The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-03-31 00:00:00

proretbinga of parliament.

HOUSE OF LoRDS.

MONDAT.—Tbree Immures for reforming the Tee'
of B iiikruptcy were launched by the licod Chancellor.
The main pron isions apse er to be the estsblishoont of
• systxm ol dealirg like that in operation throughout
Sootiand ; a partial abolition of arreat fot debt,
inasmuch as no man can be arrest° I wiihout ex-
amination, before a oomostent court, into his affairs,
so as to show, if possible, that it would be no use to
inearerraiii him with a •,trar of getting islets out of
him; giving more extensive jurisdiction in bankruptcy
to county courts, and restricting the power of thoise
tribunals in ordering imprisorriient ; giviag to creditors
• limited power over the future earnings of a bankrupt:
while the present Court of Bankraptey, by • gradual
process, is to be reconstructed. so that it shall form •
eourt of appeal from the county courts—a final appeal,
as now, to the Court of Chancery remaining.
TOVIDAT.—The Duke of Marlborough introduoed the
Government bill for promoting public elementary
education. The bill proposes the appointment of a
Secretary of Stele, who to to have tbe whole canes of
educational matters under ltile disctetion and control,
sad is not only to administer the grants now adminis-
tered by the Privy Council, but to Inquire into all
matters connected with education, and to propose to
Parliament any scheme that may be necessary to pro-
mote it. Government declines resorting to compulsory
rating, or sanctioning assistance by boast rates. The
Ibill proposes to give payment for results on a seeolar
principle, so that when a school offers itself and shows
that it has complied with the requisite conditions it will
not be denied the benefit of the Government grant. It
also proposes, without abandoning the system ef certi•
finales, to allow schools containing less than a scholars
to receive is portion of the annual grant without tbit
employment of a oertiectted teacker. It further pro-
i poses to make an addition to the building grants, to
i amend the conscience clause, and to empower the
Secretary of Stale for Education to take an educational
eensus, so that Parliament may possess full information
on the subject. After a few words from Earl Granville,
Karl Rama, and other noble lords, the bill was read a
Arst time.
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THURSDAY. —The Compulsory Chureh Rates Abolition
Bill, which Mr. Gladstone has issued through the
Commons, vas presented by Earl Granville. read • first
time, and the aecond reading fixed for Thursday next !
A somewhat ardent discussion took place on the subject
of the assumption of Esclesiaatical Titled in England by
Roman Catholic prelates, arising out of * motion for •
committee of inquiry made by Fail Stanhope, who ,
avowed his object to be to get rid of the disabilities of
the Catholic, in Ulla regard. The "dead -letter" Eccle-
siastical Titles act wee warmlv defended by Lori I
Redradale, and almost furiously by the Duke of '
Somerset, and Lord Cairn., apparently speaking finally
, for the Government, having accepted the motion, wag
about to put the question, when the Earl of Ma'am',
! bury rose seemingly to vindicate his right of nominal
leadership, and repeated in platitudes what Lord Cairns
had already said wisely.
FIVIDAT.—The Peers had something of • sitting. The
occasion was • half motion half inquiry by Earl Russell,
*hich gave him opportunity to review the la vr of
I neutrality as it has been developed in the Alabama
que•tion. The Government was ierresented by the
I Lord Chancellor, who not only—as may have been ex•
pected—expoundcl the legal part of the subject, but
went ful, into the question of policy while the Earl of
Malmesbary confine 4 his function of leadership to
! steadily cheering the noble and learned lord. It was
ascertained that the commission on the matrality laws
had arrived at • unanimous report, which would be pre-
sented in a few days.

SATOFIDAT.— The Consolidated Fond (C 362,393 194 91)
Bill tees mid a ihnd time and pas.ed.

