The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1869-08-21 00:00:00

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1809.

WORX FOR NEXT SESSION.

The peeler:nano° of in amaion, as almost an in-
variabl rule, heart but in merry relation to Its
p otni,e. When the work of Parliament istlone,
dud we look It on witat hill been eetiGLll-
pliidied, it iil ...r eiqe - or rather it would he
a cm 4e were it not nature. to oe how 1.t.1e that
wa.i promised It i .. beet done, and how inch has
been done that was not promised. Neither Per
fitment nor the Uovernment, nor nieudiers Mill.
vi lit illy are to be blamed for this ; it in in die
nature of thiu7.a ; i 1.,.....1ue Yort of thing occurs
all through life. Rut if we compare the pro.
zone of one seamion with the proluise of another,
the .'entreat is sonneinies as striking. NVe doubt
Whether many sessions have heeu preceded by a
greater namber of notices of motion than is the
Ti-xt ,1,,i;s1,111. There aro no less than 87. Why
bur° la fluplo work for it whole aession if nothing
else lie attempted. And Cie existing notices of
plot:gin an reinarkah'e to for their importance.
li) one of them are comparatively trivial, hut
vikmi at an whole thet, “re singularly momentous,
so nirph no that a glance tat a few of them may
lte tolvisthle.
Sit. ;1,. Anatilther will rail attention to the
numner'Of conventual and monastic itnititot oils
exi• Ong in the cuutry, and to tuovo that they
Pught CO lie mthjeuted to (*overall-lent in:petition ;
ond Mr, Nowdeuata wid move lei Mn amendment
for ~ ,ideet committee on the saute slthject. Few
rilifeefil ere likely to roll,lo iltrUliger rid:giant:
feeling than thin, end if aiitih it euteleittee he
prettied, It wiru:d lead te year and yeern of prob.
µlily frititiesa in airy, Mr. lioniegsut Heanniont
le tO f3ke freill 1 fittin e i110:01 their le/isia.
Ivo nod juiiciiti dating lo the lliapiti of Lord.
if him bill li Virleed, Mr. Iscierlsy mores ior
it tall (tee of Inquiry into tho operation of
he Frettoh tre—y if oe.iiiimree, a suhjeet whieh
We alrettai given ria..l to ice!ii) Very strowf feel-
!
lig, and a diacn ,11013 411 ON su+ot, w 0,11,1 ill.
volt% au examination ef the entire comilielmial
hist:icy. of oar etenitry, gime the traal.y the
Into operatioli, Sir ilmoy iiukver le.ols the
Asolult!t hut f3rotir of the killot. Mai It il ,iiiiil It.:
Will ill SO todur eirmats'.anees more favintrable
to that meitanee than have eve I,rovionsly exis-
ted, 'lhe senile gent:email will ii ill attention to
the relation bet recta I:nuintiil mid the United
States, involving inost imp.G.taut iheisiderittioun,
especially wite reiard to the 4 lahqui.t dolma.
Mr. F. Chambers 11,1 a motion out filo Kitall-
fished Church in its relati.ins to the laity, which
esnuot fail to evoke ennaiderable party and re-
ligious feeling. Mr. Cross will bring in a bill out
Church patronage, to which the same remark '
will upply. Mr. D dryiiiple prolliir.eii it bill to
detail Mid manage habitual drunkards, it heist
Important propimal involving the liberty of the
milbject and the ditties of the state. Me. C.
Denison diuni at freeing railway companies frein
the heavy liallilitiee for compenantion under
which they now really Seer, Und which the ex- 1
triteiteaut verdicts of jiiries have reielered a
grievulleo. ViSCOUIa Enfield aims at reforming
olir jary laws, and nut la-fire retires is reepired.
Mr. F.;kyn wants a pub:ic prosoentor, and at
large part of the community quite agree with
him. Sir W. Genera)/ desires to improve the II
Channel packet service, and that improvement
Li merely needed is generally acknowledged.
Mr, Graven will try and reduce the postage ou •
newspalims and printed matter under two ounce*
to otie half-penny, and we earnestly hope he may
antieeed, The Married Women's Property Bid
will be agiiill illtrodllCed With prolianly better
chances of Sileeeeil than dririeg last SeSiliOft.
Nr. V. Harcourt Will try to strike out the rate-
paying elansi•s of the late Reform Act. Sir G.
Junkinson will aim alt the amendment of the
law rel dive to the revision and commutation of
capital sentences, an es to relieve the Home See'
rotary from the painful responsibility that now
Toit upon him. Mr. Aldermen Lawrence will en.
deavoor to repeal the honse-tax, a very import-
ant proposal. Mr. Loche will iii.,ain introduce
his Scotch tiamo Law. Sir Massey Lopeit will
open up the whole sidiject. of taxation ill °ailing
attention to the pour rate asseaainent. Ml'. Mee.
fie wont a select committee to consider the de.
airaldlity oh giving ~viagiv,:m.ivileges to inven-
tors. 2lr. 31.Malion win hr.iig in two nine on a
pluch•vexed iptentiom new triala to eriminal
caaem—we pre:mine desiring to establish a Chat,
inal Court of Appeal. Mr, ...ilinidellit •flill aim tat
farther improvements in the Factoriea and
Workshops Acts. Mr, Nowilegate again twinge
forward hie views with regard to li.nuali Cutlet.
lie charities. Sir I'. WlS.:en will ask fur it eeleet
committee nit that ever. painful sithject, infanti-
Mr. W. 1.',. Priec iiimm .it 10A:siting the
systom of purchasing thiiiiiniasietie in the army,
in proposed .liiiih lots Ma ay a milled forth anima.
tett discussion, Mr. Rallies will ir.."1,,'," the ci'.
siihiption of transportation. a Very hirtiO and
important question. Me. It:lauds will ervites-
veer to prevent the sale .if ititietieatieg Pipers
during the whole of Sentlay, the bare ineution
of which suggests excited deliate end greet pop-
tiler feeling. The ayaternatic and edielmit in-
mpeetion of collieries will he advocettall hy Mr.
Sameelson. Vii:eimitt Sandell desires, to put it
lir.liy, to make Itiiintlisin illegal. 'Mr. Ildietson
void aim it niileay yet% irm. Mr. .7. It. Smith
will strive to make the inidrieal system tioinpul-
gory. T 1,,, ro,,r i...,,, will be overhauled by Mr.
W. 11. Smith. Colonel Sykes will examine the
relations hetween Great Britain l'lll her colo-
nies. Sir David Weitilerliurn, like Mr. Eykyn,
will advocate the app.iintoient of a pilliiEi pro-
secutor. Anil final' Mr. W. Williams will move
resolutions for the ilieestablishinent and disen-
dowinent of the Church in Wales.
We have omitted a number of the rediees of
motion, but it will readily be admitted that even
those we Imre referred to are alike remarkable
for their number and importance. Many of
them involve the introduction of bills of a eenl-
prelii naive character. The next beAsion. there-
fore bids fair to be of a stirrimg activity even
beyouil the lust, considering, that over and above
nil these notices and others which will be given
when Parliament meeta, there is that exciting
topic, the land question in Ireland, to come.
There is not one subject which we have here
briefly cited which will not excite spirited dis-
cussion if the Dom of Commons at all ad-
dressee itself to the subject. There will be
counts-out of course, and speedy dismissal of
many of these motions ; hut. allowing for all
this, the legislative session,ol 11470 bids fair to
be an unusually active one. Publieopinion will
not be allowed to lie dormant, and we hope that
the conflict of minds thus brought about may
tend to the welfare of the empire.