The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-05-30 00:00:00

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7n the Rouse of Lucia, May 45, Lord Portman appealed
to Lord Chelni,forid who has char, 01 the Art itan, Dwel-
lings Bill, to have it sent before a 'elect committee.
LIM Chelmsford declined, on the ground that he could
not attend the committee.
Lord Portman then gave notice that on the motion for
going into committee on the Bill he should oi pose any turthtr
progress with it.
The Consolidated Fund L 17.() 000 Bill was road& eecomi
time.
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The Endowed Schools PM %Ai read a third time and passed,
and the House adjourned.
In the [louse • I Cot 11111 l ms, Mr. Maguire moved the ad
4ournment of the lion, f, the purpose of raising a dis-
cussion revectiug t e riots whieh took place at Ashton-
under Lyne a forth! ght ago. In these riots, he stated, two
koMan Catholic chapels and a s.rloarl were gutted, and more
than a hundred dwelling nil -i's of Roman Catholics were
sacked by a mobil persons in ten had been incited aminst the
Catholics by a lecturer train it Murphy. Ile blamed the
magi., rates for not interferiog with greater effect, and in
tptired of the Horne Secretary whither It would give an
assurance that Mr. Murphy's lectur.•s should be stopped.

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0. 'lardy defend,' the conduct or the magistrates.
and said with regard to Murphy's lectures, he was informed
they were not given in the open air, bltt in a room hired by
the le.tiver, to which pet-sons w. re admitted by ticket, anal
he was not aware of any Law by which a person could be Ire-
rental trial delivering controve.sial lectures in a count
w hien he hired, awl which no person was compelled to
attend.

Alter some remarks from Mr. M. Gibson, Mr. Whalley, Sir
G. b,s 3 rE. ndMr,N wdegste, the subject dropped..
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Coloti'd 'Jervis adied whvtlirr tloveiloment intended to
defray the cost of deiciolihg ea-Governor Eyre in the pro-
secution to which lie I, tow twin, +objected. or whether he
Wie..toi he Wit to depend ,011 subss,riptions. lie complained
of the vindictiveness is Lb whieh, as he alleged, Mr. Eyre
was persecuted.
Mr. tiilpin regretted that the question had been put while
the matter was sub justice, anti insisted that it was but just
that Mr. Eyre should be put on his trial.

Mr. Disraeli said when General -Nelson and Ensign Brand
were prosecute I the Government tl zlit it their duty to
detend them, because they were pi,secuted fir acts done in
.Ire-theme to the orders l their superior officers. But the
ease of iioVerlior Eyre was of itilotiler character, and the
Coverument thought it was not their duty to defend him.
They should, however, have the trial watched, and if after
the till they thought it was their duty to make a proposi-
tion to support him in the delence such he made, they
would not shrink from perfooming that duty.

After a question front Colonel S. Knox respecting the letter
at Mr. C. Buxton on the sante subject, which has been pub-
lished in the newspapers, and which the Speaker ruled was
out of order. . . .

Die motion was withdrawn, and the House went into
committee on the Scotch Reform Bill, resuming the dis-
cussion on clause 3, which relates to the occupation franchise
for voters is burghs.
The Lord Advocate reminded the committee that on
Thursday night they struck out the third and fourth
divisions of the choice requiring that the voter shall be
rated and have paid his rates. Ile now moved to insert
words disfranchising persons who have been exempted from
payment on the ground of Inability to pay, or who shall
within twelve months have been in the receipt of parochial
relief. . .

