The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-06-17 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

lu the House of Lords. June 14 Lord Greetlle gave notice
Of his intention to cell the 'Menthol of their lordships to-
morrow to the recent decision of Lord Justice Christian with
referenve to the Waterford tenantry, and to ask the Gone.-
meets question about

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A MU for amending WM Lunacy Regulation Arta was read
a first time.

d Russell, in moving an Addresato Ifer Mai wily against
the Treaty of Washingtott, weld he entertained Ito objection
either to the Contnesalooen who represented this country
or to the arhltrator• agreed upon lie did, however, 411.j,t
to the establishment of new principle. of international law,
slid their alp ie.ation to evern,t. which occurred many tears
previonaly. It .clering that by the rem. Treaty with the
'United Mates we really paid tribute in er.or to secure
peace, and that we had forgotten sit oar obligations to
the Domthicn 01 Gimada he mahitained that upon the
Fishery itnettlou the Gommbenouers had made • one sided
bargain. After citirg this priticiplem of international law
relating to the c kse of the Alabama soot other vessels, he
gave • detailed narrative of the circemstances nuder which
the Alabama escaped from Liverpool the opinion if Sir It
Palmer and the other Law °nicet, of ilia Grown, and
iho diplomatic Correspondence which, a. Foreign
Secrets.), he conducted with Sir. Adams and the
American 0 .vernment, contending that there had
been no want of due diligence on the part of the Government
of that dit, sod that nothing had been dune by Great hritalu
In contravention of mutitattal and international Law. lie
cited the °pinto°. of Lord Palmerstan, Clanandon, anti other
authorities, in regard to the American claims to cotopeo.a•
non, and called upon their Lordships to maintain the honour,
character, and reputation of this cottony, which had been
so serimuly affected by this Treaty.

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lord Granville, after expensing his rattsfaction that so im-
portant • Ireaty should be vigilantly ocrutluised by
their lordolsips, regretted the tome adopted by one
whom he hod resettled as his p..litical chief and kutde.
rd Russell had naturally. vindicated the coune he had pu-
rled while i reign Secretary in the Palmeroton Administra-
tion. and he freely admitted that when in Ditto° he had done
all he could to fulfil the duties of the Minister of • neutral
and friendly Power. The present Government had always re-
fused to acknowledge our liability for the A lab., ma eisina.
although they had consented by the Treaty to refer the
question to arbitration. Three Lineations praised for settle
ment—the San J usn boundary distute, the American
Fisheries. and the Alabarno claims. Having lira% ascer.
tattled that an limbassy or Commis-ion from thu. country
promised to her attended with favourable results. he
courulted his colleagues. and explained the principles
by which they had been actuated. Regrotting that
the CJmmtssioners had been unable to Obtain the ad-
minion of the Canadian cialms for the Fenian outrages, he
dented that the whole course of the negotiations had been one
of concession on the pert of the Roglioh l'orumirstoners, and
indignantly repudiated the allegation that the Government
bad bought a peace" from the United Stake. lie vindi-
cated the claims relative to the Fishery and the Alabama
claims, and concluded by bearing emphatic testimony to the
valuable services of Karl De Grey and the linglieh commis-
sioners. and the tone and temper of the new American
litiohter and the I uited State/ Goverbouatt In then nego-
tiations.

--17r;lberby trusted that Lint Russell would be Whined
without pressing his motion to a division. With. he could
not regard the bargain made ste satisfactory. it was their
duty to consider the effect in the United States and g home
of the proposal to break off the Treaty. If their Lordships
agreed to the resolution an advene motion would probably
be come to by the other House, and their Lgulahlps would
only have made to Ineffectual proteat against the Treaty.
Ideclaiming all responsibility for a Treaty which wee
exclusively that of the Government, he criticised the
terms cf sottlement of the A Warms claims and the filshery
question, remarking with regard to the former that we were
putting °unarm upon our trial for acts done in IStlf, under
She provision+ of a statute passed some ten years afterwards.
As to the I,,shery question, he trusted that the Canadian
Government and Legislature would be allowed the exercise
of a Ifni and unfettered lodgment In accepting the Treaty,
and expressed an apprehension that the people of the
maritime provinces of the Cmfederation would feel
that they had been thrown over. N r would the refusal
of the lotted Slates Commissionero to admit the Veniax
claims diminish the feeling the Treaty would be likely to
'tete in the Canadian Dominion. Admitting that there was
nothing In the words of the Treaty to which he could take
exception, be held that the British Govendnent had con-
sented te the game being played against them with loaded
dice. The American negochstors had good reason to he
proud of their diplomatic victor,, and the Treaty would
by no means conduce to the diplomatic mutation of this
counts 7.

