The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-05-06 00:00:00

'IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ,

In the noose of LIVE% Nay Isl, a large number of peti-
tion', principally own Scotland, were presented by the Duke
of Argyll, against the Trades Unions Bill. Other petitions
to the like taint were presented by the Earl of Derby sod
Lord Redeadale.
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Lord Morley mov6 U a toond reading of the Treace
Unions Bill ard the Criminal Law Ametidment (Violence,
Threats, she ) lall, Ira, provisions of which twin messorte,
which were originally one, he advocated Cud explained.
Tim Bias arm, read a second time
The Anatomy Act (1831 Amendment Bill ai a the Crerters
(Colleges) 11111 aere read a secoud time, titer a protest by
Lora iledeclais agabat the latter memure aeon invasion of
Royal prerogative

Lord Grey, after recapltulatiog from the Notice Book of
the other liouse snide of the Feoran amtecedeuts of " Cap-
tain Mackay.' one of the poklical prlmners recanpy
'berated, sAkett Ceethet • person who hail been guilty of the
murder of • policeman wan comitiared a tit au, ject for the
Royal clerneacy.
Lord Kimberley raid that althi.ugh Mackay had ktilei •
policeman he had Le.o acquitted by the jury i.f the murder,
his def...nce behrg that his revolver bad gone riff isccldent.dly.
the wee thereupon co,vleted of treason-felony. Be could
not admit that the Fallon and Rtband Socieetes were Men-
em], or that there woe, se Lord Grey seemed to thick, any
laconalstency in ',Lasing this convict and bringing in • bill
to put down Ribandiana.
Their lordshipa then adjourned.
In the linnre of C Li-omens, before proceeding to the con-
sideration of the new Itudget, kr Cardwell, in reply to Lord
Rich°, defined the (rungs'. 0 expenditure 'to be the arms-
meet of the forts, c• at of *.rpedoss, purilmie of small arms,
clothing for additionsProope, kc.
Colonel Bererford anted whether Mears. Delarue and Co.,
had been employed by the Govern s.ent mina any portion of
the last three month. in mewl/Agra-trig libel stamps wtleb,
had the propoind match tax become law, wonld have been
affixed to the mote'. bone.; and, it no, what had been the
ooet of the labels an prepared, end out of what feud were
they to be paid. (Cheera )

The Chancellor of the Exchequer thought, from the cheers,
that some hon. members were of opinion that it was the
duty of the Govenonent to pass a bill trawling a tax on
matches without preparing the necessary stamps. That was
not the view the Government took, and they had directly
hrstructed Mews Galatia) to prepare these stamps. The ex-
pense, be believed, would be less than £l.OOO. ("Oh, oh,"
and cheers )
Mr. (Adrift asked the Chanccllrr of the Exchequer If he
could give any estimate of the annual fLcoruo arming from
the endowments of charities in Great Britain, and what ad-
dition would consequently be made to the held of the pro-
perty tax 11 the motion of tiro Wm. member for South Essex,
carried on April 2151, were put Into operation

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that he had received
churns from the Inland Revenue and the Charity Commlw
stoners, which placed the income from the eharithia which
they could get at about £2 120,t0) per auLura, wLlch at the
rate of Rh income-tax would yield £35 332, or at ed. £L3.OaO
These return. did cot. however, thclude Roman Cati,lic
or Jewish charities, metropolitan Or other hospitals, waver.
sities or colleges.

•• On going into Committee of Ways and Means
Mr. W. If. Smith moved his resolutlon—T at it is inex-
pedient that ilia Ineem, Tax should be increased to the ex-
tent contemplated in (no financial proposals of the Govern-
ment. In ti rapid retrospect of the history of the 131dget, he
pointed to the unanimous verellet of condemnation which
had been pronounced upon it, and took a preliminary ob-
jection to the latest proposals, that they would give the
Chancellor of the Exchequer more than he wanted. Dealing
with the expenditure he maintained that, though the House
had accepted the Edintatcs, the responsibility reeted
with the Government ; and, as to the plea of " Mo-
nition," If the army WU to be Increased this year merely to
be reduced next per, he segued that the Allstate' were
extravagant. Mr Lowe hhuself had, more strongly than any
one, condemned his Own mode of nee, Dug the deitelt, ant
had pointed out how hardly It hors on people of email
incomes. Mr. Siol'h dwelt with considerable force on Ma
point, maint shiest th..ttour-fl tha of these who paid the tax
were persons struggllrg evtih limited means, and col flemned
the proposal Ineream as harsh and uneecessary. Not dis-
cussing the suggested alternatives for the Income fax, he
pointed mit that their authors could not have them con-
sidered except by voting for his moll n

Mr. Liddell seetmded ;he motion, maintaining that the in-
creamed expet,diturc wss nt.t trataftintoti; thst it was a
national expenditur,, end ought tot to be borne by one por-
tion of the people, alai crp,chdly that it WAS grossly tmjust
to charge the expense of abolishing purchase on dm payers of
Income Tax.

