. In the o,in-
ohwitshhilthisllatthero had been • wide departure from
ta:ho'tecith:;llll: tttt i•usgested by the spirit of c tinpromiin ttpon
matt. rs of detail, and, theiefore, the hon. member for
Warwickshire was fully justified in the course he had
taken. Why was not the principle adopted in the
Kodowed Seh7llege.? I
Schools Act o•I ii had beenrrienlontin
there
eis
would
dwni
not
regard to thel
have been at the last moment a departure fr,.ca the
.p rt of compromke and mutual (.Ih/enlace.
jdjoed in the protest of the hen. member for Warertelt..
shire that they had ben unfairly dealt with, and h•
would, therefore. slain, support him in objecting to the
th•rd readlut of the Bill.

Mr. NIIIWDMIAIX brought the discussion to a close In a long
epeeeh, pledging himue Ito consent to no more concretions, and
Minimising modern Liberalism as destructive not only of
religious teaching butof the freedom of the
The third resding was then carried by 247 to 113.
The Ilimoto then went into Committee on the &location Bit.
In claume 51 the minimum .4 Le numbers f the Board vull
raised from 3 to hind the maximum from 1210 15, the number
to be fixed in the lint instance lit the &location Department.
The whole Bosnl Is to here-elected trie eeee tally, snit the &location
Department will have the power oil doisolviiig a refractory or
obstructive Board.

Clauses 30, 31, 32, and 33 wen agreed to without any altera-
tion of importance.
Clausee up to eff were agreed to rapidly, hut this, which
is the Bret of the rating clauses, provoked a 116.1101i0U which
lasted the rest of the sitting, and wan n.iv concluded.
Sir flamer Long moved an amendment fixing the maximum
of the rate to be levied for edMationsi porpo-es at tine penny
In the pound nu the rateable value uf the area included in the
school oistricta.

11r. W. K. Fatima was speaking against the amen.lment
when the sitting gra. brought to • clues, ant the Committee
adjourned um 11 Thurviay.
At toe es ening Anhui',
. .

Mr L brought on hi. long-pending motion calling on
the Ifotne to take some deci.ive step for substantially an
graduady reducing the National Debt. He propow.-1 the
imposition of a special income-tax of 9d. or 6d., by which the
debt could be entindy swept awsy in 35 or 44 yesre.
The CII UCCILLOR of the EXCIIIQUCI admitted fully the
propriety a reducing the National Debt; but this certainly
was not an opp-rtune moment for taking any such deciaise
step am that indicated by Mr. La . •nd his financial
courage shrunk from such a task, lie offered, however, to
agree to the moil.m, omitting the ambiguous terms " decidve
step.," and merely affirming in general language the duty of
gra ually and substantially reducing the National Debt.

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The re.ol.lliii X• •ftilll 'ed by Mr. low, WOW agreed to.
Mr. J.lrTll[ll lin.ught under the notice of the 11.1.0 e the
case .4 Mr. Fentl V. the gentleman recently tried for commt
practices at Bridgewater. The gist .4 hi. complaint WM that
Mr. Fondly had bee. in !Med by the secretary to the Commis-
flora to make a full confession in private, and that they had
made use of this Information and then refused to examine him.
lie was thus deprived of the opportunity of earning a
certificate.
. .

The Hog SactIITART stated that he had no intention of corn.
muting Mr. FOOO lyn entence. The debate wu adjourned.
The Life Arurance Companies Bill was read a third time and
IS pa•sed.
getrumar.—Mr. W. lbws-6 moved the second reading of
the Poaching Preventi .n Act Repeal 11111. arguitg that the Act
he w shed to see repea.evi had been Ineffectual in putting down
poaching.
Itir D. WaDDEXIII'IIf 'seconded the motion.
Lord Getwat moved that the B II be read a euotid time that
day three month,.
Upon a Al‘ I-ion the Rill we. thrown out by 140 asralnst 61.
Mr. T. liveliest then moved the second reading of the Bill to
prevent Sunday Tea lug
Mr. P. TAYWR mo,ed the rejection of the bill.
Mr. RYLAND ...Wed, and Mr. Barra gays tds support to
the hilt

The vennd reading yeas carried by 109 agalnat 04.
A new writ so onlcred for N .nrich In the room of Sir H.
&natty. unerawl.m petition.
Throaty. -In Coma tee net the Education Bill, the
adjourned &bate trita roomed iin Sir M. Lopes •tucadment
id. • 'loped:, which icnititnest 0. limit the lo rate 1., a maxi%
niron 4 inn: jollity In the pound on tbe ratable value of the
arm ,if curb district.

Mr. V. Ilasc..rar prnpoend that the rate should never exceed
ctn.—lath ,4 the experve,..

