The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-02-13 00:00:00

IftRIAL PARLIAMENT.
Id at
new

lIOUS
OF Lop.pg, Til;iklary 8, Lord Lyttelton pre-
tented a bill to enable the Crown, on certain conditions, to
,zake new bishoprics in England and Wales Ihe bill was
read a first time, the second reading being fixed for the 23rd

LAND TRANSFER. THE JUDICATURE AOT.
The Lord Chancellor gave notice that on the following day
hC would introduce a bill to simplify the title to and trans-
fer of land, and also a bill to amend the Judicature Act, 1873,
and their lordshlim adjourned.
In the HOUSE or COMMONS
, a number of private bills which
i
were reported to have been n compliance with the standing
orders were brought in and read a first time.
FACTORLES IN INDIA.
Mr. Anderson asked the Under Secretary of Ing State for India
If he was aware that an extensive factory system as gr
up in India without any Government supervision for the
protection and health•of the women and children employed;
whether his attention had been drawn to statements that
those women aml children were systematically
Sundays;
and
dfodr
sixteen hours a day, and in many cases on u d
wh s
ether the Indian Government would adopt some such
.
factory legislation as existed in this country for the preve
is
tion of such evils,
.b.efore they
representations
attained greater proportions.
Lord George Hamilton said that strong represen
and
had been received as to the evils of the present system, the Matter was under the consideration of the department.
LOANS TO Illlsli FISHERMEN.
Ireland
Captain Nolae asked the Chief Secretary for Ir
the
whether the Irish fhermen could obtain loans under "The
Irish Reproductive Loan Fund Act " of last session, pending
e
Pllblication of bye-L of aws by the Commissioners tb
rublißoard of Public Works: and when would such bye-laws be
shed ; and for how long had such bye-laws been before
he l'rtv'Y Coineral waiting their sanction.
Sir the 11.1. Hicks-Beach said the bye-laws were approved by
Irish L'elvy Council in January last, and the notices and
be
forms woUld . issued in course of next week.
THE COLORADO BEETLE. .
Mr.
j Herbert asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether
ller Maesty's Government had taken any to prevent
eou
the introduction of the Colorado beetle into Ireland by the
unportat of
an
Americ seed potatoes or otherwedse,;wbanadt,
Were th 1
ahoteld no precautions have already been Instituted,
on
this I
e inteetions of Her Majesty's Government
anblect.
r,,Beach : The subject of the hon. m meber's clues-
elY
;1 waa brought der my notice some time back,
yernin , ankdl
ign
i; °enght it rig under first to ascertain what steps hGovernments the matter. I fillda;l b
that the only
eents in
which have taken any real action are those et"liatria and Belgium. The former has assured the
eovernment
turo of Swi- —tzerland, which had se— Pean Maritime countries of the
zses the
bdieitted ; and possiblewarnrangehre,
importation of American potatoes would be pro-
. or a Fempar.
.the Belgian Government hassamreterdodtuocebdy aa
Purpose, which has been
'pecial conututtee. •I
have also made inqufriesasttink
to the
hature sad et•tent of the evil to be apprehended. I b
!leer? is reason to suppose that the harm recently cione to
infor ,
aneerican potato crop hive been much exagg(mated and
ee arn med that in theesect in question has been known
m andAinerica for more than a century.
leav
natural' h •
es of the potato plant, not the root, .
No potato
I t attacks
thoughthe stalks
ttbl ka st
stale Y ecorees .diseased in consequence
a. 8 or leaves are imported from America, and
°ItlY la alt.h roots would be imported,
seem e__, Y
"d•rolY possibly thal the insect could be thus
entiveYed into this country. I am now in communication
With
the flglish Privy Council on the subject, because it Is
°obvious that if any preventive measures are adopted
as to
I;,lght to apply to the whole of Great Britain as well
ortts°.
tieetiland• Wear, hear.) But I must add that the I P
si3orreent: Potatoes into the United Kingdom,
of a fallUre 0/ the home crop, is very large, d
especially ittetrts
Most et interference with this trade would
erreanuire the
I require
oeverinzeelintl, consideration on
_At
_InT6 of
.......____
REPORT.. Olt THE ADDRESS.