After remarks from Mr. ruam and Lord GarUm,
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Mr, Stensfeld, after referrieg to the vague and Catholic
form of the mett-n, proceeded to argon that this year's
Ertimates are eseeetthe al, and evil be followed by a return
to times of reduction. Dealing with this point to detail. he
showed that the increase in the Civil Service Esti-
mates was more step trent then real, and convicted
chiefly in treusfers accounts lite nay estfinales
for the year were not complained of, though to better
times they rui;lat be capable of reouclou ; a..d it
was, therefore, to the Army Eetimates thet we must lock for
reduction Of this year's increase le that breech of the ser-
vice (E 3 487,000) .£1,017 000 was for increase lathe number
of men and hones voloil whoa Europe was to the threes of
agreat war, £st4 oeo tor the 1fi,11,10.1 foNes, 450 GOO for
Mores, 4228.0, 0 for torp,dges, god Za10,0,.0 for the s'o.llon
of purchase. Tie real issue, therefore, he maintained war this
—would the House abandon a great military reform rather
than bear an additionel halfpenny I itc,rue Too? Ire de-
nied that there had L, en an undue dlepneltion of late years
to resort to dii ect vocation, and discuteed the enspelddin of
the reduction of debt which bed been suggested as on alla-r.
native. It could u-t be done cushy, and ainong other
veniences which he mentioned the Commiseie,ra ter the
Reduction of the National Debt would be ernapeiled to
suspend tee rusistalice they were giving to tile Irish
Church Commissioners. The first departure from a virtaous
resolve would be fatel to 08 whole plan ; god why, he aired,
for the sake eta single yelr'd ben-mitres should we "burden
a plat Bo pregnent with future beivilt? Mereneer, the
burdens of the country were not no heavy ao to justify such
• course, for in reality he realist, deed, ion mlnuie etatistlc
comparison our bur •via had only thin oescd by rise arduous
since 1003, and Ws Brae trifilig ccinpared with the increase
lathe means of the c
The discuesion eva, c,ettuned by Mr. Hunt, Mr. Richard,
RI, J. Lubbock, Mr. Shieiair Ayto,n, Mr. Herm tn, Lord E.
Cavendish, and Mr. Henley, alter which

Mr. Marc-cart c,mhated the argnmout that tho 'loom
could not take back the E.theatea—the Government td
found no difficulty In taking hack lie lin.le—nnd pAnfed
out that II had been dote la 1414 and 1355. When ire
Xtt-
niate, were voted the erennhhanc, on to very different,
and the Goren:me:4 hr.d othaLicd their farce vota
by holding out an appearance of being nth of money.
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Moreover, tie Nstireates had been framed in the hot lit
of the rude ague. liltd the 11-iuse bad a right to re-
consider them With ,c,.ard to the moth ii, Mr flare dirt
said that the Govern ti,itit had once more plias,: Wm and Ms
fiends Ins pat nfril 0 tlt'on hut, tee thing tile a iscdoto o!
Charles II and the I) ke of ,ricturPd nt to over-
throw Mr. o.ailstone td r,p'ace km 1 y
The Chancellor of 'ln Fic,vgirdi admitted frartd.ly tilt
Mils was not, to the iidgilou or ti e U verrime”,. too
pound° plan fret we ppo the fret of Ps k iiror a
substitution for ton, Ito else. Fn.ru vr, the tirs
verument had gather, iu th t it 7a1t.1 aid p p da-
tion Pieta laa,lEgvia., witt..iut prep iatiVoii, ruin thy-
bad deternftell to rw the c 'note, in inch a coni.d.
Mon as to lie ably-, i.O ettsplut ii of Mouton. F Fti at
addltlonnl Locate,: • lint th 3 erki lab
plan for that pnipiiie hail mkt...died, mid in ai,co a
manner as to c nivincj t!' r ii nt thlt it wsual ti hoge-
less to prop, se any sere ins. TberePire, with no &the to
pre tS unduly ou the Punkin on pup iry GOV. M,tt bad
really no choice but to fall back on tile Income fan. D:ECII3-
sing the suggested siternativJ sippendiur the redenipi Ira