110U...E OF COMMONS.
bfanDlT.—Mr. Oladsthne rose amid conaidereble
cheering from the eecond beneh below the gangway and
upwards. The aubstance of bin motion, which is eon-
tined in three resolution., to he propose,' in committee
of the whole Hou-e, on the Acta Mating to Um frith
Church, is, tint in the opinion of the Howse it it
expedient that the Irish Church shell cease to exist as
an Eatablishment. Here be w.• interrupted by more
cheering. The rentsinder of this reeolotlon we. alai
du • regard is to be had to existing personal intersets and
the rights of personal property. The second resolution
warn t' the elfeet that, in order to prevent the erection
of new personal interests in the Church, the exercise of
patrofirce ehoold be restrainsd, and the Ecclesiestical
C imission directed to emifine its operation to the
merest neceuroy acts of administration. pending the
mime of Parlament ; while the third asked that an
address be presented to her Majesty praying her t
place at the &moose! of Parliament hit. interest in the
t-mnoralities of the arebbi•hop., bishops, ecelesinet•eal
dignities,and benefices in I r•danil. Again •ppletae grew • I
the conclusion of the formal pert of his statement. lie
then, in • buainess•like way, naked the First Lord of
the Treasury to assiit hint in obtaining • day to bring
on his to inon. Mr. Disraeli inatently roe-, receiving a
little ovation from his friends, and fixed that day week
for taking the debate on the resolutions. Mr. Gladstone
accepted the proposed arrangement. The House shortly
afterwards went into Committee of Supply, and votes
were takso for the men and sown money for their
maintenance. - -

Toe•DAY.—The programme of the evening consisted
of amateur user at tentative legislation by private
membo% ; and Mr. Marsh threw off with a review of
that part of our taxation which comes under the head
of borne., all of which, he contended, were in °infrac-
tion of trade'and commerce, and ought to be abolished,
and substitutes found for them. He received • civil
reply from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, admitting
anomalies, and promising conederation, but giving no
hope of abolition just at present. Occasion was
naturally taking by Mr. Bans to proclaim the special
grievance of brewers in this regard, whale Mr. Gladstone,
admitting the necessity of revision of taxation by license,
confessed that the system had foiled him in a slight
attempt to attack it; and he treated it as idle at this
time to talk of remission of imposts. Of source Mr.
Marsh succumbed gracefully; and then Mr. Samuelson,
in • oognoscent speech, moved for a committee of in-
quiry into the subject of making provision for giving in-
strOction in theoretical and applied science to the
industral clews, and was supported earnestly by Mr.
Dixon. Combat!ng some rather mournful talk of Mr.
Baines about the diminished progress of English manu-
facture, Mr. Bosley argued end illustrated in a contrary
sense, showing that the English workmen really held
their own at the Paris Exhibition; and he was lot
()Onion that invention and improvement were rather
the result of the intuition of genius than of mere techni-
cal instruction ; and rather pooh.poolied resort to a
committee of inquiry. Both be and Mr. Edmund
Potter thought it better to trust to improvement in the
general education of the people. In • speech which
seemed intended to rival in length that of his chief in
the other House, Lord Robert Montagu argued decidedly
against any system of technical instruction by the State;
but he did not oppose the committee. A racy defence
and eulogium upon the English working man was made
by Mr. Henley. He said that of all the strampi things
which had happened of late there was nothing more
strange than the sudden discovery which some perilous
made of the extreme ignorance of the working people of
this country, and especially the artisans. When he son.
sidered the enormous wealth whith during the last
twenty years had been created by those artisans, to
whom such hard names had of late been applied, he
could not help saying that in his judgment these people
did not obtain their fair share of that enormous wealth.
They bad of late beard a great deal of the superiority of
Continental workmen, but it always canoe out in the
shape of • piste:riot that they worked for longer hours
and for lower wages than English artisans. He agreed
with the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Brow) that the
thing most to be desired was • good system of elementary
education, which would enable those that had brains to
ta'se themselves, so to speak, out of the crowd. After
all that he had heard of the superiority of Continental
workmen he felt convinced that, putting them side by
side, the English workmen would be found to excel
them—(bear, hear). Eventually the Committee was
granted. With • word Mr. Claiborne Hardy brought
on the Boundary BilL When Mr. Glachitona's Clthech•
rates Bill, for which a large number of members had
been waiting, came on for its third reading, Mr. Henley
tried to get it postponed ODOO more; aid the opinion of
a great majority against this basing been unusisteks-
ably evinced, Mr. Newdegate adopted • policy of ob.
struction by moving the adjournment a the Honw.
This being negatived, Mr. Schreiber moved tbe adjourn-
ment of the debate. This was rejected by 131 to 28.
Nevertheleas, Mr. Newdegate made a speech on the
question of the third reading, which was (tarried at
length amidst loud cheering, and the ball passed to
another region.
WIWNISDAT.—Tbe BMW), after &division, went into
committee on the Industrial Schools (Ireland) Bill, and
several clauses were agreed to. The Mutiny was
remd • woond time-
THCIIIIIDAT.—Aroongst the notices 111111 one by MIN
Pswcett of a resolution declaring that, in order to the
attainment of educational equality in Ireland, all
religions disabilities in Trinity College, Dublin, ghoul
be removed, and 'tape taken to make it a national in.
'Welton. When the House got into committee, hp."
votes in the Army estimates went on at a gallop for some
time, until that for the Volunteer' was reached. non
Colonel Barttelot interposed, and set up the cry Of the
Volunteers, in whi,h they "ask for more, and talked
abont toe appointment of a Royal Commission to look
Into the condition of the force. There was more con-
secution from this point of view; mid anon Sir John
Pakington stated that he could not venture to propose
to the House such • gigantic addition to the Army
Estimates as £153,000, which would he required to in.
crease the capitation grant to Volunteers as asked, par-
ticularly as it was the fact that the force had ince-owed
in numbers, and still more relatively in effl,ienoy.
This vote being agreed to, the committee proceeded
to discuss others in a more desultory manner.
Good progress was made by half.past nips, when
there was a change to the Election Petitions and
Corrupt Practises Bill, which stood for committee.
Prete:l4ore to this. Mr. Alexander Mitchell made
motion which was intended to operate as the rejection
of the proposal to give a tribunal extra the Hoene the
&Seim of election petitions; and he node • very