telhe,ltePort 00 the Address in answer to the Speech from
e
rtseTtesone was brought up by Mr. Stanhope, and gave
/C 3 ef - the
to„,e_° .5 desultory discussion, embracing
hylle touched oie in. the Speech. It was commenced
14d ir,,o' /30Wyer, who referred to the- Judicature Bills,
-„a,,,villeit the Goveriament to take the .
of tin. Scotch, and Irish Judges as to the e _
•_Thix..
of 441811ing, the appellate jurisdiction of te Hots..
•Mr. Bentinck indulged in some gloomy re-
the 'ma on the ineffective condition of the Navy and onregretted
se increase of railway accidents. Sir G. Jenkinson
fm.
Zoeeaciasion bt Local Taxation; Mr. Scourfield urged thethe
tion
l'iad'Obeatt3r:ei 'Paaarng a measure for removing
aicepd the in-
teetions of time of rivets; Lord R Fitzmaurice forte . ___ , the Government with regard to University
arks on the
clef 1. anu Colonel Beresford made some rem. ,
Ro-
th the
e ectrve state of our military power in connexion with
menacing aspect of foreign affairs-
13,ltwell31r. O'
Connor Power adverted to the Irish paragraph in the bil' WhiCh he admitted Was satisfactory as far as it wen
no. _ alrined the Government that the Irish members would
coe'recolosent to the retention of a single link in the
chain
subject, de-
lined the 49t8' Mr. John Martin, pursuing the,
' which, he
e mission of the "Irish National Party,
never
as to inform the English people that Ireland
national
Parea,esegniesee in the extinction of her separate
_e, .
fended-lent. lir H. Herbert and Mr. Clive warmly d_ , Iris.h.l Mr. Power had madoe.
"lie clisPar • andlords, on whom •
e who took-
the °tie aeing observations • and Mr. Itonayn ,
f increased
131,0,....e he
~,, side, Maintained tliat the only sign o
1:v "tY In Zreland was the rise in rents.
i . Disr
t •
to
.he Arnl'tely l
replied generally, pointing out with regard
Year b Y that the number of recruits had increased this
falle y 3 _had greatly
nee,6 'a), While the number of desertions Idol:11Q ' and ka to railway accidents, the royal commis. referred
srot yet reported. In regard to local taxation, he
lhi reeiyduty t°e
kG. Jenkinson to his speech of Friday night; and
t d that it was
the
ord E. Fitzmanrice, he admitted
tnieersiti e Government to consider the e
report of the
with consequent legisla-
Mote es e°llincis "
sionaz ,
DWELLINGS a view to
Dap or,
11—
'IIENT OF e OF THE WORKGIN .
CLASSES,
kUr• Cross neit - • bill for facilitating the Im-
,roveneent of explained his ,
Classes in large
"113. It the Dwellings of the Working
on sanitary
Voted, W(Wild proceed, he said, entirely
two canons
,e and would have strict regard to these ,
~ _
oont..
reexa 'ne Sta ought not to provide any class °I the
bodies of
any juclith the neceesaries of life, nor to enable
slipee-
e Y those necessaries at a lower
srateof than
evr.
erow'd7nrket price. To illustrate the dreadful evil 1
death-rate
etatiatiegb lir.
, Cross quoted largely from the dear
at lenge e-'
, London, Liverpool, and Manchester, and elated •
Liver-
Deo) .., e what has been done to grapple with them int*ons and
nese'Q.burgh, and Glasgow in the way of
"Vied to the
raetroponings. The bill for the present is con
b the City
Corporati4 and large towns; it is to be worked Y _ . y
d b the
on and the Beard of Works in London,
anmotion by 1
the cletc)itilenacieols in other towns, and is to be set in
that a
district is c
n filers. When a medical officer reports
* m the local
authorit nhealthy by reason of overcrowding,
t scheme
sheeici Zewill pass a resolution that an improver.aen
maps.
piati, re Prepared This is to be accomPa'nledililybe ia I
Defer; th. All plans relating to the metropolis will
fore the
President° Home Secretary, and in other cases e
due
Inseeeies of the Local Government Board, who,after
the e , will embody them in a provisional order, so thato.