of Jabs, Mr. Lone ceicri .td in detail the tr,sacitais bet:, 0,,
himself and the Ccturelsiloners hr the 11.. ooti a of 1,1;li
National DA)' ! c ,nte:.e.ing that Parliament would commie as
great a breach of faith by euiremilrg the yayleent of the
Terminable Aonnities for a year out It Ce ding will a
private icdronoal. Ile dwe't, too, on tae inexped:..re7 of
casting discredit on this MEd ht sccurity and ucgrd that if
the funds were withheld f.,r a year it would mtte:hily
fere with large trartaetlubs in at ich the Exchc trier aen
engaged, such as the conimniatlon of ponders, cialitai.ci to
the Irish Church, Sri
Baring eatre4tiy don lined the rey rf laying the
whole weight of atiditie at taxation on :be I .come
and could hardly be.i.v that Mr. 11.1,1 any cfl ec
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&lest ID prODOFIEG Ats:.ch fAI hot di throw discredit on
lindirezt txvtt n. ih c,.mplati.erl of the rceent practico of re-
moving tiohrs,t taraq, and aas vent scot, MI of the Mint-
genial wli.oh ..:!: de,, rc a C ore ..dit coold not tro-
dime a Bodget diet wonl.l at! .1 mow! to.tmo. rho .gtt hi
had no di Em to rocnt—f,r t is pinto
feelings bad been ti ty re,2..nt
would prefer no Gov.r: ,stnt at ail to too hi al- en modern
of ilnadre slooldon.o aI re-poo,lott.y, I,ki throw the r tti9
on the nick of the Id 010 of CAVIII Us, to follow where it
pleased to least.
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Mr. Gladstone ret dcol on Mr. it nrl that for tha idt
quarter of a century iii vote 1,1 :too a S orgotEri cc, :y
boancial and comma: rl d refroan, all repl)n a to 31r.
Henley's strictures on tae E tinnier in. r,pr a. hail I p-
position with their roprort o• Ca no ions rt• an, ro
than cordial approval hop had ail e•, to the Eodfni.c., ; r!•4
In answer to Pit lint t he reo holed him that in 19OS
he had met the tsp•com of the Aepatanim War by
the lame devla of a twurcomt Income Tax ; but
at the same Lie. 6 he aflfolthii thot whenever the
demand partook of a permane in character halidet tnxfol
should bear a portion of 1. ata to the E..' imatle, Mr lalod•
stone said that, thouolf he dui out couca a hostile cote at
the Howe. Ms retirement would be moneyed If be acre
followed hy Plinlcterr who would promote pubic cermomv.
From this he precaeotcd to defend the °anemiat poticy
of the I.lo,rnment, msinlAlhlng that iii hi, rentc-
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Slonethey itt;ci - le were iirma.ent ard ail tha
augmentattens tranruiennl. The rent of din rpetch
Mr. Gladettone devoted to an elnle,rate argon:cut ay.tiont
Intertert g for so al:ght a C mite as the present err-cf.:my
with what he Cele-Gond at flu "at c.ntral sytter "of reticle-
log debt by Terminable Annultlet. It would bo en' abtinbing
a prece&d.t available tor future Par:laments, and it wa,
Terminable Annual:a toot the vastesb tropmnalon hid
been produced on the attonal D:b". An to the n.otion,
Mr. Glarlat kre elite t r .e.i Ii it a WPM& hand-
writing super! tr in melt:nee alit taltbr•riU to Mr. teu'lt'
and accepting It at au av owed party move, he 11R1,I LI At toe
Government bad reacbcd the end of their concerl'oe-, they
had no new plan to i.ro one, and be coefidently hi, tie
kudget and the Omuta:cut to the j'idgm ent of t: y.
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Mr. Disraeli, I told .g to the chanc.er of tlo quo l•-a
sod Its great powers of cspansion, which he renelcdrn a
real line of defence. mit'utstiod that the firm, I,rd n thht
to erLiclAt with pal Its, re kludget w' loh c-ut 11,1 Ito ot, or
metres if .opply. H Wa, the,!. re, all tee more er thud
at the line taken by Mr. Wairove, as the lb stewr e but
followlig the course alr'Ch had been invarintly r.clogtrd.
Ile remark d on the utter failure of the three Motu.
tars who Mid spoken to touch the real enesdon at
Issue, for while 51r .r.sfeld had given tee lius aor to-
tarestie g int no; t• inn the Civil Sc. no ki,que.t .o,
Mr. ' r I owe Lod dii t'd on the Terminolge
Annultl.s, C i.h.ch bid any r hes' cc to the
Subject In • • hi he a.ked Mr. foto to eipithrl
Why he had rte! • C. 10-gel brfroit . l lou .111.
cussed. At pre. ' • Illy gruel ore reason, lit
Government U r sue oh Ls co,pelll.g
the Licosa to to e • '-ZOIO;o het rrp•uhroed
two or 11rce n- 4 on the I coca
Caomming thr• e • r trsruiti steel Es,lro Ara,
Mr. Duroalt tved i.e t C .1-maeL4 wont spnosdw
the coot of ti e prgc - • o it toe surreuder of the
House Tux, to won. r .
no doubt totoe C.) • I , • the tptlt„
culty mizitt be nor, I • coot, tsr d stonst
the slat, Bless of the ;: ••, r z . throw the blame
of the Wormed Eat lOttie lg. I v,h.o pan6y, ad
concluded a lig. roar sy ~ch by pladgltg him •&I to oppose
the Budget at every Slog.

