The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-10-31 00:00:00

imperial farliamrnt.

REASSEABLING OF FARM kNIENT:

A row minutes after four o'clock on Tuesday, when
he public were admitted to the hue of C .mmons,
the Chamber presented as tt empty aup .arauoe.
That this w.B not doe t a sin ii ateud .nce of
memb,r. WWI shown by the unbroken army ~f c tints at
the hicks ~1 the benches, in iicatint that there hwl
been • gre4 in...ter for pr.vers. Mr Gla.l.tone was
already in hi. Owe ..n the Treasncy Beneh, w th Sir
W. liar sort, Mr. Childerm. and NIL lisle in for
comoanions. These ha I evidently been "a c "of
the Fourth Party, which mustered in full force.
Sir Staff .rd Northcote came in at ten is witoos yard
four, and thereaft.er the front opp sniti .is hooch rapidly
killed up.
Lord Randolph Chnrchill moved the alj lurnment
of the Ho e, whi h was receivcd with lout lau4hter
and ironic .1 cheering, lie explained that he took this
comm., isis r lee that the Mut.° !nicht bi saved from
the consewiences of a crave departure from Constitu.
tonal us .g.s, and roceeded ts /how that the inva.i.
able practici of Parliament was that the completion
of the Ai.propri.ti ni Act and the prorogY ion were
inseparable. He conclud-.1 by a deinnly appn.Png
to tho Muni to see th it is interest. " Ord n
suffer the slighted, smal'est. or minutest ink,' jr."
Mr. Gladstone pointed out that the prater me ion
shout I have been, not for the adjournment ,1 the
House which left matters precisely a. thee w re, but
for the pr .rogation o' Parli.ment. " P.l unite
that now," Lord Randolph eabl, hill rising from Wm
sett. "No no," Mr. Glad.. me replie I, g irc'y
ehlking his head, "the noble boll ha. broil:lit
this matter forward with due delibersti .11 si d
prepartion, and if after going ink ist the I 0 Is
of Henry the F .urth he ha 4 been ovaq./ t•
make up his mind as to the 'roper term. ..1 hi.
resolution he is the first tern is, thr • .I..ub; iron
his qualitic ition a's c.o.s.'r of the 11.d18 / of C onm .n. "
Recurring to Lod main attu...ent, Mr.
Gladstone was Proceeding to eliow that in twit/ Par-
liament had met to traneactilbosinera after a con-bler-
able a ijournm.nt ha,l followed on tie i,n.sne of the
Aupro..riation Act—" On the 2fith July, PIA" he
said. " Hear, he sr! crie I Lord Randolph. no biing
head in acquiesence. " What !" end drned Mr. ta..l-
- with every manifeatation of indienant ; I
"MI know thaw hoed ad.uittrol that he
did. " I would not have taken that 44cm...it from
any other man than the noble lord." the lb-wider I
added, and proceeded in a few wor Is to point the
moral of the supprewion of thin knowledge, fats! as
it 11114 is Lord itando'ph's argument. He ridiculed
lewd Ilandolpb's amnion that there hal liven eome
deep and sinister ruotiie in the arrangement of the
autumn seadon, which bad been made with the full I
consent of t'e House.

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Toe conversation we. continued be Sir William
Harcourt and Sir Henry Wolff, after which the House
divided, and the motion was reject() I by 209 votes
against 142. The titular leader. of the Opp eitt-n
followed Lord Randolph Churchill into the lobby, as
did the whole of the party ot Mr. Parnell.
Mr. Gler's'one gave notice that on Thurrday he will
move • •ote of thanks to Her Majesty's forces engaged
in Egypt, an announcement received with cheere,which
changed to groans Wtiett, a little later' Ibr Wirrid
Lemon gave notice that he would meet this prop4l.l-
- by the previous question. Mr. Gladstone next
moved th• appointment of • Select Committee to
Inquire into the circumstances attending the imprieon•
merit of Mr. Gray. The motion for the Select COCO'
mittee was agreed to.
Rising again, Mr. Gladstone, upon whose ehouhiere
the while burden of the evening fell, moved a resolu-
tion to. the effect that "consideration of the New

Rules of Procedure have precedence of all orders of
the day and notices of motion for every day to which
they may be set down," • formula wh‘ch permits of
the dealing with exceptional business should it vise.
The motion was curled by 98 votes against 47. Mr.
Gladatone then moved the adj iurnment of the House,
which took place at nine o'clock

WEDNESD#T.

There was again a large attendance at IVednesday
sitting of the House of Commons. The Speeket
int'ina:ed that he had received a letter f:om Mr.
Justice Lawson stating that he had ordered the reheat)
of Mr. E. D. Gray, on payment of the fine which had
been imposed on that gentleman. The Pours pet.
ce•ded to discuss the closure qettation, Sir If. 1).
Wold propoaiog an amendment t the fi-st of the
procet:.tre resolotiens f..r the purpose of preveut;og the
closure beiog exerciard in committee. In oppovbg the
amendment, Mt. Glachitone admittel that it was a
grave quevtion whtther the Chsii tut n of Committees
ought t be invested with the or Hoary powers id
the Speaker. tut p inted nut practical difficultiei in
the way of limiting he aath irity in the way pupa-ed.
Af .er eome further diocues:on, Mr. (florist cc intim,te.l
that he would accept the amen lemma of which Mr.
'takes had given notice limiting the authority f
t mp racy chairmen. Lord Folkestone moved the
adjierament of toe debate, svbich was defeate I I.y a
majority of fei, Ae, however, !t woe now nearly eix
o'clock, the delete stool adj,turnad by the ru',B of Cie
House