The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-05-05 00:00:00

Imperial II arliament.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
IiDAT.• -At the Instance of the Duke ol LIAILA0401"011, who
wished the Archbishop of Canterbury'. Church Discipline Dill
to be portposad until after it heel been considered by o.mm:e-
-thos, • discussion took place ; but eventually the poirtpoile-
mod was vireed to.
The gooßlion Of railway management Mel railway accidents
wee Introduced by Lonl De LA W•int, Who sought • nodal Cuminleskin of Inquiry into the molded.
After considerable debate, the mot WO etee eadalited to.
The taint Cdmicatuia'a gnmp of Land Dills 'wised through
Committee pro forma.
TUESDAY.- -The Duke of {below:to stated, In reply to Lord
LALWIRDALS, that the value of the property handed over to bit
Garnet Woleeley, prior to the treaty with the King of Aiihatilee,
would, with the consent of the House of Commons, be treated ea
prise mmey ; and Lord Csasaavos added that tkiptaan ()loser
WAS to be rewarded for his services by having conferred upon
him the Grand Cross of tit. Michael and nt. George, and
C•l4. Sartorions and the other oracere who served as volunteers
would receive the Companionship of the SUM Olget. A grant
would also he nude to the trap.' engaged in this part of the
espedlUon out of the fund, of the colony of the Uold Coast.
In answer lip Lord Sionourn
_the Duke of tilclinoSD said the
Government, As at present advised, could not recommend an
alteration of the Elementary EducaUon Act, with • view to
facilitate the return to a ioluntary system in rural district,
which had trial the school board eyelet.) end found It to fail.
TilCasDAr.—The Lords gave • waned reading to the
Bishop of nick?. bill to facililate the arrangement of the
boundules of archdesconrice and rural deaneries.
FRIDAY. —Replying to Lord Delaware, the Duke of Ricusiosto
stated, with regard to the powers of the Endowed Scbools
Commission, which, in the case of opposed schemes, expire
Uovernment. ecu ecbtuideemeer thhe, col'“ensiaintiratir.eit!'eot the
question of ith. Tr: tuenilorani'll

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
TIM LICSISU ACT.