Mr. Moncreift accepted the amendment, and it was agreed

Pn clause 5, which relates to the occupation franchise for
anunties, which was fixed at a rateable value of £42 or
upwards, an amendment was made to leave out ratuable,"
to Merl the Lord Advocate consented, but altering the
amount to £l4, and hi that form it was agreed to.
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On the clause winch gives two members to certain
universities,
Mr. Lowther said the elahos of Scotland to additional
representation would hardly hear light when compared with
other parts of the United Kingdom. lie moved that the
clause be postponed.
After a discussion, in which several hon. members took
part,
Mr. Disraeli sail he would now make another proposition.
that seven zolditional meialaus be given to Scotland, not ten,
namely, one member to each of the three counties of Lanark,
Ayr, and Aberdeen, ilie membor more to Glasgow. and
another to Dundee and two members to the univer•ities.
tine member he would obtain by combi ll ill g the counties of
Selkirk and l'eebles, which now returned one each, and the
remainder he would obtain by apiayjug so far the principle
at Mr. Banter's resolution.

Mr. Bouverie said this was a new proposition and they
ought to have time to consider it, bet he preferred that of
Mr. Baxter. .

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Sir L. Palk could not agree to the compromise proposed by
T. Disraeli. lie could not cons,ut to one single seat being
taken from the representation of England and given to Scot-
land ; but he was willing to give more representation to
Stiotland by sibling to the numbers of the House.
Mr. Gladstone believed it would be unsatisfactory to the
country to recede from the vote they came to the other night.
Ile thought that the claim of Scotland to ten additional seats
Wits fairly made out.
Mr. J. Hardy agreed with Sir L. l'alk, and hoped he would
diviJe the Ilot.se upon it.
Mr Bright impressed upon the House the wisdom of
accepting Mr. Baxter's resolution.
Mr. Waltade thought they were bound to accept the
Settlement of the question of redistribution come to last
year.
Mr. Baxter should not accept the Government proposition,
and proceeded to move that ten additional members be
all-cated to Scotland as follows :—One to the universities,
• • additional to each of the counties f Ayr, 'Lanark,
,rdeen. and Perth : that Glasgow be divided into two
nisiricts. each returning two members ; that one additional
Member be given to each of the cities of Edinburgh. Aberdeen,
and Dundee. . • , .

A desultmy conversation followed, which endol by Mr.
Baster aineioling Ins resolution 7 pr. gm 'sing to give two
members to the universities, and omitting the county of
Verdi.
Mr. G. Hardy moved as an amendment that three members
only be giveo ts
on a mvbiles, Mr. Hardy's amendment was carried by 261
to 222.
.N.r. Disraeli expressed a hope that, after this vote,
the House would accept the proposition of the Government.
Tim clause was further amended in accordance with the
proposition previously made by Mr. Di.raeli.
Z•dr L. Palk then moved to add a proviso "that the repre-
sentation of ~nglawl and reload be not thereby diminislnd.-
r. Disraeli said the plan proposed in the bill did not
reopen the distribution for F ugland, whoreai the proviso of
the hon, member would. Ile appealed to the hon. nnrabor
to withdraw it.
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The motion was negatived by Mt to 95.
Further progress with the bill was then suspended until
Thoralay.
Some other business was then disposed of, and the House
idlnurned.
itt the House of Lou, 1111 May .19, the Consolidated
rund bill was read a third time and pa.s;. d.

Tne Religious ...hes Bill went through committee.
The Consecration of Churchyards Act, 1007, Amendment
Bill was considered in committee.
Lord Stanley of Alderley moved to amend clause 1 by
Insisting ministers of various denominations to perform tl,e
burial service in churchyards, but reserving to the incum-
bent the right si fixing the times, ss was now the practice
in Daunt.
The notion was opposed by the Bishop of Oxford, who dis-
puted the noble lord's reading of the law in Ireland.
Ultimately the amendment was negatived without a
division, and the Bill pai.eti tlinaigh committee.
The second reading of the Artisan's Dwellings Bill having
been moved hy Liwit Chelm.ford, who explained at some
length its object and provishms.
The art of Shaftesbury pointed out that there were
defects in tile men-sirs', but these he thought were net of
such a kind as n mild not be easily dealt wills in committee.
Be should. therefore, support the second reading.
The Duke Id Somerset had long entertainod the opinion
that some such measure was desiralsle, and considel ed that
by referring it to a select committee the present might be
male a thoroughly effective measure.
The Bishop of London Imre testimony to the necessity
which existent for the bill in the metr.spolis, and tru-ted
that if sent to a select committee it would be completed
without unnecessary
Lord Portman, although prepared to oppose the measure
stony risk, was willing ti lend Isis aid to make it a good On°.
instead of its boing, as at present, a hasty and dangerous
riee, of legislation. The Bill dealt too much in ialltry
details, and its general provisioni were most unsatisfactory,
He strongly urged that the measure should be . eferred to a
select committee.
The Duke of Marlborough was agreed in the necessity of
legislation on the sulyect, but advised the nieasure being

