The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-20 00:00:00

SATURDAY, MAR'; 20; 1875

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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

CHIMNEY SWEEPS.
In the HOUSE or LORDS, March 15, the Earl of Shaftes-
ony moved for returns from the chief constables of
comities and chief police officers of boroughs of the number
master chimney-sweepers on the 31st of December, 1874,
In the above districts; the number and ages of boys in their
employment, and of proceedings taken against persons for
Violation of the law (3 and 4 Vic cap, 85, and 27 and 28 Vic.,
caP. 37, during the last tvio years). The noble earl said he
Moved fcr those returns with the hope of obtaining such in-
t rraation in
as would enable the proper authorities to put the
existing laws in motion, laws passed to repress a system of
cruelty leading to much moral and physical degradation.
Earl Beauchamp said there was no objection to the pro
tluction of the returns.
The Motion was then agreed to.
LAND TITLES AND TRANSFER BILL.
Lord Selborne, on the consideration of the Report of the
LAind Titles and Transfer Bill, proposed a clause for making
ehn"lnPuiserY the registration of land on sales of the fee
Ple after th.ree years from the commencement of the
ani
l'yEration of the Bill. He thought the question involved in
endment one of great importance, and he believed the
thPractical objection& urged against the proposal were not of
'weight that they should be allowed to prevaiL If the
- null'? !ail convinced that proposed legislation was founded
"z be'A"
i Principles, the presumption ought then to
s n favour of compulsion, and as in the in-
of of ships and stocks registration was compulsory, so
rd kin ot the ought it to be, as a matter of public policy, in the case
t transfer of land. He pointed to the example of the
Cl where compulsory registration had
inee nstralian
ll,!4 e
opted with great practical success, arguing that, even
„ the case of small properties, compulsory registration
art be conducted at little expense; and, with respect to
tlict registries. the expense of which had been opposed
, an obstacle to his proposition, he pointed out that, limit-
s:, tug the business to the registration of possessory titles, the
I,llgistratioo might be effected by the registrars of the County
:
r,'lrta and other local registrars, without any great &fa-
, :zaandr could at no great expense to the country.
• Dae Lti ord Chancellor said that nothing would be more
the cto
conaY to him, if he cod see his way to the adoption
ii Ll°
oPosal
Pulsory principle, than at once to make registra-
r 11 obligatory by the present measure, but he opposed the
sov,. tlCai,r because he consictered it inexpedient and imprac-
./,, Ty, bee With respect to ships, registration was made compul-
,lause it was a matter of public. policy that every
anamPxnslL.ould
‘be known that had -the character of being
trat'
-'. and as to the stocks, compulsorY regis-
fft,r was necessary because they could only be trans-
A by a change of inscription in the register.
, which was referred to by Lord Selborne,
agistration, in the first instance, was voluntary, and was
t\- titer Wards made compulsory and he should be glad to find
"Ai I Possible to make in the same way registration compulsory In this
4
Ell '-'"ui,rY by some future measure. The effect of the *. I would ur be that when once land was on the register it
r"Illd then pass from hand to hand with very much less ex-
use tium at Pent; but he maintained that with regard
ad Ulan PzoPerties compulsory registration could not be
loped aalthe process would in their case entail proportion-
blhieaPry serious burden. If district registries were este-
their business would not be confined to the regis-
fh„...tu„...tuuu of mere possessory titles, but the whole registration zuloaansa
foofrtliitei district must De transacted in them, and
r!_uNIY Court registrars would not possess the proper quali-
vr!:.°l'2l Penzance thought that the prudent course to pursue
an-a allow the Bill to pass now as a voluntary measure,
shool7 Might afterwards be made compulsory if experience
d warrant the adoption of the compulsory principle.
Lora 0,
Somme° Ragan spoke in favour of rendering registration
born. 4.„-rY, and, after some observations from Lord Sel-
la& rePIY, the House divided, when Lord Selborne's
Was negatived by 39 to 15.
Their Lordships then adjourned.
In the se- TURNPIKE TRUSTS AND TOLLS.
Adv - —OUSE or COMMONS, Mr. Barclay asked the Lord
to.:ittotne
of
Scotland whether he intended this Session
!retroane, a Bill dealing with turnpike trusts and the
• toll* in Scotland.
13.1'114131'0rd Advocate was afraid that the pressure of public
—aims& wn
the ki lad prevent him from introducing a measure of
tee. duce stid,indicated this session, but if he proposed to intro. a Bill due notice would be given.
Tall OCCUPATION OF HERAT.
4"ts„ 'll/11 ~'nzzell asked the Under Secretary for India
ving regard for the occupation of Herat by the
ghthistan her Majesty's Government were pre-
'"'such action as would be calculated to ensure
e Bevan
*vb. ference tY of Our Indian frontier, more especially with re-
to Merv.
"tev.s.. Lord ri
Ilts:1, ken* 'A. Hamilton said the facts as stated by the hon
. Ilerat could hardly be received without explanation
been h. as 700 miles from Peshawiu, and he believed it had
'" rellea-„'"e"earY to send troops there whose fidelity could be
'' The— 'Pon in plaoe of those who could not be relied upon.
i...lovernment were fully aware of thetimportance of main-
PeX the security of the Indian frontier, especially with
to Merv.

