The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-12 00:00:00

PiPERIAL PARLIAME T.

To the Howie of Lords, July 7. the Royal Assent area elven
by commiseion to the SI todelp,l Coq, rati-n (Es ccc)
MIL the County Authorities (Loins) thil, the V,.ge,nt Las
Amendment hII, the For. Bill eel numher of orir it,
Id Is The commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl
ef Cork, and the Reel of B etheroudh.

Lord De L'lele and Dudley oak. d the Under,tecretary of
State for the War Department whether arrangements might
not be made whereby gentlemen who had (mai fled for direct
ommisalons, alltl who might have to wait for at pointments,
"light be tent at once to Btu yat So,thuent. lb e pointed
t Alt that young men after pa•sing a stiff and open ex mina-
Mon, and when th y had It anted their duty were sent back
to undergo another years study
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The Marquis id Lansdowne said delays eeldom occurred,
hut a hen they did occur it was lea high decree Improbable
that the candidates would have time to complete the course
of study at Sunburst in the (terms.
Lord Strathnaltn also deemed the new system bad an no.
favourahle effect upon the officers and upon discipline.
Lord Galloway, in moving for en Address paying the
Queen that the conditions under which men were induced
to enroll In the Militia Reserve Force Dom 18 0 to 18-5
might not be annulled raft ksp.ctively, as proposed by a War.
Office circular dated April, 1873, observed that those men
after five yearn. service obtained only a bounty of £5 Instead
of £6 to which he considered they were entitled
Lord Lansdowne said that since he lut answered a (men-
tion on this nnhject he had ribmitted the documents tor the
opinion or the Lord Chancellor, and the result we, that those
Militiamen would receive £O.
The Duke of itineleuch earreesed satisfaction at this
statement, and Lord Galloway then withdrew It, motion.
Lord Shaftesbury moved the Second Reading of the Preven-
tion of Frauds on Charitable Funds BID, n t with tido view
of proceeding farther with the measure In the present
Session, but in order that It inlaht be circulated through the
country during the Recess but on Lot, Salisbury and the
Lord Chancellor urging various very ihrcible objections to
the rneasure„ tp• ht .1 wan eventually. withdrawn.

The statnie-l.sw Revision Bill, and the Yl7‘ve—rra.h East
African Cowie) Bah, having for Rs object to regulate end
extend the jurisdiction. In matters connecte I with the Slave
Trade, of the Vice-Admiralty Court at Aden, and of the
Queen's Consul*, under treaties with the Sovereicus of Zen-
, bar, Muscat, and Madagascar, and under future treaties,
were rend a second time.

The Slave Trade (Consolidation) Bill wag also read a second
time, awl the other business haring been disposed of, the
House adjourned

In the House of Commons, in reply to Vlcount Sandon,
Mr. Gladstone said the Government had the usual knovsledne
of the recent declaration by the archbishops as to confession
le, the Church of llng!and, which they had seen in the news-
papers. As to the second report of the conuni,,,don on
Ritual they had net yet t•k-m Into °onside rxtion any mea-
sures which It might be their duty to submit to Parliament
this session. Ant he thought the prixciple of giving nrot„.
am toe con regation Sb tenet the alteration of the ritual
was a very sound one (cheers.
Viscount gandon gave notice that at the beginning of next
session he would, unless the Government did so, bring In a
bill to give a aye edy and inexpensive remedy against the in.
troduction of practices contrary to the law of the Church.

