The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-06-16 00:00:00

HOUSK All' COMMONS.

MONDAY.—When Mr. Childers asked for how many
months the Government in their peculiar caution
meant to ask for Supply, the Chasse.Bor of the F.x•
chequer, with *nails resolve to be at ones conciliating
in manner and decisive in matemeat, said that Ministers
had come to the eciaelusion to take aligns funds reqeired
for the anemia' year. It had ben found to be
impossible in say ease for • sew Parliament to
sleet until semis • very short period before Christieas
that is could oaly suffice to swear is member., Or
perhaps to more • vote of want of conadenes in
liini•lero, en operation whieh he ine.sgoto, be woe
moat anxious to •itomie ! There is in the Government,
he said, • longing and burning desire to suit the verdiat
a • new Parliament 504 Cie country on their conduct
and policy—(laughter and cbeeis). The position they
have occupied has been almost too much for human
nature to bear—(cheer.)—end everythutg that ee be
dose they will do to beaten • dimoluttoo, sod the
aseembling of the new rarliament, in order either to
get themselves cone. med in their posit on. and ea to
be able to eerry on &Burs with the eoullidenee of Parlia.
merit sad the country, or to have them-elves relieved
from e position which is almost istolarabie—ber,
hoer). The Hobe shortly afterwaris west into reea.
mime* on the Saw* Reform Sill. Antivirust the chump
agreed to wee on. providing that in pbsem in which
there are three repreMntateves a voter shall 0.17 be
ejje.ed en vote for two candidates. An attempt eu
to "betteute Eviesham for Wells in the matter of
distrauhimment. Out the amendment we. creerateed.
The WI thou passed- threogh committee, The Re.,
then went into caselmittee on the Boundary Kill, soda
long debate ensued. Mr. Disraeli protested against the
suamption that the Government was bend to adopt
the report of the select committee, hue he spent,' the
House might receive some aid Ifoo3 its lOCOSSOMOdatiosza.
Progress was ultimately reported.
TURYDAY.—There was • morning sitting to proceed
with the Electric Telegraphs Bill, the record reading of
which was moved by the Chaneellor of the 6/chequer,
who stated that if the House agreed to the incond
reading of the Bill, the Government war willing tr, end
It to • select committee, who would be quite open
to settle the terms of perches., or the basis el
arbitration, if arbitration should be agreed to. Mr.
Leeman snored that the Bill and the whole subject
of electric telegraphs be referred to • select corn-
mute.. A long debate ensued, in the course of
which Mr. Gladstone said that be was not 'Mortise,
unfavourable to the Bill, bat be tbouiht the question
wee not aefficiently advanced for legialetion. The
debate was Orin/ continued by Mr. Ayrton at ten
minutes to four' when, in scoordanos with the standing
orders, it stood adjourned. When the House resumed,
Mr. Lemont asked the Goren meet if they were prepared
to defray the legal sausage Mr. Byre bad incurred in dp.
fending himself. Mr. Disraeli observed that Is meow es
of an intiniation made some time ago, the Secretary of
State wrote to Mr. Eyre and requested him to fiend
In the amount of the expenses he had incurred, but the
tight hon. gentlemen, on being prisseed,declined testate
whether the Government would protect Mr. Byre
against further prosecutions. Mr. Leaned was din.
satialied with the answer' and said he should repeat his
question on Friday evening. The Blouse was counted
out ghostly after eight o'clock.
WEDMISDAL —Mr. Monk's bill to relieve revenue
officers from the disabilities to which they are subjected
by being socleded from voting for cnodidates at elections,
was reed • second tiro? without dissent. The bill for
protecting the property of married women was downs for
second reading. the measure was denounced ao revolu-
tionary by Mr. H. C. Lops., and he moved that the
second reading be deferred for six months. After a
lung debate the Howse dieided, when the numbers were
found t else equal- The Speaker eaves outing vote In
favour of the motion, and the bill was read n second
time, and referred to • select oomenittee.
.