Lord De Grey replied to the criticisms of the last speaker,
and expressed hls firm conviction that the Treaty would lay
the foundations of future friendly relation, between the two
countries. There was good reason to believe that other
Governments would hi Induced to bind themvelves by the
rule. and principles laid down In the Trraty of Washingtoe.
the adoption of which would beard% no Government more
than that of Great IFitatn.

The diecussion was continued for some time, hot eventually
Lord Russell's motion was negatived wlthout a division.
On the motion of Lord Kimberley, the Commons amend•
sent, to the Westmeath Coerdou Bill were agreed to, and
their lordship. adjourned:

In the House of Commons, Mr. Bruce abandoned the
Geverament Game Law Bill, and his proposal to refer the
whet, &Malta tot Select Committee.
The Committee on the Army VII, the main business of the
@cooing, was preceded by an animated conversation, the re-
sult of which was the virtual withdrawal of the letter half of
the bill It .11 started oy
Sir G. Grey, who inked Mr. Cardwell whether, having
regard to the time of the Smsion and the pages of amend-
Ensue! of which notice had been giro), the Gov, rnmeot had
finally considered the position of the Army Bill: in abort,
whether there is any truth to the report that the bill is to
be divided, and the less urgent portion pcstp,ned until next
year
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Mr Cardwell made I carefully worded reply, the gist of
which wee that the Government would certainly persevere
with the Purchase clauses and the transfer of the It
and Volunteers from the Linda Lieutenant to the Crown.
But the other clauses. though valuable, were not absolutely
neceteary, Al organisation was for the gxecutive, not for
leglslatioo, and he did not mean to insist on eny clauses
which were opposed. Mr. Cardwell added stride! cantly that
the iiavernment had already In he hands the power of put-
ting an end to the illegal portion of the Purchase :System, aint
the only need for legislation warn to obtain compensation and
security fr the (Ancor..
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Mr. Disraeli moved the adjournment of the House. Not.
withstanding the rumours that had been prevalent he had •
listened to the decleratton that hat jest beoo made with r
surmise, and, so far as he wan concerned personally, with :
roma embarramment. It was his representations to his :
friend., made with such telite nee as he possessed, that had
induced them to accede to the second reading of the Army '
Regulation Bile for he thought that It mu a I ill
brought forward to carry out the decided wish expriersed by :
the country for the reorganhation and improvement of our '
forces and he then believed it to be the first boat tide at. ,
tempt no the pert of her hisjegy's Government, in order to
establish an efficient army founded on an adequate reserve.
Ile motet protest, therefore, against the mime which her
Majesty's Government were now taking, that they were not
Complying with their engagement to the ii mee and the
aeuntry to establiah an efficient army founded upon adequate
'reserve, but that they had it. fact avoided the fultllmeet of
that duty to which they were bound by every engage-
ment that could influence pubic men. It had been
felt by the House and by the country that the abolition
of purchase in the manner proposed would create great Mc
jecvons ; first, that it would involve the country Ina vast and
unnecessary expenditure; and secondly, that it ten led to
al-Alsh aaenintincsy.tem without proposing any substitute.
Be did not consider that her 11..jesty's Government were en-
titled to press forward the abolition of purchase, and at the
same time avoid the (loin inoent of the great Mesa which the
country proposed to Itself, and which he thought her
Majesty's Government were bound to fulfil. Under these
Circumstances he mast enter his protest against the conduct
of the Government. Ile did not see how, ii they withdrew
those important provialons which were to weld to-
gether the three greet force, of this country, they
could proceed only with the provieion• for the abolition of
purchase, and at the same time alit tee !louse to read the bill
• third time, it was not the bill which they gave their meant
to. In this eolnee the Government were not treating the
Howe in a straightforward manner. There was a wtht of
candour and tingennousneu in their conduct which he shouid
on sorry to see distinguish the conduct ef any public
and as regarded himself he confessed that he felt a certain
degree of humliletion, having advised his friend, to assent to
the second reading of a hill which he now found was with-
drawn In all the important provision, which it proposed.
Mr. Newdegate charged the Government with obtaining
semi; on false preterioes. The House hid voted large mins
for the purposes of this bill, whlah it was now proposed should
be v ithdrsor •
Mr. Gladstone sal I that as regarded Mr. Newdegatres
