The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-06-13 00:00:00

P BLIC BUSINESS.

Mr. Disraeli rose to move " that the orders for the ;
day subseqnent to the Intoxicating Liquors Bill be post- I
poised until after the notice of motion of the Chancellor of
Exchequer relating to Friendly Societies." and in doing so ;
took occasion to answer a question of Colonel Barttelot I
with respect to the conduct of public business. The right
hon. gentleman remarked that he had stated the other
day in the House that there were, he knew, at least •
seven bills of considerable importance that would engage ;
the attention of the House, and they were- • first, the Licen-
sing hull; second, the Friendly Societies Bill ; third, the
Factories Bill ; fourth, the Land Transfer Bill ; fifth, the
Judicature Bill : sixth, the Rating and Valuation of h-operty
Bill ; and seventh, the Scotch Church Patronage Bill.
These were the bills he had in his mind when making
a statement the other evening, but there were three other ;
measures of equal importance which he would name. One I
of these was the Dori f rangier Bill for Scotland, the I
second the Police of England Bill, and the third the
Criminal Law Amendment Bill. on which subject they would
wish to legislate should the committee report Therefore
there were ten•bills which were or would be shortly before
the Legislature. But besides these there were other measures •
of secondary importance, but of great public interest, and I
the.. were the Public Health (Ireland) Bill, the Registration I
of births (England) Bill, and the Irish Licensing BiLL
There were also to he laid before the House hills on •
the subject of Noxious Business, the Shannon Improve-
ment, the Irish Constabulary, and the Endowed Schools
Commission. which would make in all 17 subjects, which
would engage public attention. But there were, he would
remind the House, occasions on which long debates might be
expected, such as the debate on the constitution of the Gold
coast end on the estimates for the Post Office and Telegraph
services. There was another bill in the House of Lords,
Introduced by the Archbishop of Canterbury, which would
no doubt occupy a considerable time in tins House,
although not a tiovernment measure. Remembering that
this was the Bth of June, it was necessary that they should
husband the precious possession of time, which was not
sufficiently appreciated in this House, until the month of
July, and he therefore asked the House to give precedence to
Government orders on Tuesdays, for he was extremely
anxious to postpone morning sittings as long as possible. At
this period of the session there was much for them to do, but
he depended upon the co-operation of both sides of the
House to get through their programme at a reasonable
time. _ _ .

In answer to Mr. Leatham, Lord Sandon said the Govern-
ment contemplated the introduction if a bill !elating to
Endowed Kchools, but he declined to say whether it would
prolong the pow era of the existing Cenunission In reply to
a question from sir H. James, the Attorney-General related
at length what had been done by the Judges to frame
the New Rules under the Judicature Act. The general
result Is that the selected draughtsnien have completed the
New Rules, with a few exceptions, in three batches, which
were considered at a meeting of the Judges on Saturday last.
There is to be another meeting on July 1, and it is hoped
that the Rules will be laid on the table about the middle of
July. The Government, the Attorney-lieneral said, had
never contemplated any alteration in the time at which the
Act would come into operation.