energetic speech about the &Went rights and pri vibe
of the House. He proposed ti at two members of tb•
Hons., scoompanied by legal saameors, should try
el cti. n petitions on the spot. A rather nut meted
dkeitioion ensued, and the amendment was is the event
negetived. ma House vas It into eventuate., bat
only formally, though it was elicited from Mr. Disraeli
that he proj-eted anslogous bill. for Prootland and
Ireland. The Mutiny Bid came Lext ; and Mr. Darby
Griffith ',tin for his renal con titntional erased* against
the hurrying of the measure through the House,
evidently greetly to the annoyaece of hon menhirs,
who were expecting a much more interesting discussion
arisbg out of the BilL The wove easy perils!). he
imasined when eoloriel Stead Knox, di • p,t, roue to
ordor, ant protested against the bun. gentleman talking
sonar...; an adenine which wee confirmed by
a request of the Speaker to Mr. GriSth to
addree• himself to the question, and retilled by
the hooting and jeers of the House. On
the elan.. which enact, the infirtion of corpora-
punishment on soldirirs, Mr. Otway rose to mirkeanothee
effort to obtain the suppression of this alleged node of
maint rifling discipline in the army, in time of posse.
He was much chriered when he began by the Opporits 'n,
while tho breaking oat of ironical noises from the
Ministerial side, after his first sentence, susgeeted
organisation acabit him. He set about. In his usual
vigorone uncompromising manner, not to iterate the
argumeete which he used lest year, but to gleam repidiy
at and to illustrate them afresh. A toot of gentlemen
on the second bench below the gangosy wove very
urgent for hi.. "to anomie ;" but, though apparently not
much influenced by their interruption., he made he
speech short- judiciously, under the circemstences. It
was hie dutv, he said, lad year to show to the ii use
. that curnoral punishment had entirely failed as a
remedial measure-(ho.r, hear)—that thoee soldiers who
had been subjected to its degrading effects had generally,
when returned to the ranks, become worse character*
than they hed previously been—(hear, hear). He had
also shown that in every foreign army in which it had
preenaed it had been abo'iabeil, with one exception. He
believed that in Rand& corporal puniebm. at is still in.
fiicted, but even there they are in advancer of us, for
whereas we confine it to soldiers, they administer it not
only to soldiers, but also to the officers, and even to tb•
noblemen of the country—Beear, hear, and laughter).
And who, he worthl ask, are the men on whom we pro-
pose to inflict so degrading • punlehment I—(hear, boar).
In all times the British soldier haa upheld the nation.)
honour. From Creety and Agineourt to Waterloo end
Lucknow he has been the same man —(mer, bear, and
"Ob. oh.") On all osonniono in mohiab be has been en-
gaged he has been • model for vetoer and diesipliee ;
and this is the man whom we propene by our legiala-
lion to trod as a eowardly garotter or a convict felon—
(doors). This Parliament has done great things. It has
admitted the fathers and brothers of these mem within.
the pale of the Constitution. Let it do one thing mots
before it seperatee. Let it endeavour to elevate rather
than delve& the soldier • let it endeavour to maim him
feel that he le an armed citizen of • free country—
(cheers). The response of Sir John Pakington was •
reference to what he celled the "great conoresion"
which he had made on the point last year, and by which
corporal punishment had been reduced to • .ere great
extent, and a reminder that • Royal Commission was
about to examine into the whole subject of the diacepline
ef the army. For a little while the dissuasion wee
almost hot, the speeches being short but sharp. The
division resulted in Mr. Otway's proposal hoiag carried
by 152 to 127, his supporters being of course jubilant.
Again Mr. I,tway was easily successful, in getting words
stating that we keep up our army for the "maintenance
of the balance of power in Europe" struck out of the
preamble. The other orders were disposed of as rapidly
as possible.