Moxate.—Mr. Cease moved for lease to bring in • Bill to
amend the laws relating to the kale of Intoxicating Livers.
Ile onnmereed by laying before the Committee a variety td
otat Islam illustrating the increase in the consumption of intoxica-
ting litimds, awl the improvement in the character of public-
houas and beerhumes, whieli had been simultaneous, as shown
by the falling off in the cons idiom and forfeitures of lioenses.
The general conclusion he drew was that the increased drinking
was out exclusively reduced by an increase in the number of
public houses. He rather attributed it to the great and
entlden not in wages and to the larger amount of leisure at the
Coniniand 414 the working claws, and he uttieipated the mold
elleacious cheek on the drinking habits of the people from the
spread of odueatime which would teach them more harmless
mei useful employntents for their leisure hour., and from the
improvenient of their dwellings. Mr. entes demur...el next the
various remainc, suggested by different schools, such as the
promoters of the Permissive Bill arid the advocates of
unrestricted freedom---aincluding that the wisest 144,1 is to
treat the Teaks as • regulated monoisly mi. led him to
consider whether there were defects in the Act
of 1072 with the operation of which any portion of
the public might reasonably be sit...satisfied. First he touched
tet the limes of clotting, and, showing what varied and Inoue-
'intent views have been taken by the Licensing Authorities on
this point, he drew the inference that Parliament ought to take
upon Heel( the mimes bility of fixing uniform hour, of closing.
The Bill, therefore, abolishes all exemptiom, mei fixes certain
hours of closing—vie, 11.30 am for the Metropolis, 11.30 I'm
for towns of over 10,000 inhabitants, and 11 em for the rest of
the country. The refreshment houses known as "Night
Houses " will be closed at the same time, but there will be no
alteration as regards the Beerhousee. Any publican who
chooses may take out an " Early Closing License," enabling
him to claw an hour earlier than the statutory hour, and
receiving a proportionate deduction fmm the cost of his lemon,
as in the case of the Sunday closing licenses, Mr. Irons also
explained carious minor provisions, chiefly intended to
mitigate the penal portions of the preseet Act. For instance,
the magistratee will not be bound to endorse the license nor to
indict the num penalty for a Ant offence, nor to order
police supervision; the Adulteration Musts of the Act are
repealed, and the polio, powers of entry for the eriforcement of
order. Hams under "occasional licenses" are subjected to all
the requirements of the et, and the Licensing Authori-
ties am empowered to give provisional licenses to persons con.
templating the building of • mask-house. Ile elneed for the
Hill that its first object wee to supply the real weets of the
snd, when these were meertained, to do it in a manner
which would induce the lamest number of respectable persons
to enter the trade. In the short conversation which followed,
Mr. Melly and Mr Pease disapproved the prolongation of the
hours of closing; Mr. Rathbone rind eir 11. Johnstone regarded
the Hill am retrograde: Sir William Harcourt objected to the
different treatment meted satin public-Mown and Iseer.houreas ;
and Mr. J. G. Talbot, who, with Mr. Uokiney, generally
iprered the 1,111, urged that for towns under 2,000 the hour
of clewing shooki be 10 p.m. Sir W. I swoon warmly denounced
the 11111 which he declared proved the Consematise reaction
to be nothing more than an increase of halfenthoues drlnkitig
a-elay. Mr. Fothereill mid Mr. Locke approval the MIL
After some further conversation, leave wa• given to bring in
the bill, and It wan read • first time.
Br. harm asked the Secretary of State for War whether
the outrage reported to have been committal in Weymouth
Barracks by. soldier of the ibth Nagintent mmn his comrade
on Sunday lust, and respecting which Use conetere inquest had
returned • verdict of wilful ntunler, was facilitated by the
wee= of the perpetrator to the ball partridges kept in the
barrack nmnt ; what were the circumstences justifying this
departure from the general seder fawned by direction of Lord
Cardwell to the effect that private so then should upon die
mounting duty return their ammunition into setre ; and
whether It was still the practice in the cavalry on home eervice
to retain their aminunition when Off duty.
Mr. HARDY was underetood to say that the queetlon was
founded on an error a• to the teem of the case. The ammunition
need was not fond in the barracks, but two feet under the
shingle. It wee very wet, amid the Man nine In custody kept it
a fortnight before he used it. Them had been no departure
from the realm referral to in the second pert of the
question.
Teltanar.—Mr. 111.1101111111AssaTr callod attention to the
subject of the acquisition and control of nibs-aye by the State,
and proposed • neolutlon declaring the expediency of the Irish
railways being taken pomeasion of by the Government and
placed under Government nunageolent.
The motion having been WCOIIIIIOII by Mr. 0. Gine Mr. J.
GOLDintiD moved as an amendment that the suggested purcham
ettukl be finaricially ineapedient, would unduly enlarge the
patronage of the Government, and seriously increase the
pressure of bodiless in Parliament.
Colonel literrei.or seconded the amendment.
After considerable debate Sir B. 11. MUCH, ais the organ of
the Government, objected to the principle of the motion that,
if carried into effect throughout the thitel hiugdont, it w.nrld
be an opera Lion of such magnitude as seriously to disturb the
financiid intensta of the coentry, arid be ail interference with
Innate eriterpriae of an objectionahle and unnecessary, eel
therefore impolitic. character. Ile saw no reason, because the
Gore tnt, hal taken user the Post Office and the electric
teksraphs. why they ehould also turn their attention to rail.
reds or put these Umiertaki ge upon a footing different from
that of arty trade As to the Irish railway., he vim not pre-
pared to treat them as an exception to the railways of the
kiogd °!l'rge'

on the House dividing the motion of Mr. Blenlierhassett was
nricooivod by 241 b. 54, and a second ill•ision ronult.d the
adoption 4,1 Mr. Ooklusiiirsamendinent by 235 to 55.
The ((sibling Societies hill and the Parliamentary Elections
(Returning &Meer: Fmai) Inn sere read a scound time, and
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onicrot to be referred to select committees.