sent to a select coninottee.
The Earl id Derby supported the second reading, and ap-
proved of the referring of the measure to a -elect ellmmittee.
By such a course its objects would be more expeditiously
attained.
The Bill was ultimately read a second time, and referred

to a select committee,
The reonaining orders were disposed of, and their lordships
adjourned.
In the House of Commons, lu reply to Sir Colman
The Earl of Mayo stated that it MBA the intention of the
Government to place the Irish Ream Bill Committee as
the first twofer on the paper for Thursday fortnight.
Mr Sandford inquired whether the Governmetit intended
to bring in any measure, find if so. a what description, for
shortening the period, which under the existing law. must
Intervene before a eeneral election can take place under the
yorrovisions of the Return, Act passed in the late session of
Parliament.
Mr. lot •raeli announced that the subject was now under
the consiokration of her Majesty's iiovernment. The
diffionities conn,ted with it, he aas bound to say, were
great, than they lhul contemplated, tat he trusted they
might be overcome.
ate toi,raen ane...gest,d the postponement of the motion of
vote, of thanks to sir It. Napier an,l the tr.mps engaged in the
Aloyss.nian campaign, within stood for Friday, on tar aroma
that the whole of the despateld,—which acre incomplete ,
when Ire Ihml the day for the moll on—wonlol be very shortly
in the hands ,f hon. members, Ulm conld then form a full
idea od what had been (bore. He, however, moved that the
House at irs 1 di :odour. till 1 Int,lay.
Mr. Glaolstone sugg,t2.l that a select committee. small in
numbers, should be appoint. .1 0 con,id, the questioon pre-
viou•ly stigg,esteol by Mr. Sandford as to the means by which
Parliamentary elections could he facia ritml.
After a short conversation, in reply to Mr. flottvemte.
Mr. Disraeli said that the teljollrillilellt file the Whitsuntide
Uolidays would be from Friday evening the Thumday
fallowing.
The Motion for adjournment till Thursday was at once
agreed to.
Mr. Lalmuchere moved a resolution to the effect that all
sums reoluired to defray the expenses of the diplomatic
service ought to be annually voted by Parliament, and that
estimates .1 all such sHills ought to he Animated in a form
that would admit .of their effectual supervision and control
by the House of Commonn.
The nod ion was seconded by Mr. T. 11. Potter, and
topi,...ed by Mr. om. Lowther, who condemned the state-
ments .of Mr. I inhouchere as exaggerateol.
born] Stanley declined to accede to the motion ins the
grrrrrnii mit tire present system WWI ON the a hole the most
emmontical, f,,r Inn rule extravagance was most apparent in
the over which the House had the lamest amount of
control. Moreover, the expenditure f.or the Foreign 001.7 e
and the diplomatic service haol of late years been reduced to
a lc Mer extent then airy branch of the public service.
Sir. Childers, Mr. Darby Griffith, and Mr. Arthur Kiirimrtirit
were int favour of th • mot h
I is a divisi an it was nal ce.l to by 711 to 72 votes.
Sir, I;reene drew the attention of the House to colliery
aceident- and the several reports of committees.
Some discussion ensueol.
1 101 he or ebt a the renarks of Mr. Powell the House was
e. utirteti " at an early period of the Parliamentary evening,
and forty members not loehog present, an inontediate ad-
jutant:tit took place until Thursday.

