The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-06-30 00:00:00

proccnings of Vat!lament.

HOUSE OF LONA

MONDAT.—Tbe House had a short sitting, but the
proceediegs Wel. destitute of interest.
Tulin:mt.—The Scotch Reform 11,11 wm read • second
time without discussion. The only other incident is
t upper chamber was the presentai ion by Lord Lyttel-
'era ets petition signed by between 200 and 300 benefioed
cirri/putt% in favour of the Sospensory Bill. The
netieu of three gentlemen appeared to excite the ea-
le:whment and horror of Lord Redesdale, and the noble
lord protested id goof set terms against the robbery—
she mac-lilacs, n he mooed to regard it—to which tbry
were prepared to give their sanct ca.

Tecersoae.—The appearance of the Howie At the I
thee of meeting was sufficient indication of the interest
of the debate which was about to commence, and the
timpottanee of the isms shout to be decided. The
asnstly half-empty benches, both on one side and Gm
o'her, were well filled. Twenty biahops in their while
rubes eocupied the better part Si the sesta allotted to
the prelates of the thumb. The space below the
throre waa crowded by members of the House of
Commons and diatinguished strangers; the bar was
almost ogee ly thronged ; and the peeresses' gallery was
lurre than half filled with ladies in elegant summer
~oilettee. Soon after the time appointed for the COISI•
menoeutent of puha. !miners, Earl Granville rose to
move the second reeling of the Suspensory Bill. Tbe
noble earl addressed their lordships for more than an
hour and a half, and spoke with • rem clearness,
energy, and ability. His vindication of the union
--taken upon this question by Mr. Gladstone and
the party of which he is the leader was At
onto ditnified and spirited ; and his argument
in support of the measure tweeted nearly all
the groand that will have to be traversed acid mire.
err ml before the dismission is closed. The beaches
lost few of their occupants during the address of the
noble lord, and it was not until Earl Grey had been
speaking for some time that third was any great exodus
from the house. In mooing the rejection of the mea-
sure Lord Grey severely criticised the conduct of the
oppesition and their loaders in regard to this question,
and ac-owed himself as the advocate of general endow. '
wont; not as far as could be gathered from any
pertielity fr such anthems in the abstract, bet bemuse
under the cireunistanoes of the time be regard it as •
necessary measure of pac.fication.—Lord lialmesbury
made • free u.e of all the common argumente against
the bill ; and did not fail to appal to the fears of his
hearers byllmaintaiuing that the disestoblishment of the
Irrole cherch ineot inevitably be followed by the separa-
tion of the eonnezion which at present exist, between
the Church of England end the State.—Lord Claret-
don pointed out in clear and forcible language the
Mitten)e which was dooe to Ireland by the main.
...lance of the established church in that country
in it. mount position ; showed how, either as a
missionary clioreh or in other respects, it hod failed to
attain the objects which it was intended to serve; and
empliatX My urged their lordships not to 'operate them.
selves from their fOlowoountr, men upon this queetion,
but to adept • line of conduct which weuld harmonise
with the new state 01 thing. which had been introduced
by the passing of the Reform B•II. The Earl of Derby j
I iid gre it etrr is upon the prescriptive right of ,the Irish
Church- to the property which bar, as he contended. I
been devoted by Protestants to Protestant object.! he
dwelt at some length upon the opinions expressed it
different tin... by members of liberal administrations
upon this question, and advised their lordship., for the
sake alike of Ireland and England, to reject this bill.
The argument of Lord Kimberley woe founded upon the
absolute necessity of establiohing religious equality in
Ireland ant of the too modes of attaining this object
the noble earl expressed • decided preference for dis-
establishment, as opposed to g 1 endowment. The
debate was closed for the evening by the Bishop of
London, who denied that the dimetablishment of the
Irish church was demanded by' the Roman Cetbolies,
Grine sed the provision" of the bill, and reeominended
their tordshipe to Sak, no mites no this m•lter mad they
bad 'the whole where, before them. Boon afterwards I
their lordship. adjourned.
TRlDAT.—Although the benches of the House were '
not no well filled as five o'clock in the afternoon as they j
were on the previous day, there were many indications ; I
that the dehtte upon the Suspensory Bill has lost none ' I
of its interest or attraction. The space in front of the I
throne, an-1 the strangers gallery, were neatly as much •
*weeded neon Thee-ably ;and the attendance of ladies I I
was larger rather than smaller than it was at the open. I I