TatIMIDAT. —The ft (titration Bill, reelecting which
there has been so much spectulatioo, was introduced by
Yr. Hardy. The time for sending in claims, rein
notice* of objections, sod drswieg up the lists, the
Government believe num t cooveniewly be ihortenel;
but they consider it po.sible to meelerste the revision
of the reguit.r, and with this object propose an inem sall
in the number of reeMing hamster% who ore to
eommenes their duties on the 14th of September, ineteed
• of in October. The stinting of the lists is to pro-
coed simultaneously with the revision, and is this way
• they will be ready by the end of October. The writs
I are not to be issued at once on the sompletton of she
' registration, but efr ren interval of a few days. The
I period between the proclamation and tbs election is to
1 be out down from 35 to 29 days, and the Gominment
believe that by carrying out there propose(' it will be
possible for the now Ptrlutowei to meet us tb• 7th of
- Deeember 1 It win take • fell week to etrear in the
meallmre so thee it will be I. pomade so proceed with
,
i business, before the 14.6 of the month—Mr. Olacistoue,
' Mr. Somme. sued Mr. Chichester Forteeces made a few
1 The
i rivsot.. thenioesontinbt Intoill,.d itmue
witas read
tba. s.puri
first tone.—.l
I Bill, and Mr. Hibbert propoosi to except the fifteen
' 'arse towns which the select committee had proposed
' should not be dealt with at lament from clause 4.
After an animated debete the amendment was carried
by • majority of 184 to 148. —Mr. Ribbed thee mewed
an ameedinent that the boundaries of certain other
borought should be eltered as recommended in the
report of the Select weimittee, which, after some dis-
mission, was adopted. The remaining elames were
I
agreed to, and the bill peened through wasseittee.—The
report of the Scotch Reform Bill was brought tip, and
after • few verbal alterations agreed to.
. FILIDAY.—The interrogation of members of the govern-
ment in the House of Commons was Mauled, unpro-
ductive of interesting results. In reply to Colonel
Brownlee Knox, Mr. Dianieli, following the maniple
of the highest legal authorities (by which he of wryer&
explained he did riot mean the late odloers of the crown),
declined to ex pre., any opinion as to the elect of the
AM of Indemnity pawed by Dm extinct legislators of
J• 111111011; and informed the bonne that the government
did not intend I, introduce any measure to protect Mr.
Eyre from further prosecution. The House was mked
to make the 'Diadem" and piincipl• of local ratio( the
subjoin of an inquiry up-stoles. Mr. Currents., who
moved in this matter, addressed the House at some
length, and dwelt with a good deal of emphanis
upon the arguments drawn from the Irregularity
and confusion of the existing spitem of emesptioes,
which have ones before this session been addressed to
the honer Sir IL Beach resisted the motioa, upon the
ground that this question had silneedy been diseessed
this year. and it was too Isle for it to midergoiewsplebe
examination this session. In the course of • short
diet-union which followed, Mr. Hubbard and Mr.
Alderman Lawrence Meted opposite opinions se to the
justice and propriety of the home tax; Sir L. M. Lopes
took warden to reply to the answers which had been
even to the arim men ts which be addressed to the house
upon this subject a short time ago; end Yr. Liddell
urged that this question toneerned towns mere than
rural dista tete. Mr. Commas chained to withdraw his
motion, and it was imagined without • division.
The subject of the management of mining operations
and residents in mines was (for the thi.rd lime lately)
brought under Um noises of the boom by Mir. Brew.
After disposing of some Scotch and Irish hale, the 601111111
MUM, at 12 o'clock, to the wesideration of the
Established Church (Intend) BilL There was • short
conversation upon the Gullet:it of the podium width this
'lmmure occupied in the list of orders, and then Mr.
Vance rose to *meek the clause harried while the bill
was in sommittee, to deal with the greet to Ilaymoth
and the Regime Donate. He deamibed the dame as on.
half unjust sod the other ball absurd, end moved lb*
omission of that pert of it which referred to the Regime
Dennis. Mr. Gladstone, after explaining that be was
not responsible for the sustlon of this dames, twitted
the 11011. the member wilb moving the omission of the
words which he alleged to be &beard and allowing to
remain thaw which he alleged would oessidos an
injustior. Only Ur. Newdegste said a weed in fewer
, of the amendment, and it was negatived "tithes% •
1 division. The third reading of the bill was Ise& lee
1 Tuesday.

Mir Mrcite I. rout to revisit Paris. Gad to Pr/
in • pros whir has Theodore of Abyssinia for he here:
and It is whispered that aim will wear the starter
Abyssinian costume!
Ti. Marquis of Hastings, before gutter Parr, left
with the Jockey Club • sea of 10,000 f., of whir
7,500 f., *ere for the poor of Paria, arid 2,5001. for the
Begliek church at Caseatilly.
IT is reported, it re authority of the New York
Berra, that re lenient are threstrior an attack
noon Ceara, sod that the volunteer have had orders
to hold therm/vas in readiness their pay to be doubled.
AT Antwerp, • tiger, intended for our Zookgral
Gardena, has been rushing madly through the stoat.;
It killed • nor gardener, and, after terrifyieg half the
town, was drily killed by throe musket shots
deeth is armoured of Mr. Jamesßnalianan, who
sena erred President of res United Stare in 1566, aid
whe previously retried tbe post of Americas rater
in this country. Mr. Bechanan'a political importers
did not emir his presidership.
ToliDll4ll, the jockey, hes, withia • few weeks. deaf
himself mesh good, reseiving 1.400 from N. friskier,
for riding Suzerain, the winoer of the Freer Derrih:
1:500 from Ur. Graham. for riding Former kw
Oak. ; and croo from the Marquis of Hesitep, fec IciONI
The Earl in the Grand Prime of Pair weir
his Sr riding amply merit.
&metre IlEsowikins is NOnTitlirnniti.altD.-16.
Hammer, in his report oe tke boys' seboole of Norfolk
aid Northisenberhind, spear of the *ranee nearilfered
upon religions nibjeete in Lb. Mat-named °retry. Be
says: In or Noribansberrad school I four instances
of grow ignorance is the Meet alma The bole were
from eight to eleven yams old. Not one had ever beard
of David in eonerion with the Palms; few knew any-
thing whatever of hi. history. One WI tole me that
Pharaoh was king of Egypt in the time of Mona; another
that there were as. apostles; and the majority of the
class did not know whir of the apostles betrayed our
Lord. The book they were reading had referent* to
Jewish history. When I asked queers as is the
arnini of words employed in the lessee I was Mat with
I stare of astoeiahment. No or had say idea
• Fen"' . erLether
what the words 'to prophesy" ;
Lb. word 'olive'— a word tionstently reierriag in the
paseese—wee an animal, vegetable, or what it was, re*
could tell." Mr. Harried adds that la • grad of •
far better class, where the boys were, as was made
evidsuk Tor, brkeard. Herod was dapdbaa as the
MA of the Norma kiap.