MR. C. BUXTON AND HIS CON-
STITUENTS.

• The following, letter luti been addressed by Mr.
Buxton to one of his constituents, who had remonstra-
ted Against his subscribing to the Eyre. Prosecution
Font:—
Dear Sir —! have received your letter, and have no right
to complain of the severe bore you have thougl it lit tip adopt.
Throughout thin unhappy' Jamaica linsine,s. I am well aware
that my emire has b.-en hiAly disappnool I ~itee y
nnrA men. tel ~importer., but I 0. s-lre you IV"Illi41 have
despised me, and I should have despised myself, had I, feel-
ing so intensely on this subject, have suffered that considera-
tion to silence me.
On one point you are completely deceived. T have not, as
you think, denounced Mr. Eyre for his emulnet during the
suppression of the disturbances. So far front it, I have re-
peatedly said that much allowance was dile to a governor in
a time of great panic-and emergency, aial I have deliberately
refrained from commenting on his conduct during that
oriels.
On the other hand, I have never wavered in the opinion
that there might to be a judicial Inve-tigation into his con-
duct in putting to death as men and women on and after the
day of his own °Metal announcement that all disturbance was
St an end
that nondsot may be shown to have been justifiable—nsl,
to have exhibited admirable home and Ormness. Great nim-
bus of the wise mid geed think so, and you agree with thous.

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But am I really wrong in my opinion that acts of that kind
ought to be a mined, not in a newspaper controversy, but
by a competent tribunal? Candidly. now, would not you
feel that yourself, had these persons not been twgroes, but
rish or English foul?
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SO long as the d mand for that in,stization was made
111,011 a charge of ruler, I refused to (*new in it. tt hen that
charge was dropped and the investigation was demanded
upon a sillijule charge of misdemeanor, I could not with
honour have stood aloof.

ou urge that the attempt to prosecute MT. Eyre in Shrop-
shire, and General Nelson in London, has log been made and
tailed, it to cruel persoulition to continue such endeavors.
4111 filid point t have felt the greatest hesitat' There is,
1 admit, a shocking hook, almost of malignity, ill such persis-
tence. It is, however, toy deliberate judgment that acts of
the kind referred to ought not to Inc condoned front ally re-
gard, however honourable and humane, for the feelings of
the actor.

It would be very painful to me to suppose that these pro-
ceedings woulst.gutail pecuniary ruin on Mr. Eyre's family.
happily it is tulforlous that sums vastly beyond all possible
cost are at his disposal. I, for one, shall be glad to learn
that the prkaent Government lias undertaken his defence.
Many of Mr. Eyre's iiarmest supporters are icy personal
friends. I admit and admire their chivalrous spirit. But
let me Ott the 4,lher site assure you, what I know to be true,
that Mr. Mill and his coadjutors are swayed by no base
ill-ni iii toward. Mr. Eyre, but by the most disinterest.'
public spirit and Sen. Of duty. They are and will he
subject to an ahuost overwhelming torrent of public indigna

!-Olv, lam painfully deflcient in that pure and perfect
courage" which is the nest of political virtues, and I shrink
with a timidity of w Melt I am myself ashamed from the
irritation this step will excite. Still, I alit tic Co mere a
coward as not to challenge a for share of the °bloomy and
expense which these proceedings mug involve, when I be-
lieve them to be founded in Justice and highly important tot
the protection of our subject r..e a.
I feel it doe to myself to Ind llh this letter, not that I
expect to c,nvince anyone that I hive acted tightly, but in
the hope of its showing the store candid of do ose who have
condemned us that lam not influenced by the cruel malignity
which many seem to suppose.
I have carefully excluded every word that might scent to
prejudice the case.
I am, dear Sir, yours very faithfully,
,Signed CHARLES BCXTON.
ought to nay that I write without any concert with
the Jatunica Committee, to which I dO not belong.