The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-05-16 00:00:00

mlnistrator to have an effective oontrol over all of patent to e.xerelse the franchise as the registered house
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them. Therefore, the first part of his proposal would holden In town. If that bill w ere passed he believed that
be to conatitute Lagos and the Gold roast one single the majority of those upon whom the hunch's, would be
colony, very much on the principle of the Straits Settle. I **towed would not be of the labouring class. The per,ains
merits, and there would be an Executive and Legislative thus brought ithin the electoral law would be of a very
Council emnposed of a very small number of persons, various character, and that in fact the agricultural labourers
Great power would be even to the Governor, and ill would form but a mon ty of those that would be enfranchised.
return great reapona hility would be exacted from He was glad to hear the floricultural labourers epoken of with
hint He hoped to effect a reduction of the official such respect, recollecting that but a comparatively short time
staff, and he would, at the same time, inermine the ago hon. members opposite referred to them in a very
saltines or the officers employed, who were at present under, different tone. (Hear, hear.) The movement now being made
paid, anti also augment the amount of their ret ring peu- by the agricultural labourers he looked upon with no dim-
non& An important point to decide eat where the seat if trust, ford certainly with no fear. He hoped that that wove.
government should he placed, and as the climate at the Clidd merit would mid in some change for the improvement of
Coast was inure pestileetial than any other part of our pos. their condition But it did not at all follow that Ins mo-
eessiona in that quarter of the globe, It was necessary that I meat of supposed excitement this House should immediately, .
the Government should be removed elsewhere, but he was J and without further consideration proceed to invest this
hardly prepped at the present moment to say whether Its clams of pei sum with the elm:tont:l franchise. Ile VieWeti
seat should be at Accra or lamina. At a distance of thirty the position of the agricultural labourers as one of pr ogres.
miles from Accra the country in the 111116 wan very healthy, sive improvement. aud as far as Ile could ascertain their
and he proposed to establiep a station there, connected by a actions or °plutons, they never charged their grievances
road with Accra, and at that natl. the English Governor ether to the want of the franchise or to any oppression on
and his officere might reside during a portiere of the the part of their employer. (cheers.) It appeared to him
year, should Accra be selected ax the seat of Govern- that the proposal now made muld scarcely be acceded to
ment. It was also pre..ed to make roads along which without entering upon the question of revising the redlstri-
lawful traders might pan, and to have those roads protected button of political power, and he was fortified in that opinion
at certain stations by armed pollee The military force by the declarations of several boo and right hon. gentlemen
would be composed of natives belonging to different tribes, oppolte, who expressed themselves to the same effect. The
with a cerium n proportion of English officers attached to it. right hon. gentleman then proceeded to quote a number of
Ile proposed that the impertation of anus should he placed I statistics for the purpose of showing that, according to
under some control, anti that certain changes should be the views of those hon. members on the redistribution of
made In regard nt the administration of justice. In refer- i political lute Cr. 147 boroughs ,rut trf a total of WS in England
mice to the existing system of domestic slavery, bird anti Wales would lose their right of special representation
Curnarvon observed that though it wan a difficult KM) net to la in Scotland and 27 in Ireland. (Hear, hear), In his opinion
deal with, he should be glad to pave the was to its ultimate it wars an unwise th ug for a State like ours to be always specu-
extinction, and as far as territorial jurisdiction was con- 'sting upon ann organtn, change. He did not think that
versed he said that the Government, while inclined to parliament should unnecessanly disturb the political at-
maintain the I".otectorate, thought it undesirable to enlarge I mosphere of the country at it time when he vonscien-
the actual extent of the territorial power. tiously believed that those very agricultural labourers
whom this bill purported exclusively to serve were
Lord Grey approved the proposal to connect with the Pro-
te•itorate a power of control, and also the provision that a U Ind seeking for any political change, but solely for the eleya.
native force was 101 w kept up, one orwhow duties would be lion of their own social ...tin. (Hear, hear). With
to keep the roads in proper order. With regard to fir..., those of,
lie hoped the House would give a decided
he trusted the Government would not engage in any fruitless negative to the motion of the Iron, gentleman opposite.
attempt to proscribe their importation. (Ulcers).
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_ oltrirt.iTrevelyan having briefly replied, the House
riy divided i--
Lon l Kimberley at th inst eutdd not e present mome F second reading, 173 against, 287—majot aga
to express an opmion on the whole plan of the Government, nt attempt
the bill, 114.
but the leaning of his niind was hi favour of retaining orw
possessions on the Gold Coast, and he thought the Govern- TIIE wORKIKG MEN'S DWELLING BILL.
need anon wisely in preposug to organise a matte force. Ile The working Men's Dwellings Bill was read a second time.
• conentred in Lord Grey 'a ObSerVatioll with recant to the hu- and the House adjourned.
putiation of firearm& believing that any attempt to prevent
it would only lead to 1111 illicit trade.

THE PrBLIC WORSHIP REGULATION BILL.
The Public Worship Regulation Bill went into Committee
pro forbid, and certain amendments having been agreed to,
the bill as amended was ordercd to be printed.
The other business being disposed of, their lordships ad-
journed till Friday, it not being usual for the House of
Lords to sit on Holy Thursday.