objection, there woald be no great diet:idly in removine R.
The House had not up to the present time voted a thigle
farthing for the purposes of this bill. The right hon. gentle-
man had undergone still more mantel trouble—tint, surprise;
secondly, the attributing of want ue candour to the Govern.
meet ; and, thirdly, humiliation. He admitted that the
course propored by the Government would cause eurprise
and humiliation, but this was not owing to the Govern.
puent. lie .11.1 not think that the opponents of the bill
pad met much ground by the recommendation made
by Om right lion, gentleman to hie followers, for that was
pot made until the fifth night of the debate, and then he
wire of the &Mullion of purchase as S secondary question.
The heeretary for War ou the contrary, preeented the toe,'
Mon of primary Importance. and the whole deLate on the
Pecorul readiug turned on the question of the abolition of par.
chase, The bill was stated by him to be & bill for the atoll.
tine of purchase; and, if there was any other great point con,
netted with it, it was the transferring of the power from Lords
Lieutenant to the Queen, which the Government proposed
istill to bring before the lionse The right hon. gentleman
had now found reasons why the !louse should not accede to
the elle bat trier were as palpable as when he stated that the
time had coma when purchase should be abolished. Mr.
coma.: I never µAd if At soy rate the House and the
country had understood that his speech was in favour of the
Volition otpurchase. The Government had now reached a
point at which to consider whetLer this bill should pus, or
whether It sheuld obstruct everytnleg The Government
-ad formed no intention of withdrawing the bill, but
y had determined to lighten It. In the judgment of the
evernrcent it was requisite that the abolition 41 ',grebeae
should be effected without delay, and to early that out
they would continue to struggle. The decision which they
road team we. justified by the peahen at which they had
strived.
The dlsenzeion was continued by Lord Rich°, Colonel Sykes,
Mr. Liddell, Mr. Bernal tithorne, and
Mr. Cardwell replied to the criticisms which hel been made
oto the conduct of the Government. and repeated that the
object of the hill was not to declare the details of organleatlon
but to remove ebetructiens to organisation sod to transfer
powers. The Goverunient were therefore determleed to
reemerges with the provisions tending to accomplish those
objects.
The discussion was continued for some time, after which,
Mr. Disraeli said he th eight the bill onght certainly to be
reprinted before going furthee, but he did not persevere
with bee nunion for a.,l•Amlolent, and the Dunee went into
Committee.
The consideratiee of General Herbert's amendment, which
proposes to effect a conopromise by buyitig out at once all
the enlist:sem officers, was returned, but ultimately the
amendment was withdrawn.
A propmal by Sir Sinclair to 11101111k1 the rule lip which
CO officer dying within six weeks after mending In hie
papers loees the price of his communion was defeated hy
71 tot'; several other stwontiments were offered and dta-
De:Zed of after a short diecuiel. ; bet an addition to clause
L ”o,vad icy kir W. Reuel], occupied mule time. It pro.
posed to I;ive cite:erg the option of cnnomsting the price
of their cooffnlestone with certain deductions, and Sir
wlhiamreconnneuded it he a laving of a million at
lOW on the Government schema. Mr. Cardwell resisted
It Pettily, urging Once more the aid argument. that
the Lill only gives ad Indemolte to the officers and does
toot confer a new entlownteOt on them. This drew front
Colonel Barttelot a warm comelalnt of Air. C adwelee
uncsnelliatory manogeepent, sod an appeal to Mr. Glad.
stone to lend a readier ear to idlers foe 2, compromise.
Mr. Gladstone replied that the bill was Ir;nted on
the principle of giving everything to the officers to
which they were eetitled, and of streiehing a point
In their favour wherever there wan the amellest am-
biguity. Consequently, soy further compromise was I.Mnos-
slide. The ameneinent was sapported by Mr. Dickinson,
Lord Diary, Colonel Amon, arid others; but, on a Dielidon,
It was negatived ny 222 to 130. (clause 3, which has been
Po long under discuseion, was then added to the bile.
The Committee was adjourned at this point until two
o'clock the following day, and the House took up the bill
for repealing the Focleseseticat Titles Act. On the motion
for going into Committee. Mr, Newdegete made alone speech
+exiled the bile dilating with his usual eotemeity on the
&meaner making conceseitna to the Papacy. tir.M'Cor.. also
proteated against the bill In the cameot the Scotch people
but fir ball pointed nut that it did urAi..ng more than repeal
',enmities, on a division, the Hesse decided to go into Core.
mitten by 171 an us, and a eubsequent motion to sexemrt Pro-
Om= was negatived by lie to en. rite led was thee eon-
Peened in Committee, and some other bills having been
forwarde4 a stage, the GOUBe ILA; 'tuned.

