The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-05-08 00:00:00

EiUL PARLIAMENT.

the House o Lords, May 3, the Duke of Argyll laid on
is sm tidnieuts ou the Scotch Education Bill
theLotibl'elhrtinville intimated
.h.is intention to move that the
horrid adjourn Iron Thursday the 13th to Thursday
1r i 7 st
'-elhatr‘tanifthril tle Redeliffi e. risked whether the negotiations
twat' on at St. Peters.oing tat wean the British awl Russian
rnme nt, respecting the IMrco-Perstan Meel:t mry It
Gore . e
e, or is likely soon to cattle n to a conaluto , whether
hat COOlof that trentier, undertaken by the two mediatiug
ve vialts with a view to the demarcation as settled by
soeeros tar completed that the identical copies of it may
trestl-
delveri ti and used for tee intentlei purpoee.
''ah'e';ht
rit he true that. the Turkish and Persiaii Got ern-
, sere, dto Demon the settlement of their troirtier
m5"l a -mined Colllolissioll Whether it be intended if
- ,stbe kripointeiCto include among its Inm
Pr -
MO ter-ons Intherto employed in the ceon-
tshe'r g p l ?
nrl°lTivendon thought that the Eastern question not
,1'0.;1. demanded, but bad received, due attention front the
~
,gre,git Office. He eupplemented Lord Stratford de Red-
irdiffe's sccount., to the accuracy of which he tore tetestimony,wit a nano :cc of the sot eloquent negotiations. He re-
ferred to the delay whloh had occurred iu the preparation of
SlBake if Somerset called the attention of the House to
te, eiwe of the southern counties, parti ular:y Devon and
from the Illness of the Bishope. Ile bummed
'whether any remedy were contemplated—first, for the ins-
modate exigency, and, secondly, foi- such
,cases generally.
Areaoshop of Canterbury dist trignished cases like that
of the Bishop of Salisbury, struck it.wa itt the prime of life,
from those of Bishops incapacltated by extreme age, like the
o Ak
i hats f Exeter, whoee Intellectual vigour, however, the
er,:shnpflateli, W. proved by recent correspondence with
fluke unintitaired. Had either the Archbishop's own
'„,„,ttion °flag. Seta 011 or the Bishop of Exeter's proposal
ih 'lord Palme n m
rsto's Government for the appeitionent of
• rag.
IDhero aeoetled to, such difficulties might have been
COMWIIeOIIS ttti bad passed between the Government
.1,-em,sof with relerence to a bill which it was intended to
roduce on the subject.
int
- Lord Lynette°i stated that, but for the Archbishop's dis-
closure of his nod the Government'a intention to introduce
he had himself proposed to lay on the table one
a bill,
which he had beets preparing with the co-operation of Sir
John Coleridge.
The Bishop of St. David's warned the House against adopt-
ing a view of the Episcopal duties which could not in fact be
atied upon without such a multiplication of Bishops as would
eve Loudon, for insouice, 20. Ile represeeted that the arch-
a,szeps supplied the place 01 a sick Bishop in many respects,
and that, nioreover, the parochial machinery was so coat-
i:km), organised as to work not unsatisfactorily by itself
di:nog the temporary withdrawal of direct Episcopal super-
intemlence.
Die Duke of Cleveland looped the Government would pre-
pare a bill in conjturetiou with the Bishops to meet elides
like the present.
Lord Grativille explained that the Bill in question would he
framed simply to meet, the ease of the incapacitation of a
bishop tty infirmities.
(hi Led Reds plate's motion for an address to sanction the
enetion of the °thee of Lord Chabcellor into a Barony.
Lord Stanhope put it to I,ord Redesdale that such a motion
was premature before the Life Peerages Bill had emerged •
Irene Committee,
Lord Retlesdale thought there was sufficient force in Lord
gto„,ptos appeal to postpone his resolution.
The Ltd Chancellor coeld not understand how it could be
put by Lori Redesdale as an honour to the legal profession
that Life Peerages should be confined to it. He objected to
the introduction of a rule which would seem to make it
peomptory to confer this lower diguity on a Lord Chan-
cellor.
Their lordships afterwards adjoerned.
In the House of Commons, Ntr. Gladstone announced,
amid loud nod very general murmurs, that the Whitanntide
ho'idav would be shortened practically to a week, slating
from Thursday or Friday week, according to the day on
which the Irish Church Bill was reported.
the Comientee on the Bill was resumed at clause 30,
which, u well as clause 31, was agreed to without amend-
meet or comment.
Clause 32, however, which regulates the conditions for the
ale of the tithe rentcharge to tile landowners, was under
consideration for some hours. The clause, as origmally
n, allows the rowner to purchase the tithe reeteharge
hy an immediate t nucti, nat 221 years' purchase, or by
maul instalment fcr 45 years of 4j per cent, of the pur-
chise woven ; hut im Mr. Gladstone's motihn the time was
lengthened fob! years, and the instalment fixed at £4 95.
per cent., with a deduction for poor-rates.
