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The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-21

The House adjourn— ed at live minutes past two o'clock.

PAROCHIAL BOARD (SCOTLAND) BILL
In the HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 1.8, Dr. Cameron moved
the second reading of this Bill, the object of which is to
amena the constitution and mode of election of parochial
boards in Scotland by abolishing the nomination of ex-oficto
members representing the heritors, Birk session, and the
magistrates, and by requiring that all the members of the
parochial board shall be elected by the ratepayers.
Sir H. hfaxvvell moved the rejection of the Bill, founding
his objection to it on the satisfactory wcrk done by the
parochial boards in Scotland. The present system worked
efficiently and economically, though it might stand in need
of some little improvement.
Sir E. Colebrooke said that no doubt there were some
defects, but he said with confidence that, if they looked back
to the history of the Poor-law administration in Scotland
during the last thirteen years, they would see it had worked
smoothly, expeditiously, and honestly. _ _

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Mr. Orr-Ewing aho opposed the Bill, which, he remarked,
would revolutionise the administration of the Poor-law in
Scotland.

The debate was continued by
Mr. M2agan, Mr. P. Bruce, Mr. Barclay, Sir A. Gordon, Mr.
Buchanan, and Mr. Parker.

The Lord Advocate recommended the hon. member for
Glasgow not to press the Bill to a second reading now, as the
whole subject was under the consideration of the Govern-
ment. At the same time, if the second reading were pressed,
he would not vote against it.
After some observations from Mr. Dalrymple and Mr
Bolton,
Mr. Anderson advised his hon. colleague to take a division,
In order to see who were and who were not in favour of a
representative system.
The House divided, and the numbers were :—For the
Amendment, to read the Bill this day six months, 103;
against, 107.
The Amendment was therefore lost by a majority of
four.
Upon the motion that the Bill should be read a second
time, another division was challenged and taken, when the
numbers were :—For the second reading, 91; against, 83.
The Bill was then read a second time.
The remaining orders were disposed of, and the House
adjourned.

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Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-04-21

THE HEALTH OF THE QUEEN.

Last Sunday's Court Circular contained the sub.
joined:—

"The effects of the 'sprain [from which the Queen
has been suffering:are still so: severe!as to prevent her
Majesty from walking or even etandiag for more than
a few seconds.

"Sir James Paget saw the Queen yesterday, and is
of opinion that although the joint has improved con-
siderably, and will ultimately regain its power, the
progress will be slow, and some time must elapse
before the Queen is able to walk or stand for any
length of time without injury to the sprained part."

The Standard, in remarking upon the above, says :
'The official announcement on the subject of the
Queen's health will be read with a feeling alike of
regret and anxiety. There is, we are thankful to
believe, no reason for grave apprehension, much less
for alarm ; but the devotion of every class of the
Sovereign's subjects is the measure of the solici•
tude that must be caused by Her Majesty's tardy
reAoration to her usual health. The Consti•
tutional doctrine, immutably fixed and historically
determined, of ministerial responsibility cannot
diminish the solicitude or appreciably reduce the
official labours of the Sovereign. It is not in her
nature to allow the attributes that are thus the
heritage of years to lie idle, or to seek to escape
from the duties of the position which by the force
of events has become hers. The place which
she fills in the national life is not one of supreme
magnificence and of titularly paramount power alone.
It is a place, as its functions are interpreted by the
Queen, the responsibility of which is at once immense
and inalienable. So long as there is work for her
to do, the Queen will do it. There is a time for
labour and a time for rest ; and rest and relaxation,
so far as they are practicable, are evidently the two
highest needs of the Sovereign at the present moment.
If this truth is realized and acted upon there is happily
no reason to doubt that the Queen's stay at Osborne
may be the prelude to a renewal of her health and
strength. That this may be so is the earnest wish of
every class of her Majesty's subjects."