Tro. Gaon Birds (Ireland) 1.111 it-a, pea•ctl through corn-

711 e onler for tommitting the Municipal Privileges (ireland)
Bill was discharged on the motion of Sir M 111LACII, ILIA the bill
referred 4. n iohot committee ; and the Betting I. ill was read a
third time and pLiumed.
WIDNIMAY.—The Metropolitan Buildings and Management
Bill wee read • second time and nil:m.llm scleCt onellnitter.

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Mr. It'Lsoas ntoved the second rt..adient of the Game Law.
Lland) Hill, the object of which is to amend the existins
wo In the direction of protecting font property against the
depredations id harts and rabbits. There had been a strong
" whip" on both sults.
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The'lloaa SIOLIIKTPTLY opposed the Bill for the fantilMr reasons
that " It would satisfy nobody, unsettle everybody, and settle
nothing."
C.donel A 1.12 Alikrag moved an WI amendment that it ho read •
eecond Unto oil that day six smooths, and Upon S division the
Sill was thrown out by lird votui against 127.
TuuttancY.—The Lilian resumed, In committee of supply, the
discussion of thy navy cattiness, which gave Mr. Cumulus an
opportunity of entering ink,. defence ..4 the naval administra.
lion of the late Government The ndortus intnaltscod had for
their object efficiency with economy, and In carrying them out
savings had been eflechal which amounted In the eicirregute to
nine millions sterling. Ile reviewed the condition of the 'leek*
of the principal Powers.. compared with the state of our own ;
and front this eolllllllrisoO drew the conclusion that if In the
year 11470 we were relatively strong we Were touch more so
now, and that, if it chained that we were at 24 hours' notice to
be entangloi in • war with three of the principal maritime
Power., even though they had allies mid we had none, we could
with our prtient fleet hold our own in the Channel, the
Medderranean India, China, and Coliollial Kau ; that in six
months we could clear the ems of the enemy's commerce; and
that within 12 or IS month. no enemy's ship .4 war could put
to sea without enweneering a superior English force. "Seam
was therefore Uniordouable, and he warned the House and the
Government against embarking upon the dangerous sea of
Increased expenditure.
Diecusaion was followed by a speech (not, the First Lord,
who said nothing which fell front hint could lead to the
imprennon that there was likely to be heavy suppleinentary
wranUteee. Me Were in a state of profound peace. There was
not a cloud as Idg as • man's hand on the horizon, and he did
not contemplate making bends effort.; but if the necessity
arose he hoped to be equal to the occasion. What he proposed
to do wen shortly to submit 'owe supplementary estimates,
which would not be to a greater extent than L 200,000. Several
votes were agreed to.
FRIDAY. --On the order for going Into committee of supply,
attention was called to the subject of the Irish fisheries by
STX/M. who eurnaned that an undue preference had been
given to the beach VAC/.
The motion WY oppmed by Mr. M'Laaax.
Sir M. Ilzacu proposed that the Irish Reproductive Loan
Fund should be transferred front the Treasury either to the
Irish GOVereIOCIII or oleic public board In Ireland, who should
have to make advances on loan for the objects content'
by the motion.
Mr. Burr repudiated the oiler.
When the House went to • division the motion of Mr. Synan
was carried by • majority of two, the numbers being 92. to

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Sir J. Lassioat submitted & resolution declaring the desir-
ability of modifying the code of regulations hutted by the
Oommittee of Privy Council in such manner as to give more
encouragement to the teaching of history, geograiMy, elemtn•
tary social economy, end other •• extra subject.," In 010 public
elementary schools.
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Mr. Ram seconded the motion, which was opposod by Mr.
Gotuan, who deprecated any pntmature interference with the
animation.

Lord SAXDOX hoped the motion would not be premed to a
division, and that the Govenutient would be allowed Urn, to
fully oonakier the question. Speaking for the Education
Department, ho sttachal the gnsussit importance In getting
the chill to exercise his thinking faculties. but care must be
taken not to .....rowd our religious teaching by the liatrodue-
thm ot extra subjects.
Mr. FultSTra thought the tinac hut come when the quistion
might, with advantage. be reconsidered in the direeti.ni pointed
out by the hon. baronet ; but he eineurrod generahy with the
views enunciatisl by I.rd Sandon.
The motion was then withdrawn.