(Mired
ThionXpense of a Private bill will be saved. There are pr
arbitrt' for
set tling the basis of valuation and the mode of
I°n, and the bill provides that when the sites are ac-
eert , the local authority shall not build unless afteora.
ana tl lato„._ , ine it la found Impossible to induce private aP eu
Ail to uzd ,_,
ar. lea et i.a.ae the work. speee hi Y-Shuttleworth, Sir S. Waterlow, and Mr. Waddy
Colonel e,general support of the bill; and in answer to
s
COnfinealonre, Mr. Cross said that the bill, as drawn w ,
alder wheth England, but it would be for the House to eon-
The
.._co der it should be extended to Scotland an Ireland.
d
reading was fixed for next Monday.
The Ch THE FRIENDLY SOCIETIES BILL
Bociet. aneellor of the Exchequer reintroduced his Friendly
be e n ral easd el3ii ieli . explaining the chief alterations which have
Insists on local
eezttnatien
bit since last year. It no longer lils
of Scot-
s,dnd Ir'l tit to secure uniformity the Registrarsnod
the ete„. e and.are subordinated to the London office,
alterations in the
tile Im" ara
of sot. • will not be able to make
under certain
arcurost cieties, but only to dissolve them
taht" The clause for the preparation of__ns_____
aces Govern-
of es will be Omitted; and with regard to the 1 _
rife
Yeare, f:hildren, that is permitted under the age of three
given to il; the sum of £3 in. one single office. Leave. was
Salt
kid mi.. 1.,';.n.g in the bill after some remarks from
for
lioedii.. " Relins, and the second reading was fixed le.,eeee
te;—"‘eiciANT SIIIPPMG ACTS AMENDMENT BILL.
4,74 Adderley brought in his Merchant shipping ActstiZan itent Bill, which, he Bald, followed the recommea-
aafety° ill 9 cometaissionere, under four heads—discipline,
.e
of toe,_°Ships, training of boys, and improvement
erieue`e;ales• With regard to the first, the whole;
the -:,,t,ecode of
,the mercantile marine is to be re-cast y
atipehrTe..Lefleated officers are to be dealt with P
Magistrates or the local Admiralty Counsel
Aaree.lsaora being appointed by the High Court
st
for eryi'tY ; and various additions are made to the offenoeo _
asfatY-•-et"lesealnen are punishable. On the seconetheadr—t
fyf.
tog the
_e bill does not proceed on the principle of c i
which the
Presieeorrtole Mercantile marine of the country, w.
es the
D°lver -00"..eelleved to be impossible, but it continues .
'unseaworthy ships and of . punishing
eoat,, -InPoWners. et Contains many provisions as to
t (tees not eckl°ads, overloading, 6".
' and,
' though
nt
on
each
laiip
,ii.it
.f.s compulsory load-line, it requires _
ow deeD the ird be painted a scale of feet, so as to show hw„,
be laid oal D is loaded when she goes to sea. ~1. charge.
aenii.
14
110.2): the Mercantile Marine Fund to assist the train-
loaded 1
a the ode
c,f eeiireitrid various improvements are made In la tile ordinag inneiries and for the prosecution or offenders
Ur. pu rY criminal courts.
ei,„' insoll pronounced the bill to be lamentably insufli-
a aOO the.requirements of the occasion. Mr. Gourley__e as
•Wrsoee'rl ll_
M
eolitsiPwner also condemned the bill, preferring Mr. reer__
'agent easure. Alt D Jenkins, Mr, Brassey, .51r;
leave ;; and Mr. Shave-Lefevre also made some remarks, aria
_ as then zii,
'"'en to bring in the bill.
„,on the mai
^aaappoi on of Lord G. Hamilton, a select committee
officer!, idea on the subject of compensation to East Indian
More ... ..--
Vieat.O4 'll‘a+ale. thirty bills were subsequently brought in by
41111, the I.?inh
Bllip 9's and read a first time, including the Burials
gio4v-re. errolssive Prohibitory Bill, Game Laws Abolition
itlaelaold Franchise in coties un • Bill, and tile Conte
3eases Acts Repeal Bill, and the House adjourned.