Mr Gladstone took the opportunity of squentlnaddrenaed
to him by Mr. Attler,ou as Co the pr, noec,s of the Batik of
England Notes Bill to take the first step t wards clearing
the Order Book of the busin,sl which It is not Intended to
prosecute this Sessi,n. 'fl-,e folloaing bills are withdrawn—
via , the Bank of England Notes, Trade Marks' Registration,
Prevention of Crime, Building SocieWs No. 3), Fisheries (Ire-
land). Publi.• Prosecutors, and Consolidared Rate Bills. Mr.
Cross also withdrew hie 13udding Societies Bill. Questioned as
to the Valuation Bell. Mr Gladstone said that Mr. stansfeld is
considering It. and will alvirtly announce what course he
will take. Monday next was fixed tor Mr. Bouverlea
motion on the Callan Schools, if after the meeting of the
Education C. 0111111641013. re Mr B. divert., still finds it nem;
nary to bring It ii; but Mr. Gladstone declined to find a
day for the dhrualun of the Elabitial Drunkards Bill, or for
Lard Elchoa motion as to the relations of Landlord and
Tenant. With regard to other engagements ant other hits,
Mr. Gladstone postponed a decision until the Judicature hill
has pawed through Committee ; and when Sir Forster made
a similar reply to Inquiries about the Education Bill, there
were loud cries of " Withdraw."

Iteferrinz to Mr. Plunket's motion, carried on Friday
night, Mr. G'sdrtone a• hommed that a Departmental C
mitten uhf be appointed to Inquire it the e..lohiments,
duties. and conditions of service of the Civil Servants in
Ireland.

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The House then went into C mmittee on the Jnificature
Stilt, and resumed, the considera'ion of Mr. Harcoures
Amendment with reward to Vacations, on which progress
was reported on Friday. After a long conversation the
Attorney General affereel to provide in toe following Clause
for the hearing in Louden or Middlesex of any cause
or application during the Vacation which may be
urgent, and also that any change. made in the
Vacations should be with the consent of the Lord
Chat... Whir. Upon this oncresion Mr. Harcburt
withdrew his Aniewiment, and Clauses 24 and 25 as
thus modified were agreed to In the nex, @louse, 26, relat-
ing to Circuits, Mr, W. Williams moved an Amendment de-
signed to prevent questions of law. or mixed law and fact,
being tried oat Circidt, bet he did not press it on being
assured by the APorney Gewersi that it was not Intended
to establish sittings itt Ban.. on Circuit. On the Otlt
Clause Mr. Cross raised the question of Provincial
Courts by moving to include Lancosiiire in the provision
made by the Cionse for continuous sittings in Middle-
sex and London. The Attorney Loner I admitted the
importance of the suNect, his own leaning towards
the Idea, but urged 'he Inexpediency of raising it now, and
Mr Cross In the end withdrew hie Amennerent. On Clause
21, which relates to the Diviwons of the Ilia h Court of Justin-,
Mr. Roikes was neaten by to to 13 io an endeavour to give
the C uto if Qm,n's Bench Dialed ii precedence over the
Chancery Division ; and 3lr C Lewis failed ty 25 to 20 to
&laden the old names of the Courts and to oislt..guish them
U First Division, Second Division, and soon.
On Clause 29, giving power to alter Divisions by order of
tout c I, there was a somewhat warm c .uversatiou en the
number of Judges, vshi.:h Mr. 11. James, Mr. Amphlet., and
others held had been re uced too low, and Mr. 0 Wagon
accused the Attornes.GenerA of playing "fast and loose"
and .1 .ckeyli g'• Ultimately the Clouse was amended so
as to provide that to order altering the Divisions shall re-
duce or increase the total number of Judges.
On Clause 31, which assigns business to particular Divisions
of the High Court, an Amendinent moved by Ve Attoruey-
General, tramferring Bankruptcy business horn the Chan-
cery to the Exchequer D Odom gave rise to much opposl•
tion, In which Mr Amphlett, Dr. ball, and Mr. U. James
took the lead, rihortly before midnight Mr. West moved
to revort progress, in which the Gevernment concurr,d,
hut Mr. James and others resisted it, polutimr out that
to-day at two, when the controversy would be ',newel,
many of those who had taken part In it wood be Mum-
lardy absent. Clo a division the nadiori to report progress
was carried by 145 to 13i, and the Att....my-General then un-
dertook that the (lame should not be brought on to-day.
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The Military Me muvres Bill was reed a second time, and
the other wders henna Ttea disposed of, the Rouse ad-
corned at ten minutes to two o'clock.