Mr. W. E. Folletell said he found by !Nubia' and calcula-
tions that 2 a 7d. a child was about the expense, and of this
about $6 per cent. wou'd be furnished b. the Government
grant, about 31 per cent. by 'who.' feet, and 29 per cent. hr
volardary contributions .1. rates. Therefore a 31. rate w ,ulkl
he amply sufficient as a general rule. There might be. bow•
ever, a few exccptional tames I poor dlatric s where it would
not sum,. and he e he unspo*.ed that the differe,ce be, ween
the pneluet of a 3d. rate and • cspitatioo grant of 7s. GI.
should he ma le go by an extra Privy Council grant.
ha sr.rroao NoRTIK,I2 suggested that the deficiency
remaining beyond the Government grant and the sch.sd
fees should be divided between the rates and Consolidated
Fund.

Mr-.l)l.ll.llS.ldirwortl the fur propneltions before the 11,0. e
an:d. grave the preference to Sir StittrurS Surtheo,o.d.
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Mr. Ttircyrnaz espre•cic.l • dcei•led opinion that there could
be no deficiency alter a 34. rate nad been levied.
The amendment am negatived —Ts to SS.
Prom.. am reported at c awe 57.
Mr. CHICIIIIIITEI Foanacca moral the second reading of the
rroce.iion• Bill. The "pen carrying of rearms and other
offeri•ive wmpon• wouYl make a nroceission illegal.
Mr. W. JOIINSTONE mewed the Medlin of the bill, charac-
terising it.. • aerond C mrcion Act. an Winn to loyal Irish-
men, and an unwarrantable interference with the rig it of
public meeting, and predicting that it would" deluge the hills
and plains of Ireland with blond"

Mr. Wit oehrered a tirade agalest the Roman Catho-
liciri hood. not h If of which wast audible in the noisily en-
pre .04 impstience of the House, and shortly after two o'clock
the adpotrnment of the debate uuUl X nday week was carried
by 111 to 72. _ _

FRIDAT.—Mr. J. FLOUR presented • ye tition from
Chailton, in favour of the Bill for preventing the sale
of intoxicating liquor' on Sundays.
At the morning sitting, the Education Bill was again
taken. Practisedly the w.iole sitting was °emoted by the
discuasion of compulsory education, chlch is involved
in clause 65. It was first of all relied indirectly by Sir
HAZLIY, who propo•ed an elaborate scheme, which
directed the E location Department to reqnire the
attendsnceat 'shoot for :30 weeks in the year of every
o'dld between sic and 12 years of age, with a di,pensmg
pw.r for children of 11 who rosy pass • certain
*lamination.

Mr. PEARL proposed an amendment to this, giving
(be Education Derartment • discretionary power.
Lord R. MONTAGU OppOso.l compnl,ion altogether,
as wrong in principle ant iinoossihle in praciti•e.
Mr. LlDninh and Mr. LOUTH eft pike on the came
side. and he principal advocate ..f compulsion was
Mr. MUNDELLA, who urged that it was the only
means of grappling with the vast amount of ignorance,
pauperism, and crime, and that the demand came from
the people themselves.
Mr. W. E. Forwent admitted the necessity of some
amount of compulsion. bat maintained that the Bill
went as far ati was prudent or possible, having in view
the tot•ctical necessity of passing a Bill this year. 01
the thrse degrees of compulsion—making ituniversid, as
proposed by Mr. Mundell., throwing the reeponaibility
on the Privy Council. as this amendment suggested,
and the scheme of the Bill, giving a discretion to
School Roards—he decidedly preferred the last ; ant
he pointA out too that uhivental enmpulsiot would be
impracticable until complete sch ml accommodation had
been provided, which could not be for two years.
On a divirion, Mr. PEASE'S amendment. giving a per.
missive turn to Sir T. liaxi.-y's scheme, was carried by
259 to 92, but immediately alter the whole scheme
Reel/ was rejected without • division.
The Committee then reverted to the consideration of
the clause. and Mr. Meistneu.a moved his amendment,
which obliges the School Road to compel the attend.
&nee of all children between 5 ani 12. The permissive
principle. however, was again affirmed by 230 to 92.
The Committee adjourned until Mondey, Mr. GLAD-
STON E expressing a hope that, however late the hour,
it woul I be finished on that night.
At the evening sitting,

Mr. W. H. cqiiitt moved an addres' eondemning the
presumei intention of the G.vernment to appropriate
that portion of the Theme' Embankment which is
reserved to the Crown for the purpoei of building
Public Offices. He argued that thia land was, in reality,
the yr.cperty of the metropolis, as it had been cleared
at the expert% of the ratepayer'. and that there had
been an agreement to reserve it for recreation ground.
r,ord EsTllll3 seconded the meitmn.

The Cii termini' of the Eioneourn maintained
thst the land in question was the abeolute property of
the Crown.

Ur. OLADSTONII warmly argued /against the motion
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On • Divieion the sidt-ress-wits -o.—rried against the
Government by a m.j oity of 50-156 to 108—and the
result II Al very loudly cheered.
Hr. F.. Mauling mowed so address praying for the
sppointment of • ftiyal Commisiiion to inquire into
the *siding state of the law relating to Friendly
"Societies. and Mr. Brune assented to it.