Oa a eiv!slon Mr. ST lila • resola on wag orpativP•l 1y a
inPlorizy of a5-3.3.5s 2`.0, anti la C,nitnlitee ol W.4)8 and
Memo ine Sonoma r,z rosolutfon was mart ad 1,1
The °tn.:, Orders were dispoted of, col the Home ad-
earned.

In the Rouse of Loide, May 2. the Llodon an I South
Western Alllway Dill and the C. int Biwa of Australia Bill
Were read a third Muir and paqed.
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The Murrell Hill KAM° and Rallerns 1111 waa read a
scodild time.
Lard Kimberley, In moving the sreond readlr g of the BM
for Protecting Life and Pioperty in certain par:k of I:eland,
apeloglaert for the paha ol talk before him, ORO stlalltled
that the Government m old nut be Willed in proposin 4 a
tuspension of the nrcirray conazito,lot:.l ¶C.mrP le, without
the strongest proof of necensfty. W. 1., the faq.ce Femme. •
tdm Act of lam Session na.t flu rffrOtfleal, so uil fft,-
where it had f ailed to check uia,fail taft,'f atl to W,St.nI:.LO.
Itib.dtamarso..ectet cots I coy Lod, I: A, t,k,”
t,rtit It that connty, :0 tha ,01.1,1r.0 tot
bultet C..mmitttes I'.3' I ? aft soot f 1 y
extended itself, no, tlif ff tffott ti to
betww-h rear, and n od h liii lOU
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gic", fleto Low prami.e ;, Cut unly it W. s.rnearl: but to tie
Contiguous parishes to Meath and C-unoty, which
were acenTd,nalf 100e1.o1 in tile lii GYan air* at the
poponsed canneelon b tween Fenlantrn awl klblodism,
and erPre.iii,g a e that th-y were two litStaliCt
organizstloos and .plrnci•s, it atld the arbitrary
STA, of Li.. • a .0 rs was lhe only milt.,
of t reaming up it a Cola piracy. the Government
'aerators proposed that the Lord Lieutenant Should be

ablecao sualiend the-Ilabeas f'orpus Act In Westmeath-
and adjoining districts for a period of two years. As the
Criminals might remove to another county, power ivould be
given to arrest any person who might have been In West-
meath at any time during the present yew.. It WOA the
practice to bring persons from distant 'parts of the country
to execute the decrees of the conspirators, and the
bill aceordingly provided that the Lord Lieutenant might
arrest in any part of Ireland pereens suspected of
having been In Westmeath during the same perind,
If there Wan alto reason to suppose they had been
engaged so principal. or accessories in the commission of
murder. ro this extent the bill would take effect through-
out the whole of Ireland. The Government also proposed to
r:.--nact the Peace Preservation Act without alteration for
ILTI additional period of two years. The Government hant
been recommended to suspend Trial by Jury in the disturbed
districts, but such a course would be premature, as the diffi-
culty was rather in getting evidence then in procuring COI.
vkAlous on suMateut evidence. It could not be expected
that the remedial measures of the last two Sessions would
119 Ar Immetll3te fruit In the sehty of life and property, but
there were signs red symptoms of improvement, and a
gruwlng disposition In Ireland to resort to the law for the
redress of injurien.
Duke of Richmond assured the Government of his
readiness to 81Bibt in the speedy passing of the bill, and even
to car. ent to the insp....ion of the S'anding orders, it
necessary for this purpose. Ito regretted that the bill was
not wider and more stringent in ifs operation. Adverting to
the course pursued in the other House in the appointment of
a Select Committee, he waif zed the evidence to show that
the lawless state of the district was well known to the Go-
vernment when Parliament met, and th.dight they deserved
grave censure for honing delked logieletiou for three
zuonths.