In thellonse of L-irds, July 8. E irl Granville proceeded,
before going to the drat order of the day, a address a few
words to the lions° with reference to a moths° standing on
the paper fly Led Cairo s with respect to the Jadicative
He (Earl Granvi'l had always under., od fr.dis the highest
authorities conversant with the practice of the flooae of
Comm.., that it eat not cus•omsry to give such a notice as
that on t, paper in that 11une, and he thought it c ulti not
be according to the practice of their lor 'ships' [louse.

Lord Cairns suaeested that tha nnbhs lord should have
waited to hear what he had to say ahont the notice afore he
mule his vetch, and aasumed tlut he (Lord Cairns) was out
of order.

Earl Granville said he had ascertained the point from
those who had an undoubted right to tell him, and when the
noble lord said it was an ihmilt to their lordships' U 'me
that he 'Lord G 'anville) should a.certain the fact, it showed
the difficulty the ho,le Prd wan in to make the slightest
answer to the point put to him.
The subject then dropped.
Lord Kimberley moved the second readin of the Canada
Loan Guarantee Bill, and explained the circumltances which
led to the intro laction ofthe bill Into the Uouse of COM-
mons, and the nature of its pr
Eventually the bill was read a SE court time.
On the consideration of the Commons' amendments to the
Lords' amendments to the Railway and Canal traffic Bill,
Lord Ripon moved that the Rouse should not Meat on It.
amendment giving aright of appeal from the Elect don of the
Railway COmmissionere ; and, the Duke of Richmond ob-
jecting to the motion, the House divided, and negatived the
motion by 79 to 63. The amendment of the Lode was then
retained, with a slight modification proposed by Lord Cairns,
providing that there should be no appeal in arbitration
CMOs.

Lord Cairns then called the attention of the Hengelo the
Change In the proposals of the Government In reference to
the Appellate Jo, kliction ot the House of L ,rds, since the
Judlcature Bill wen, down to the C,mmons, stating that the
matter deeply cancerned the privileges of the House of
Lords. He narrated the circumstances under which
that bill had rested througo the Llouae, particularly
noticlng the fact that the appeals from irisnd and
Scotland were mpposely omitttd fr m its operation,
on the ground that the people of those counti les desiGti no
change in the mode of trying their app-als. In that state
the bill went down to the Commons, and he was Informed
that the proposal of the Gb Comment now was that the
Court of A 1 peal to be ceeeted by the bill should entertain
Irish and Scotch as well as English appeals.
The Lord Chancellor la Hewed that ord Cairns had fa!ted
in prosier that any breach of privilege bad been comml Ltd.
He felt embarremed in dealing with this question, for he
declined to refer to wor s apoken to the House of Common',
It was tree that the Judicature Bill, to Its first intro-
duction, did not contain any I topmost for including
within its provisions frith and Scotch appeals, and the
.vernment did not acquiesce In any proposal for that
object until they thought they had sulThient
for believing that Irish and S etch opinion do-Iced It.
If any Infringement of the privileges of the Home of
Lords bad occurred, that was Mort assuredly the result of
Inadvertence, and, when no breach of privilege.. Intended,
their lordships wall not consider themselves obliged to
adopt so extreme a course as potties aside the bill altogether,
th'•tigh they might o, j,t to matters In it constituting a
breach of privilege fie maintained that there was no danger
of the prom...A change ca.:sing a conflict of declaim son
matters of law between the differet t dirdeions, and he
pr•inlsed that the ten stion of prtvileee would receive all Ow
c mstderation it deserved from thr Government.