Mr Herbert proposed to substitute 18 years' purchase for
!Li, and Mr Fawcett moved to omit all that part of the clause
which relates to the redemption by restalmeuts. Neither of
these amendments was pressed to a division, but they fur-
uishen the opportunity for a long and desultory discussion
both of the principle and the machinery of the clause.
Sir M. beach objected to this mode of disposing of the
tithe, and Mr. NV. Shaw also deprecated the complete ex-
tinction of a valuable national fatal, which ought to be
Relit Ito the relief of local taxation ; while Colonel Barttelot
and Mr. Corral), animadverted on the distinction drawn
between ecclesiastical and impropriate tithes, and the injury
done fa the owners of this latter description of property.
Mr. Fawcett, in support of his amendment, described the
trtneaction as the conversion of an obligation to pay for ever
Into an obligation to pay for 52 years, and a present of
1:8,500,0)0 made to the Irish landlords at the end of that
tune. lithe "lobby gossip" it was justified as a mode of
"among the wheels," awl necessary to tuy off oppodtion
3lr. Morrison seconded Sir. Fawcett's proposal, and after
remarks front Mr. Walter, the Attorney-Gentral for Ireland,
Golney, and Dr. Ball,
Mr Gladstone pointed out, in its vindication, that of the
Sheen parties affected by this partof the clause all were belie-
tted and none suffered damage. The Exchequer lea money
a 1 3j percent, the Commissioners got 221 years' purchase
tutu I of 17, and the landlord would pay for 52 yeat s may,
bistrail of for ever. No doubt, there was an apparent
aystery in the extinction of a perpetual charge in 52 years,
but he showed how th-s was done by coriverting the 1 per
cent. difference between the rate at which the landowner
borrowed mid paid into a sinking fund
A tuggestion made by Mr. Brodrick that the payment of
the principal and interest ot t lie c•mimutation tarty he di.-
charged in a lesser number of years by ti_reement, was ac-
cepted by Mr. Gladstone ; but he strongly opposed an amend-
ment by Mr. flukes to allow tondo,. uers nut desiring com-
mutation to devote the tithe to the purposes of any religious'
denomination at Weir choice. It was consequently nega-
titni aithont A divesion.
After the clause bad seen amended in eome other points,
Mr. Fawcett renea ed his opposition to it, but on a division
the clause was carried by a majority of 148-181 to 33
Mime 33, which enacts the conditions under which the
Commissioners may sell their property, was discussed at
much length and ultimately the clause was agreed to, as was
ale. clause 35.
Clause 31 was postponed.
cl 'use 36, the first of the Regium Donum and Maynooth
et do- s, which poen). the compensa, ion to the Presto t-rian
a t rs, was not opposed. Its pros Worm were c.xr ended so
it to include Those ,• nore.ast iohs wl.loll at the present mo-
ment are passing' orgh the preliminary stites to entitle
them to a grant
Clause 37 provides the compensation to the Professor of
the Belfast College by atinuities, and Mr. Gladstone proposed
to oinit it in order tit deal with them eubse ometlY ItY •
capitalized sum. 1 hit miatige, he explained, was made at
the reouest of the Ulster synod ; but Mr. Aytoun, Mr.
Newdegate, and Mr. Whalley objected to the omis-
sion on the ground that it would be prejudging
the llaynooth clau-e. But In the mot the clause was
milted mid choose 38, relating to the commutation of the
annuities, havitig been agreed to, the turther progress of the
Committee was adjourned until Tuesday's morning sitting.
The Contagious Diseases Animals Na:. 2; Bill was com-
mitted pro forma, and the !louse adjourned.
In the House of Lords, May 4, in reply to a queation from
lord atradltroke,
Bart Grariville said he believed that notice had already
been given in the other House of the intention of the Govern-
ment to bring in a bill dealing with the case of the Mayor of
Cork.
On the motion of the Duke of Northumberland, the House
Vent into committee on the Sea Birds Prese vatien 13111.
The Duke of Ricirmoed moved an amendment in order to
plea many maer Ilighlatiders who would otherwite he tle-
Pnved of their means of subsistence front the operatton of
this bill
The Archbishop of York and the Duke of Northumberland
°Posed the anictidment, which was then withdrawn.
Clem Clause 4.
The Duke of Richmond moved its rejection, inasmuch as it
would raise an objection with regard to the provision of the
sea egg..
The Duke of Northumberland dissented, and the House
dividel upon the cpiestion that the clause should stand part
of the lad, and the nu :hers were—Contents, 40; Non'
contents, 54; Majority, 14. The clause was then struck out
of the bid
The Civil Pensions Bill passed through Committee.
After • short diecuscion, the Militia Bill (Amettelmenta).
was read a third time and passed.
On Lord Alhemarle• motion. a bill to do away with the
Peri-stay of a landed property qualification for Justices of
the Peace was read a first time, and their Lordship. id-
In the House of Commons, several private bills were ad-
vanced a stage.