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. DELAGOA EAT.
%MOM, • Fitirmanrice asked the Under Secretary for the
death, whether he could inform the House when the
to be, 'l, of the President of the French Republic was likely
Del ~,14„tv,sen on the question of the disputed boundary at
Lion ati JAY, which had been referred to him for arbitra-
s.,Governments of England and Portugal.
tralderfahyUtinwiehyeine
ro• LoWther said the subject was still before the arbi-
:result had been obtained there would be
It before the House.
The yf REGIMENTAL EXCHANGES BILL.
krour, °Use
•having gone into Committee on the Regimental
Do —8" on the question that the preamble be post-
, there arose a debate which was to a great extent a
thrldon of the two previous debates on the principle of
Measure.
The eon At m
,nr,_,lnis of Hartington asked for some further explana-
Vent Mode in which the War Office proposed to pre-
eye .6 abuses of which this extension of the Exchange
thai:r: had been shown to be capable, and went on to argue
ttbont nleas greater securities were taken, a system of round-
""
, or, Promotion would be established. Either the War
,_? Must establish unlimited market, or it must lay down
tfair ~.iknae of stringent regulations, which would be more burden-
ik-t; ;, and vexatious to the officers than the present system.
Ueei liardY s contrasted the anxiety now shown as to the
. hreile regulatilms with Lord Cardwell's mode of abolishing
the 48e bY Royal Warrant, without giving any inkling of
, it h—anner in which he meant to supply its place. Hitherto
- been found easy to guard against abuse of the present
of exchanges by requiring declarations from the
43.2:1:er5. and it would be just as easy hereafter to prevent the
loatifitio a which were predicted by relying on the honour
cers. Sir W. Harcourt asked what these regu-
• f e ~na were to be, and Sir C. Russell treated as
;oliiicoterons the suggestion that the "purse system"
sitrne.ptLioeeeworked. Colonel Loyd Lindsay apprehended that
of exchanges would go too high, and recommended
taitc7.°l7 to flx a regulation price. Sir H. Havelock, Sir G.
anineuri Sir H. Wolff, and Colonel Leigh spoke; and, in
serve to 3/fr, Childers, Mr. Hardy said that, though he re-
nalit d to himself the form of the regulation, it certainly
‘t to contain a statement that the officer exchanging had
the„Deen assisted by his junior officers. The preamble was
Postponed, and Clause 1 was agreed to.
Z 4. lion44..eeel"se 2, Mr. Anderson proposed to extend the Bill to
in t reinissioned officers and privates. Mr. Whitwell spoke
, slioar'n,r of such extension, and Captain Nolan, who was
rea;:et,-Wonid 'avonr of it, pointed out, on the other side, that it
India.. cost some £,200,000 a year in transport to and from
Do"sed ular' Goldney, General Shute, and Mr. Trevelyan op-
- e amendment Colonel Mure remarked that if Mr.
tam ~Its°n was not joking, it showed him to be entirely Wo-
n()
ne the Al•
• ; and Lord Hartington was of opinion that
...7.."441,Y had been shown for the change, whereupon
so ~,zederson remarked that nothing thorough-going was
~---74_,,„neune7nent2Pected from the front Bench. On a division the
r;
thi..lll„a3der moved to omit Regimental Field Officers from
'111• - which was opposed by Mr. Cave, and supported by
/eti the `l„raPhell-Bannerman. Mr. Brown also spoke against
g_Lu. and was listened to with great impatience, until
fsK2 hire_ aiwYll interposed with an amendmeat to report pro-
*led to a lively scene, in which the precedents
•
te Side e ArinY Purchase Debates were appealed to on both
inn
.2_ and Mr. Mundell,. repeated that the Bill was brought
et . petrestore Purchase, an imputation which was :warmly
...I°...'ildsvmuce,,d, 137 Mr. Hardy. Ultimately Mr. Dillwyn withdrew
-414°n, and the amendment was negatived by 156 to 95.
()lfexct amendment moved stood on the paper in the
et:.zet, next
Loyd Lindsay, but as he declined to move
...%at Muntz took it up. It was to the effect that in no
1.,exe,A,., hall the amount paid fer any one such exchange
."4.1z 4500. Mr. Hardy opposed the amendment on the
1 '
aLik, nn°l that it would lead to the establishment of a regu-
w'dl? °ll Price, which he strongly deprecated, desiring that the
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ir,,Ofilee should have no responsibility as to the money
utLeh
aTilidensamatieonmdment was debated at some length
Goschen and Sir William Harcourt made long speeches
our4...rport of the proposal, touching on many points arising