After some twiner clken.tion the subject dropped, and
10.0 bilk hating been advanced a stare., their Intthhips
a ljourned.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Whalley asked the Secre-
tsry nt State for the Home Department, with reference to
the Tichborne prosecution, whether he had taken any steps
with a view to dePct awl punish the an'hor of Me letters
which, in the c dace et tlw pending trial, had been lec.nr-
rored by the court as forgeries. And whether it was II e fact
that it itnessea had ti en hy Mit to LOll.lOll to Identify tbo
defendant as not being honer 'fichherne, and that oil such
w,t heats decltninc to give evidence to that elf,:t, they had
tee, ef tit away, and their crenate paid.

Mr. Bruce r I hope my Bon. friend sill acquit me of any
Intenturnal discourttsy to him ii I altrlether clecrine to
answer his question. Ido not presume to c.c.s motives
of to lour friend, hut It is oh we that the effect of his que,
firms is to influruco It e tii ii now pen.lbr.g by Imontrim to
the Iriestmo..nt misconduct in the mana,ernebt of rhe pro-
ie..utron. My hon. friend mite& cum° me If I dedlue to
any. coy to contribute to that object (Ittar, hear.)

The Judicaltre Pill was again taken at a Mcfnirg Sitting.
Clanne 21, allotting I usfueis to the oartiular Di4l
on which a controversy was raised at the 14'400114 idling
hy a proposal to transfer Lankruptcy ca ea from the
ancery to the Exchequer Division, was p ,atpeneil,
lit fultnnartit of the Attorney.Gi Devil's protonic. In
the conr:e of the afternoon procreis was made up to
Chnett as. Then, ly to int of peter! interest raised we, on
chum 44, where Mr. Harcourt propoied it .aeato an appeal
in Criminal Cato aat the discrete of the Ho, ti Secretary ;
but thandacnoslon who postpoorol to the Retu.rt, the Attorney.
General undertairinc to eons% or the question in the mean-
time. Though several divisions were taken, the wales were
parsed in the main without any change.
At the Evening Siiting, Mr. II hi hard anbmitted
tri,,tion in favour of International Arblerati -in as a means of
preveuting ware, which, he maintained. usually happened
becalm, nations had made to preparation beforehand
to nettle their differences with at resort to the sword.
Ile dilated at length on the miseries of war, the
enormous expenditure ou enlistment., the withdrawal
of a large portion oi the population front us. fat pir-
anha, and referred In terms of warm imp, vat to the
Geneva Arbitration. The practical suggestion with widah
tie corichried, and which he dealrid to see ernhodied taste
Address to the Crown, was that the Foreign S, crews shout
enter into comma:it:anon with Yoreim Powers with a view
to the formation of a Ude of 11.4 rnatinual Lae and the ea-
tahlishroent of • permanent system or Tribunal of later-
national Arbitration.

Mr Gladstone, though entirely appb sing the Lim of the
motion, dmbted whetfor it was not m rolkoly to be for-
warded by Individual net., bko tbe Geneva Arbitration, than
by the more ambitions policy of sttorepting to ?raw
all) Foreign Powers Into gsneral communication With
regard to Great britsin, he polo tel out that there
was gradosby !unwire up a practise, which in time
would hard.° isto rule, of availing ourselves of every
opportunity of promoting the pasnelni eon...inert of sit
dispmes, if, agreed with .I,rd Pah:iv-1400 ,—from chose
spesch In answer to a similar 'Doti m made by Mr. CohJen,
h rod • qtrotriton—thaS inde• way tb be expootCd

from the progress of publio opinion than from any
Mop of this charicter, but at present he feared Wild',
opinion on the Continent was not ripe for the establish
in,rit if an International Tribunal. If there were a, y
opinion existing In Its favour abroad, it WWI merel)
secibmsl, unit had not nude its way into Cabinets, or th
minds of the people. oir failure to stop the Franco
German War by appealing to the D cl ration of rah
was cited by Mr. Gladstone as a proof of this, and
while he agreed that the example set by ourselves and
Vas United States at Geneva would do much good
he m •Intained ti-at our in‘ular position gave us greater
faclities fir s .cr piing lb tr.ncip .0 of Arnitrarlot
than Continental nations. He riminded the House that wi
yet to tounnuoicat,- the three hew Rates to For,br,
Pewers. and he feared that fe,lausy and nation might
Produced if we set about such an ambitious task as lie
Itiopard otniemplated while the oiler m was unsettled •
Sir W. Lawson spoke in favour t f the motion, after which
Lord Enfield moved the' • Previous qiestion." Oa a division,
however, the IL e &anal to adopt this mode of evading
a decision by 9i to 88 ; and fir Richard's Resolution we:
then put and declared to be carried staid considerable cheer-
toe.
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The other boldness was disposed of, and the House ad-
journed at 25 minutes past one o'clock.