•
FAlDAT.—Judging from the number of gentlemen
present and their somewhat listless attitudes, it mast
have been somewhat of a surprise when Lord Stanley
name forward and gave not., of a very remarkable,
amendment to Mr. Gladstone's motion on the Irish.
Church. He stated that on the motioa that Gin
Speaker do leave the chair, on going into committee on.
the Irish Church, he should move, "That the House,
while admitting that considerable modifications might,.
after inquiry, be made in the temporalities of the,
United Church in Ireland, was of opinion that it is en-
. pedient, pending an inquiry, that any proposition lead-
ing to the disestablishment and disendowment of that.
Church ought to be reserved for the consideration
of a new Parliament" As it seemed involuntarily lb
cheer, which sounded like one of relief. came from a
particular portion of the benches below the gangway
on the Opposition side; but the applause which
broke out from the Ministerialiets was not only loud
end spontaneous, but even triumphant At once Mr.
Gladstone asked if tic amendment was to be morel
before or after going into committee, and Lord Sronlry
replied distinctly that it would be brought forward on
' the question that the Speaker do leave the glair. One
of the palpable effects on the House of this proceeding
was that little •ttention appeared to be paid to the
, questions sod answers which followed. On going into
committee of supply, Mr. Candlish strenuously
adveiceteil the abolition e compulsory pilotage, and
wane in for free trade in pilots. Both Mr. Cave snit
' the Solicitor.Genend, who spoke for the Government,
were in favour of free pilot competition in the alatract,
but argued that there were certain eases which rendered
I the iirement system necessary for the safety of
I shinning. The matter was so exhaustively discussed
' that Mr. Candlish was satisfied, and withdrew his
motion.