In the Hoiel .i nue 13, the ellllnglgatarNfuLet
Mil and the Lea4ea-hall Market Mk wife read a third
and paned

The Common,' amendments and reasons for disagreeing
from the Lord. amendments to the University Testa Bill
Wile considered.

Lord Kimberley morel that their lordship, do not insist
Upon their Insertion of the clause imposing a religions twit,
which had been Proposed by Lord Salsbury and struck out
by the other House. Reminding their lordships of the
narrow maj.,rity of floe by which it wee carried, and that
the test wee ttrtlek 01It by the ltier it9Ulle without a dirt-
Won, he urged Lord S dislotry and thom 'rho had voted with
hint to give way and not to Insist u pou their ameinimente
I. Jrd Salisbury contended that no argument was to be
drawn from the absence of a division in the ~thee House. Al
the sums thee he admitted that his proposal had shared the
mind Into of compromises, atol bad met with no favonr In
the ii.lllse of Commons, although he still behoved that If the
nesting) were submitted to the country its verdict w•dild be
In fat, nr of rnaltitainh.g religious education 1,, the label
sity. At the Commend howl rejected not only the religious
test Du, every r mendnient made in the same direction, he
would ask their lordships to reo Mira the toil, and leave the
rerpore:bility of the loss of the bill with the other House.

AUer the di, cuuton had been continued for come time,
their lor titbit)a divided, when the reJect!on of Lord S•llabury'•
beet declaration war curled ty 12.1 not-contents natant
89 cuntenta.

L.:rd Salitinny said the majority against him had been eh
large that he would not tronnle thew lordship. to divide on
the other amendments. . .

Lord klutherley thereupon moved that th.tr I ,rdsblps do
hot insist upon their other amtudruebte,
without watc h u us agreed to
a dirt/doh.
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The !Setting Bill and the Marriage I. tw (Ireland' Amend.
melt /WI wore foal • second time. .

The Postage Bill and other HUI pateed through Con,

Lord °resine was calling attention to the recent Judgment
delivered In the Court of Appeal in Ireland by L >rd Justice
Christian, when Lord Cairns, interposing, asked whether the
report of the learned Judge's observations was authentic.
The Lord Chancel/or stated that Lord Justice Christian de-
clared the report to be a mere travesty of what he had said,
adding that, under the circumstance., he would give no
opinion whether !nide/lon on the subject of Ulster Tenant
night 110111.1 be necessary.
Their lordships then adjourned.
At the morning sitting of the FiOnie of Commune, Mr.
Gladstone was questioned by Mr 'dawns., Mr. Pim and Sir
J. (fray on the recent judgment of Lord .1 metes Christian.
Pres:llan g that the learned Judge declined to be bound by
the newspaper reports, he said the Gorerninent felt no
upeuineris because the views attributed to the Lord Justice
were at variant'e from those of the Lord Chancellor, the
Judges of the Landed Estates Court, and all other legal
anthoritios. But, under any circumstances, •hether
legiola-
lion were necessary or not, the GJvernment would not allow
the plain tutent!on of Parliament lob, defeated.