In the House of Commons, July 9, Sir W Corrigan moved
the second reading of the SAO of Liquor. on Sunday (Ireland)
11111 He wished to intend the principle of the licensing
leArlatlon of Inst session, which had coitsiderahly I,dneed
drunkeun-es on Sunda) a, and he swelled that the total
cbeong of public-houses would be a bleating to Ireland.
Mr. Csisu moved that the bill should be read this city
th no mouths. The working population of Ireland were al.
tog-tree opposed to this measure. DA the hon, member
take his sherry and seltzer on Sunday? (Hear, hear ) 11 .0,
why object to the poor man haying Ids beer
Mr. J Lowoer seconded the amendment.
L rd. Claud 11.niilton, as the representative or a large Irish
couniy testified to the growing feeling there In favour of
this bill. _

---aitTiuen did not deny the evils which arose from Intem-
perance, particularly on Sunday, but he would not deprive
the whole natioi, of their right, on that accnimt. Ile found,
however, that his nand tuents did not oppose the bill, and
he should thornier. vote for giving it a trial.
Mr. supported the bill in the interests of those who
were employed In public houses. They deserved as much
pr as those who worked in factories or were em-
ployed In shops.
The Mtrquis of Hartington did not believe that the
feeling of Ireland was in favour of this bill, because the
people had not petitioned against it. (Hear, hear.) NVnen
there was a yrobability Of the House of Comm 11111 passing
• measure of this kind, no doubt Its opponents would
make themselves beard. Ito objected to the curse taken
by the hon. member for Carlow (Mr. Bruen) as this was not
• lit. subject for experiment. Tits was n.it the time for
passing this bill, as only last session the House had passed
a new licensing law. The Government did not think that
noble opinion in Ireland was ripe Ira total prohinition of
the liquor trAlic on Sundays, and he, thtref re, could sot
support the bill
After remarks from other hon. members, the House then
&wiled when the hill ws, rejected. by 1401, 89.

Mr. II B. Samuelson moved to die Charge the rder for the
second reading of the Municipal Extension ILI,.
Mr Fowler ,omolained of thLe course, and mov d the ad-
journment of the debate.
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Aler sumo discussion thus was aireed to, and then Mr.
H. B. Baniuelsou propo.ed that the adjournment should be
for throe months. This was colyerS-d to by Mr. Talbot, and
the Home divided, when the adjournment was carried by
185 y.tis to 91.

Mr. Whom° Morgan moved that the Howe should go Into
committee on the Burials Bill, and reviewed the amend-
ments of which notice had been given It was not his fault
that this bill had been driven to so late a poriod of the
sesstm, for be had appealed to the Prime Minister for a day
but In vain. Di I the member forth, University of Conbridge
think that he could reverse the decision of the House in the
seem d reading of the bill ? Ills object was not to reverse
the bill bin to tide over the last session of this fatal and un-
fortunate Pollament (D rinse cheers from the Opposition.)
He (Mr. Morgan) could «If ord to wait ; delay which We, Irk.
some to him was hold to hti opp dents
Mr Pell was sure that those who disliked this bill cmid
aft rd to wait. Ile moved the discharge of the order for
going It to committee.
The deVa'n was continued by Mr, Beresford Hope, who
wits speaking when the hour arrived for the adjournment of
the deba.e.

The other orders were disposed of, and the House ad-
journed.