After a shod debate on the meuura, the b!!I wu read
seemd time.

The Peers Bankruptcy Dlsqualificatlon Bill was road a
third time told passed, and their lordships adpurned.

In the House of Commons, Sir 11. Selwin-Ibbotron gave
notice thst on the second reading of the Licensing Bill he
would move—. that, whilst fully recognbilng the advantage
that would accrue both to the trade and the country that
there rhould be un early settlement of the licensing inestion,
the bill introduced by the Goverbment to its present form
does not offer tither a satisfactory or permanent solution of
the difficulty."

el! It. anrruther Intimated that on Monday he would ask
wLeher the Government were prepared to make an) changes
In the bid, and it so, whether they would state them to the
ou-e.

Jr M. 11. Beach antottoced tint on the second readlng of
the hill he wonld move—" That Ms House, whilst ahx.oue
for the regulation of the 'Num.:rade and the amcniment of
the licensing system, Is of opinion that It is neither last hor
espedient to deal with the existing interests to the manner
proposed by this bill."

Mr Lawrence Pak ask‘d the Borne Secretary if he would
name a f lay for the consideration of the ',teaming Bill; if lie
was aware that it had been calculated that not less than
£10),( 00, (0 wore Invested lu the Ininor trade, and that If the
Ll.tensing Bill panted Into law that capital would be depre-
ciated to the amount of 440 per cent. ; and whether he in-
tended to penlevere with that portion of the bid.
—Mr. Secretary Bruce mid It was quite irupnseinle for Mai at
the present moment to fin a day for the second reading of
the bill. Evan larger estimates hod been made of the amount
of capital invested in the liquor trade, and there could be no
douht that any measure tor the reettiction of the tratil
would have some effect upon this trade. Ile did not
doubt that uncertainty with respect to legislation on
Chic question molt be to the disadvantage of the
tr,le, but he assured the House, on the part of the Govern.
ment, that there was 110 desire to inflict any injury beyond
that which was abeolutely necessary, lie should carefully
consid, any suggestions for the Improvement of the mein
awe, but be could not at present nay what the result of
them would be.

Mr. Hammy Lewis Raked the Home Secretary whether his
attention bad been called to a report of the cases of two
wo to who were runimoned to the Hammersmith Pollee-
court by the Rev, Rea Wright for Sunday trading, and w;.o
were committed to prison for seven tyst In default of pay-
ment of the lines Imposed by Mr Daymad; and whether it
wi, the Intention of the Home Secret:if y to order their Im-
mediate releate.

Mr. Secretary Bruce replied that the hardship compLalned
of rested upon the Act of Cartes if. rather than upon the
mode In which it was administered by the Nation,. So long
as the Act was In existence, he did not think it was his duty
to Interfere wittithe ventence which the magistrates inflicted,
exrept to very extreme easel Be was glad to observe tuat
by the action of some humane persons the flttrsin these C 403
had been paid, and the women released.

Mr. Seely, recone et by Mr. Mundella, moved a resolution
In favour of reducing the letter postage between this coun-
try and.the Untied dieter from St. to Id., and Mr. Mansell, in
reply, argued that while the present contracts lasted any
furtherreduction In the rates must be followed by increased
lot,. of revenue. The principle vi carrying letters at a loss,
if adopted 11l this case, must ultimately guide our po.tal
relations with the colonies ant foreign countries, Int,rnat
pos'al improvements would be delayed, aud ties Past Office
sr .u'd be coLverted from a revenue into a spending depart-
ment.

Cdonel Seim, M. Heron, Mr. Hadfield, Mr. White, and
M-. Candlish aupported the motion, and Mr. Gladetone,
altvr quarrelling with its form, agreed to a modified resold.
tion, asides:dug • wish that our Government would gum-
niurdcate with the Wivernnient of the United States witis a
tic to the farther reduction of postal rates without undue
lofle to the Revenue Ultimately this was agreed to, Mier a
Yonewhat prolocad altereation as to the precise wordy, ire
elu•livig a slight colliediu bctwsel. the Spcsker and Mr.
WI Wiry.

iortly alter Mr. O'Reilly war .‘ emoted out" wMle
131 • me Wl3llOll our military ar et, m, and the house
a0j.111,C1.1.

In the Home Wean:mons, May 3, the fotlowirg hint were
r,vl a secon,l time .—lnee Water; Kinton and Eirtildey
R .n way ; Paddirgt,oe, tt. John's Wool, and Holborn &net
Iranewa3 s.