ing if the diecussion. And those who were early upon •
the scene were well repaid for their jrnmptitude. The I •
speech with which the F.arl of Carnarvon recommenced I
the debate was one of the mast remarkable that is •
likely to he delivered in its oeuse. Although the ;
noble earl found .011116 fault with the conduct of the
opposition in rais'ng the location of the Irish Chorelt at
the present moment, the main Wets of his speech was •
directed against the attitude of the Government and
*vines the present condition of the Irish branch
of the established church. He drew the broadest
distinction between the petition of the Irish and ,
that of the English church; end referring, hell
Indignantly half contemptuously, to the at.
tempt that had been made to raise •
cry that the church is in danger he prooonnord the
attempt of the Government to bind up the fete of the
Irish church with that of the English establishment to
be not only reckless and wanton, but even criminal.
He did not disguise his opinion that the position of the
church in Ireland could/ not be justified; and romp
siting the necessity not only for it. disestablishment,
but *looter its disendowment, all he asked was that it
should be treated with generosity. Such treatment, It.
declared, it was more likely to receive from its avowed
adversaries than from its false friends, and for this
meson be announced him intention not to oppose the
second reading of the bill.—Lord Reilesdale, who
followed the noble earl, confined himself chiefly toe con.
sideratnet of the ',Leant and effect of the terms of her
Majesty's coronation oath; and in language, the good
taste of which was at lout questionable, urged upon
the consiaeration of their lordships the awful male.
queues" which the Queen would have to face upon
the day el judgment should she violate- any of
Its ohligatima—The speech of the Doke of Marl-
borough was rather lengthy than interesting, and
Involved a large amount of quotation from the writings
or speeches of members of the opposition, in ceder to
show that the course they were now pursuing was Mrs.
enneiliable with that which they had roman:Deeded in
previous years—Lord Defferin, speakinx as • strong
protestant, gays Ma rapport to this bill, because be
believed that the present position of the Irish Church
woe prejudicial to the progress and proslo r• ty of Ireland,
and dangerous to the beet interests of the empire; and
because the only mesas by which true ',Bemis equality
meld be obtained in Ireland was the disestablishment
of that ehurch.—The srgotoenta of the Archbishop of
York were addressed in great part to Mewing tbe mis-
chiefs which would arise from the suspension of mete-
nastiest eppointmente ender this bill; and Lord
Itonully, while expressing • strong opinion that
the dimetablishment of the Church in Ireland
was essential to the foundation of entirely Mummies"
relations between that °emery and England, ap-
plied himself mainly to proving that Parliament
might deal with appciatinerie la the Irish Church with-
out injustice to Ithe Tiede of possible sumemore of
present incumbents. The most general and elaborate
di fence of the Irish Church that had yet been offered
to their lordship. promeded from the mouth of the
Archbishop of Armagh. The right rev. prelate dwelt
at length upon the history, the services, and the
saerilloes of that church ; ha met the reproach that it
mu the church of only one-eighth of the people of
Inland by the easertion that it only enjoyed only one.
eight of the property which Henry 11. tusraati.d to it
at the council of Cashel; and warnej their lordships
that what they were asked to do was to substitute one
establishment for another, and that if they get rid of a
state church which acknowledged the supremacy of the
geese, they would he setting up another which recognised
Iltlittemmy of the Pope. The speeches of the
lad of Cm* and the Duke of Somerset, who saPPorkod,
and of the Duke of Rutland, who o the bill,
were delivered to ciomperatively emptyPrZlites • but as
moos aa it was known that the Marquis of Salisbury wax
spealting, the Ileum filed again and before the noble
geed bad made lamb pregreas the'sradienoe was " large
as at any period of the evening. Lord fia .h
spoke with all his House of Commons vigour, add ey4.l
himaelf rather to the attack of Me measure than to the
defence of dm Irish Church. He shrunk from rain'
the cry of "No eurreuder," because the experience' of
the het few years had taught hint that the str ges
fortresses meat fall if the garrison we.unfsithfulo .•
butt
referring to some of the observations el ,
the Earl of
Clarendon, be protested against the idea that the Ho
of Lords was to be the slave, the echo, or et. tool ~y
the HCAlle of Comma's. Lord Lyttelton "poke in
favour, and the Earl of Harrowby againet the hill, and
the dissuasion ens elmed for the night by the &Men of
kilLeloe.