---._

Tit v.,' THE JUDICATURE ACT.
reovi.,"BlFol7SE OP LORDS, Feb. 9, the Lord Chancellor,
theor,
n
jacil'et!g., e first reading of a bill to amend and x
td—,!,tnre Act of 1873, said that as the bill was almost
m
r;4;_atiCal with the easure introduced last year, and
'aed the ..
him to
tYpial . &Louse of Lords, it was unnecessary
from
however,
the blyta Provisions in detail It differed,fo d which
right to ,-...1)t last Year in one partioular, which li thought it
Th
eettalii '''e, ritioll• e original bill set forth n a schedule
given i.„rllikes of practices and procedure, while Power was
it kad7... er Majesty in Council to make further
the r
rules l
s ;ebut
in one "eeti thought more convenient to havenow
pre_
'elated ole, arid consequently the bill, which he
that v! contained a
‘elniciie, e'Qvie shoold derive Its
taoufthhoartftyeafreLt,
Lord aannd
oernaaLteind .
dittio tedesdale believed that the abolition of theinri,s7
the 1:1 ct the House of LeTd • appeals was not approved 0Y
judges In
F.,,,. Zal profession, and he 'En ggested that the .P 1 -oint.
thijZl7,d, should be consulted
his"bu the House upon tne. P
iaelhorne expressed satisfaction at hearing
e npassed
Pie 4„,w_As essentially the same as the measure which
o.ges.
,s'ipn th'Z'mcf Lords last session. . With regard to the 11,,
that
"(4.1,4 ''.e English jud es should be asked whether an Act
abeil,l4l4ent which thegLeg* lature passed two years
itbtleaa`,ll,,slorWuboe repealed, he thought that such a course w0u1d,,....
Pracedented, and
portunity during
iTol._ conakta_t Profession laad had
maintained that the judges
11%, It theratioll of the Judicaturr pct t°oPstteotfhaediropobtiJoene.-
f.,4rd tt /11ad deenied it a measure unworthy_
Id be an no-
zstal ee‘,Z.therley also thought that it
would
by Lord
Tleilesta,l;7' to consult the Judges, as suggested .. ' 'll Was then . .
01,
read a first time.
,
T'itlie Lorco, IRE TRANSFER OF LAND. .
the
crit4 and va'..l?lcellor next presented a Bill to
ths ed aa tate the Transfer of Lan-,
which
last year on
ti,,,ktale 4,44eg oinaost the same as the bill
registra-
°
the .„terOptii, et, hut containing no clause making..,
T47,ll)tipt (,)7, as there were various hSlicinhplhiefydes-
111vas e°lllDals•ory registration.diffi
- read a tirst time.
hi„, Ic. =M._ c attending
.iinczdae-41.40p etelTfetißtoTlON Gk. 01210NL read a first tirba4ctiticea
which was
„In the 110-csi, aad their iordahipa then adjourned.
___,
irn tV..enthhil)rroefr
onfteEdnaglbanildil to prevent
110,nesday. c:,4 liOlis the first business was tirrO•us
being Ash-
-04-411 not sit the following
se r'e alleUld /lot rrlkilY, the notice of motioany:s;m-s.t_h.atateh:,
'eta • . l ck but 111 r. Disraeli,
thestaigt that there wa, a Ind two oc o ,
the
:Howe, moved.
Oloncs,.edionrn till irh,l' blisiness before
agreed to unapt-
-csday, which was ogre .
litilr.?nri_nCtiray
41141% Fitthaellreeys
.ion te
to call atten-
aalendin,.., ea BPiteba of t bills and
sln bins draftinggth MOTION.3a a
0! the. 8 alluti : On gth -,,; March,
tion to the report
a on horses,
' amendment .
44,, elect conateitt -.Arch to call atten_nr .8
"4°lre Ate 1 ti "ot the Howe of X'
zo tt on.