The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1859-07-19 00:00:00

Intpnial farlianunt.

HOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAY

Lord RIPON in reply to questions from Lords Vivian
Clarincarde, and Malmmbury, said it was not the
intention of Her Majesty's Government to pay instruc-
tors for the volunteer rifle corps, it was simply intended
to supply theui with trained instructors, who would be
paid and boarded by the rifle corps themselves. Neither
wu it designed to issue pay and uniforms to the corps
of volunteer artillery, but only to supply them with
guns, ammunition and instruction. He also stated that
Her Majesty's Government had made preparations for
the instruction of 25 adjutants and 100 sergeants at the
school of musketry at Hythe, who, when sufficiently
trained, would be employed to instruct their comrades
in the use of the Enfield rifle, which would then be issued
to the embodied militia. . .

Lord GRANVILLE, in answer to a question from Lord
Cork, said the Government did not intend to introduce
a Bill this session for the better management of the
funds of endowed schools in Ireland. The subject, bow•
ever, was at the present moment under the consideration
of the Government. . _

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The House adjourned at a quarter peat 6 o'clock.
TUESDAY.

_ .
Lord WODEHOUSE communicated to the Howe •
telegram, just received from the British Ambassador at
Paris, which had been sent from the Emperor of the
French to the Empress, was dated July 11, Valltggio,
and was to the following effect :—" Peace is signed
between the Emperor of Austria and me. The bases of
peace are—ltalian Confederation under the honorary
presidency of the Pope; the Emperor of Austria oedes
his rights to Lombardy to me, &Rid I transfer it to the
King of Sardinia; the Emperor of Austria preserves
Venetia„ which is an integral part of the Italian Con-
federation." . . . . . . .

Lord LYNDHURST, in moving for the appointment of a
Select Committee to inquire into the mode of taking
evidence in the Courts of Chancery and its effects, and
to report thereon, pointed out the different modes of
procedure in the courts of common law and equity, and
complained of the complicated method of taking evi-
dence in the latter courts. He explained that evidence
was taken by one set of persons and decided on by
another, and that counsel had the means of tampering
with evidence, or as it was technically called, "cooking
an affidavit." Ho insisted on the necessity of taking
steps to remedy the defects of a system which he cha-
racterized as almost useless, very expensive, and very
dilatory.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, thinking that the present
spitem was susceptible of great improvement, agreed to
the motion.

The motion was speed to.
Their Lordships adjourned at a quarter past seven
o'clock.
THURSDAY.

The LORD CH APICZL-1.0-- in—in-u-iarig the second reading
of the Attorneys' and tiolicitors' Bill, explained that
the object of the measure was to abridge the tones of
the articles by one year of those young men who had
passed an examination to the aatidaction of the exami-
Mita.

The Bill was read • second time.
The Duke of NEWCASTLE, in answer to a question
from Lord Carnarvon, explained the steps which the
Government proposed to take during the present session
in reference to the North-American territories over
which the Hudson's Bay Company have held an
exclusive licence of trade with the Indians. The
measures which were contemplated by the Government
at the present moment weie the introduction of • Bill
for the appointment of magistrates, and to lay down
rules for the regulation of trade with the Indians. It
was not, however, the intention of the Government
to extend the charter of the Hudson's Bay Company,
nor was it proposed by the Colonial-office to assist
emigrants. He agreed with Lord Carnarvon that it was
highly necessary to establish communications between
Canada on the one side and Vancouver's Island on the
other; at the MAO time, although he recognised the
value of railways, it was not intended to assist them by
means of subsidies.
Lord Maus asked Her Majesty's Government
whether they had considered the expediency of making
arrangements with owners of steam vessels for the
purpose of rendering them fit to carry armaments of
heavy guns if required.
The Duke of Boxicsarr said it had been decided by a
committee of naval and military offiems, appointed in
1852, that it was inexpedient to render commercial
steam vessels fit for war, as it made them bad ships for
war and worse for trade. The use of these ships would
be to carry troops and stores, and not to act on the
offensive. In certain cases, however, the committee had
decided that some few of these vessels in °see of war
might be fitted out at an expense of £3,000 or £4,000 for
the defence of harbours and the mouths of rivers. He
explained that the present board had sent officers to
inquire how far deaneugs might be available for the
defeuoo of the mouth of the river, but he did not
expect • very favourable report on the subject.
The House adjourned at 20 minutes past 7.