Mr. Clhelntone also ;aided that the Ballot Bill will be taken
Instantly after the Committee on the Purchase Abolition 818
Is finished, an announcement received with loud cherne from
below the gangway; but until this consummithm is attained
he declined to mike arrangementa for any other bills.
The Purchase 818 occupied the rest of the sitting, but
before going Into Committee ,in answer to Lord lianas) hi,
Cardwell staled that Clams. 6 c 11, 12, It and 14, 20 to 24
inclusive and 23 to 34 :except 32„ which relate principally to
thort services, increase of the Militia, .1 powers to local
bodies to build barracks, would he omitted.

The ( h amenor of the Exchequer etated no (+etiolate of the
COBt of :atlrement and promotion had been prepared either
In the Tresaury or the War °Mae.

llama 4 was agreed to with JOllle unimfortant 'amend.
mints, but t lause 5, which enacts that the expenditure
under the bill ahall be defrayed out of moneys to be voted
by rarliameut gave rise to • long and animated convertation,
but it was eventually agreed to.

The next clause ot-';, Which relates to Enlistments, wu the
ant of those which are to be omitted, hut very considerable
objection was shown to parting with 11, and alter a long dl..
contort, • motion to report progress was iefeated by 143 to
140 ; bat ultimately the sitting was brought to an end before
anything was done with the clause.
The evening sitting commonest with a short discussion on
the education of naval cadet., started by Mr. brainy, who
called attention to the report of • committee on the educe-
Mon of naval otti NM, and moved • resolution In favour of
its adoption. lie sugguted that the age for entering cadets
should be from r 3 to 16; that the education should not be
exclusively mathematical ; that they should have more prac-
tical education In Training !trigs: and that the Naval College
at Portsmouth should be developed into • great naval Uni-
versity, open also to the mercantile marine but ultimately
the resolution was withdrawn.

Mr. Fawcett called attention to a petition from loins In
regard to the financial and general administration of that
country, and moved • resolution calling for an inquiry by
Commhisien or otherwise by which evidence can be
obtained from native and It oropean Inhabitant. of
India. Ile old not intend to cart a slur on the Committee of
the Houle now sitting, which he expected would make
some valuable and startling revelations; but bin every-
day experience showed that It could not accomplish all that
was neLded. The object on which he laid chief stress was to
create • mutual good understanding between ourselves and
the natives, for no material improvements we might elt.ct In
India would content them for being deprived of all share In
the administration of their own country.

The resolution led lo a long discussion in which several
hon. members took part, anclat a quarter to one o'clock, two
only out of 16 motion, and eight bl la on the paper having
been dispooed of, Air Greene moved the adjoumnirnt of the
House, pAnting out that members had ban sitting Once
two yesterday, and were to meet again at twelve to-day. This
was opposed by Mr. Taylor and Mr. Trevelon, who hod
motions standing next on the paper; and on • division it
was negatived by 101 to
Mr. Taylor then asked for leave to introduce a bill to repeal
the Act of hark. 11. for lie observance of r• today, and when
he had finished his statement Lord G. Hamilton moved the
adjournment of the debate, which, though Mr. Walston°
Urged the House So give • first reading to the hllt, wes carried
by 77 to 61.

Al • quotey before twv Mr. Newdegate moved that the
House 5,..j ,urn, but this was rejected by 67 to 5, and Mr.
Trevelyau, having formally moved an Ad dresi to the Crown,
praying her Majesty to disallow the recent statute imposing
membership of the Church of England es • qualification kr
the governing body of Harrow School, consented to postpone
the debate until next 'I aesday.
le other businees was disposed of, and the Monte ad-
journed at two o'clock.