Sir Harry Verney asked the Under Secretary of State for
the Colonies whether the Goveritnient of Canada have taken
any s.eps, by grants of land or otherwise, to induce the
dockyard artisans who are leaving England for Canada to
remain in the riornitrione of tier Maj oty.
Mr. Mongll said the Gdvernmi at haui received a desp itch .
from the Governor-General of New Brunswick which stated
that a railway was to Ire constructed for several hundred
abd if the artisans would wink on the railway for five
days per esrek durum the next three years they should re-
ceive an all, to ent f fifty acres of excellent lama The rail-
way running through the district would open up business,
Slid would be the means of carrying off surplus produce to a
market.
11r. Candlish asked the Chancellor of the Excheriner if he
had ascertained, ant can tiow state, the total cost if the war
with Altystini• which would have to be paid by the Unit vii
Kingdom?
Mr. Lowe replied that he hail not as yet asceltained what
the exact amount would be. Mr Turner, the representative
Is ludia, anticiparel that the expenditure in India would be
reduced to £8,t00,000. The amount pcsid by the War Office
£461,040;was by the Admiralty. £1,262,000; and £252,000
has been paid by the Delia Office iti this country. These
Spurts would proeuce a total of £4,775,000.
111 reply to Mr. Talbot, Sir. Gladstone said the Government
had recensidered their determination as to the Whitsun
holidays, and if adequate progress were made with the Irish
Church bill, the Mouse would adjourn from Thursday, 13th
llay, to 27th May.
In reply to Sir H. Bruce. Mr. Chichester Fortescue said
that the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland had felt it incumbent on
hint to proclaim the city of Derry. He could not state
whether the Lord Lieutenant had received any requisition
from the local magistracy, bdt the noble lord hail acted upon
the patent facts of the case, timely the loss of life occasioned
by the free use of fire-arms in the streets of Londonderry
between two 4.pposing parties.
The lloirse then went iuto committee of the Irish Church
BilL
Tenn the 39th clause, which repeals, from the 31st
January, 1071, the Maynoeth Acte, 40 Geo. 111., c. 85, except
sections 4 acid 5, antis and 9 Vie. c 25, except the first three
sections, which iecorporate the trustees of Maynooth
Col-
and enable them to hold land.
Mr. Whalley moved to leave ont the wnrils except the I
first three sections thereof, which was imposed Icy Mr. Glad- :
storm, and on a division, there were—For the amendment,
196 : ag iinst it, 324; major+ y, 128.
bin 3,1 r. Gladstone's motion, provisions were Introduced
into the clause (in place of clause 37, omitted tut night) to
comperantion in respect of the prcOessora' Batelle,
arid college buildings Sr Belfast by the payment of capital-
-1101 sums. Other aniehohnents were made in the clown, the
usaio point in it beicg the payment to the trusteea of a
capital sum equal to fourteen times the annual grant. Its
omission was ne,,ve,i Iry
Sir G. Jerikinson, ii ho maintaioed that it amounted too
perm:molt endowment, and way, therefore, a violation of
the 4tir Resolution, which only spoke of compensation to
pertonnl interests. Ile was seconded by Mr. Dalrymple,
Wit,, lnvrlgfueil ageing the " mierepresentation anti shriffliog '•
whieli had accompanied "thin most unlovely phase" of the
attack on the Irish Church. The clause was in direct contra-
diction of the preamble, and flagrantly violated the under-
Standing on which the majority of the Liberal party was
obt.ined.
The reConor Don (a trustee of Maynooth' defended the
arrangement, which beheld in no way Ind early favoured the
Collette. On the contrary, if any partiality was shown it
arta to the Episcopalians, who retained Trinity College,
which was more than a set-off fir Maynooth.
Before the debate WM adjourned, Mr. Gladstone announced
tte names 4d the Commitroners—Lord Munch, Mr, Justice
Lawson, and Mr. (1. A. Hamitton,
Mr. Ifewilans submitted a retolittion condemning as tin' I
worthy of a great nation our present practice of charging on I
home told foreign shipping Die cost of lighting and Melting
the shores if the I. tined Kingdom. He traced at length how
tho present j • fiction of the Trinity-house hail Frown
int from the earliest times, and showed that ours is
the only maritime contrary which does not coirsider
his • public duty to be provided for out of the State
Bridget. The argument on which he laid most stress was
ll,e grevious hunks it letlicted on the poorer Clan of ships,
and also on the coasting steamers, which derived no advan-
tage from the greater number of these lights. Finally, he
tressed Mr. Lowe hard by pointing out that this tax of
.P. 300,000 was as great an obstacle to the conversion of this
country into an entrepOt 1111 the £900,000 of COM duty.
Mr. Bostwick seconded the motion and criticised the
administration of the Toinity-hoase hut Mr. Sammie, on
the other hand, held that it sroald be tree trade ran mad W