1, especially the privileges of the Guards, ask-
___!; Whether the Guards would be permitted to sell those
tillrivileges by exchanging for t. bonus with other officers.
I,lr
Ss' : ' sttnni, 'net Moved to report progress, but gave way to some
• u
~marks from Mr. Disraeli, and the amendment was
by 222 to 146.
gir If• Havelock next moved an amendment providing that
exchange shall be sanctioned which will place the officer
g Inoney in a better position as to promotion, but Mr.
ved
exPlained that it was impracticable, and it was nega-
without a division.
An addendum to Clause 2 was moved by Mr. Childers re-
h g the penalties of the Brokerage Act where money
- as been paid by any officer ler an exchange between two
roflictetrins, one of whom is his senior, and belongs to the same
eginient. Mr. Hard declined to accept the addendum,
g out that Hardy
could be much better effected
by 242
QUeen'
Regulation Re ulation and on a division it was negatived
tO
motion was then made from the Opposition side to report
•'"greas, which Mr. Disraeli at fist opposed, but when it
Was backed up by the Marquis of Hartington he gave waY,
?_l3.
. the condition that the Committee is resumed the follow-
ulg day at an early afternoon sitting.
• The Explosive Substances Bill was read a second time,
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and the Building Societies Act Amendment passed through
otarnittee.
Tile Marine Mutiny Bill was read a second time.
..,B,e'reral other Bills were forwarded a stage, and the House
'n.lotlrned at ten minutes past one.
•
• PACIFIC ISLANDERS PROTECTION BILL.
..„In the HOUSE car Loans, March 18, Lord Carnarvon moved
„""•,_e Second Reading of the Pacific Islanders Protection Bill,
I'nerving that its object was to amend and extend the Act
ntroduced on a former occasion by Lord Kimberley, regulat-
` •ng the carrying in British ships of native labourers, precau-
' Xons being taken that uo encouragement should be given to
ose really engaged in the Slave Trade. The Bill also
k, enacted that Fiji should be included among the Australian,` Colonies.
, Lord Kimberley expressed his concurrence in the objects of
• the Bill, which was then read a second time
_ The Select Committee on the Church Patronage Bill was
uorainated, and the Epping Forest Bill was, on the motion of
/Ike Duke of Richmond, read a second time. • •
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INCRESSI OF TRIM itriscOPATß BILL.
Lord Campbell, on the motion for the Third Reading of.
•,,
he Increase of the Episcopate Bill, said that the passing of
Rill ought either to be 'resisted or the measure should
I• n.ildergo essential transformation in the House of Commons,
•'tn. he regarded it as making an unwise concession to the
voluntary principle.
4 Jeord Lyttelton denied that the new Bishoprics formed
zeoder the Bill would be dependent on the voluntary principle,
' °teens() it was the object of the Bill to provide a permanent
11110Wment for them. •
‘4t-,` The Bill was rad a third time, and then
se; .
a 3 moved a clause, as a rider to the Bill, for
limiting the operations of the measure
was
' Bishoprics. His objection to the
id to create an indefinite extension of
of
therefore, went beyond the necessityf
•
(ton opposed the amendment, which appeared
founded on an entidre
Id meet
he Bill. He feare thmaitsd.tphpereßl ran INVloonll of the
Id reception from the Government in the loose
, although ho th
had been told by e Prime
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'wed as a Government to support the measure,
6,ney would not oppose it. however, advised
tnr., ‘tesloe not to press his clause.
tio/c.h," Granville expressed his astonishment at the declara-
,,tneagq Made by the Duke of Richmond with respect. to a
e affecting a number of Bishops of the Established
and observed that a question he asked the other
eetraftecting the proposed Bishopric of St. Alban's re-
no satisfactory answer from the Duke of Richmond.
lever Observation led to rather a warm discussion, in which
Peers
it w„ eers took part, the Lord Chanceller remarking that
tio4',!extremely inconvenient for a noble lord to put a ques-
Co,LeaPecting a measure brought forward in the House of
ettre'n's on the night of its introduction there, and Lord
iprell retorting that the Church was half disestablished
5f0n:440,11 such a measure as the present was under discus-
responsible Minister of the Crown could give no
—"""11L011 the subject. Lord Salialnuy said that the

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