In the House of Commons, June 14, 81r .C. Lubbock moved
the second reading of the Endowed Schools Act (1h69)
Amendment 1.1111, the main obj,ct of which was, he ex-
plained, to repeal some of the religious restrictions con-
tained in the Endowed 8:hools Act, 1t69 That act wee
passed to place endowed sthools upon a more satisfactory
footing and to Improve the management of such endowments,
but there were many clausal In it which were objection-
able. The bill proposed to repeal the clauses of the
Act which limited ha operation to schools founded
above arty years, and the 14th clause. which excluded all
Cathedral, Q taker, and NI orasian schools, and schools at
tached to the universitiec there was no apparent reason
why Q taker and tdoravlan schools ought to be excluded from
the operation of the Act if the principle was good for other
religious denominations. The 11th clause provided that
religious belief should cot be a bar to any one becoming
• gmernor of any endowment, hot the operation of the
clause was restricted by Clause It, which enacted that in
cathedral school, and denominational endowments the scho-
lars should be required, when in accordance with the rennin-
II ins of the founders, to be instructed according to the doc-
trines and formulerlee of any section or denomination. The
chief object of the bill wits repaal this clause. fie main-
tained that It was not right for the dead to be allowed to
legislate for the Using, and that • different principle should
not be applied In the case of these charities than wax adopted
In the ordinary ellot,. of life.
Mr. T. Hughes seconded the motion.

Mr. Pease moved as an amendment that the bill be rend
sic ml time that day six months The bill, he thought, if
It became law, would work exceedingly badly, and would
violate the intentions of those who endowed schools for
denominstlonal purposes In order to carry out a mere crochet:
It would largely extend the immoral system of secret trusts
for denominational purposes.

After expressions of opinton from several hon. member.,
Mr. W. E. Forster sold that he thought the result of the
bill would be that all endowments founded by members cf
the Church of Eng!wad and other denominations for the
histructlon of members of such denominations would be
taken away and given to the public. Was it fair that that
should be done; and was It prudent thAt before the tem-
porary commission had rot fairly to work there should be
farther alterations made 't He hoped that the bill would be
withdrawn.
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Mr. Vernon Harcourt taunted the ~lvemrnent with being
in union with the Conservatives to defeat this bill, in opposi-
tion to the wishes of the Liberal party.
Mr. G Hardy waists lon to understand why the Govern-
ment, whenever they happened to differ from hon, gen-
tlemen below the gangway, shou'd be charged with having
sold themselves to the Con .erutive party. Where the nation
was the trustee of endowments, it was He duty to see that
they were properly administered, but It was unfair and
unjust that where large schools had been founded for • par-
ticular class the endowments should be diverted without the
full sanction of the governing body. With regard to the fifty
years' clause, it was not desirable to have a perpetual cons-
minion roving through the country seeking what It might
devour.
Alters few words from Mr. Rathbone,

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Mir John Lubbock replied, and the House divided—Yoe
the second reading, 61; against, 222, majority against, Vt.
The bill was therefore rejected.
Mr. Lush moved the second reading of the Medical At
Amendment Bill, the main principles of which, he ca-
ptained, were to abolish the exiating council and to substi-
tute • council of twelve members only, of whom four should
be nominated by the examining bodies, four by the Govern-
ment, and four by the whole body of the profeasion, and to
provide that before medical men shall be entitled to practice
they mutt pus one examination which shall be the only
portal by which admission to the profession should to eb.
lathed.
Mr. Wren Hoskins seconded the motion.
Mr J asset demurred to the proposal to vest the appoint-
ment of examiners in the Medical Council, and urged that
the supervision of all eraminationa thould be entrusted to an
Independent body.
Dr. Brewer supported the bill, and
Dr. Lyon Playletr urged that the subject wee no important
that it could only be satisfactorily dealt with by the Govern-
ment.
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Mr. W. C. Forster declined 0 pledge the Government to
Introduce a bill on the subject next year, although they had
a great desire to do so.
After some further discussion, the bill was withdrawn
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned.