The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-03-06 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

THE JUDICATURE ACT.
jiln the HonSE OF LORDS, March 1, Lord Redesdale gave
ce that the Duke of Buccleuch would in committee on
i%Judicatiire Act Amendment Bill, move the insertion of
telallae repealing the provision of the original Act abolish-
telg the appellate jurisdiction of the House of Lords, and
uacting that such appeals should continue to be heard
Y their lordships' House.
thi6rd Penzance gave notice that he should in the event of
12 said clause being agreed to, move that the Rouse should
trole hi order that he might submit to Vie House a resolu-
Well "laring that from henceforth their lordships' lions sie
, Uld adopt the ancient tinge of appointing such lords a t
V.,:qqered moat able to discharge its judicial functions for
kTis.tilal of Causes referred to it for adjudication, and pro-
tio",, g for the sitting of such a tribunal during the prorega-
cig,of Parliament, and for their obtaining assistance in the
coZlarge of their functions from the judges of the Supreme
"" Of Appeal.
WATER SUPPLY OP LONDON.
tolprd Cadogan inquired whether the Government intended
th 'ake any steps for the introduction of a measure during
~,,Present Session with a view to obtaining a better and
er supply of water for the Metropolis.
bj'ared Belper referred to the bad state of the water supplied
thee
14e;t_ Chelsea Waterworks Company, and thought that some
i)ro;pre should be put on them in order to compel them to
water of a purer description.
teenguke of Riamiond replied that it certainly was not
tor
4tiou of the tiovernment to introduce any measure
ketro jurpose of acquiring all the waterworks n the
beforePpl3 ;• and with regard to Chelsea, a Bill was now
iNatem arliameat for the improvement of the supply of
ere, and it would therefore be premature to intro. dilit;tel Present any compulsory measure with respect to that

THE SCOTCH CONSTABULARY.
Whethe ar
Of Minto asked Her Majesty's Government
tf pro :•,,VaeY proposed to introduce any bill for the purpose
ttififtllsieilbt)elliaeil:bwoUrfasitghichcomnosntadbeulona
toast;hhing i
Pensions and superannuation allowances for the
rlYd nofotScgoo so tlandiar as to say that
under their favourable consideration, but p
ziot evr ective their most careful consideration. He could
Dortnti4anY more definite answer until he had had an
wonll.
s
bow
a,. Y of consulting with the Lord Advocate, who
toble e..aent horn town through illhealth. He requested_ had
the
?Ives n t4I to Postpone a second question of which he to fh, neilee with regard to the liability of lands in Scotland
(0-iP_ a ntenance of the Established Church.
PeErlemPnf
1. -.ar 3' Education Provisional Order Confirmation
.ordshi„_ : 1 Eill passed through committee, and. their
v. ad ourned.

GERMINATION OF GRAIN.
IreeilienioartnilanettrithOUSE OF Comm()Ns, Mr.
e Exchequer if he had any objection
geroai . R. Power
.asaktead
ethxteeCandatna-
he clauses of the Inland Revenue Act, allowing the
8,
,ation of grain for feeding purposes for cattle.
req,n lete";..tfford Northcote replied that at the time thiB
would
Perrniss - rY! granted to England it was not thought l b
tilat
to to be extded to Ireland, and it was colitt 6 io enn
might be used ha certain Part s f
got ~I 7 to cover fraud, e'lle was afraid that permission could
ue extended to Ireland at the present time.
t)4.3301
c. 4 , POLICE SUPERANNUATION.
eonlid.eee.ds_topeintraoadauactet
ra adaurba.
g the present session a measure for
011 r, asked the Home Secretary whether he in-
-I)44Z,BBoecretary Cross said the Government were
intention
nfiulaal
very oil° n oi the facts of the case, and it was h
bl the , rtly to
contraatc
tope of dealing with it this session.
Move for a committee to consider the mat
he matter,
14. t ZEPAgniG UP OF WOODEN VESSELS' .
Whether' ilte
It:doled asked the First Lord of the Admtairtaoltay
was true that the Admiralty had enteredfa
can.
alder
aiad, ~
_o nunaber of wooden vessels of her Majesty's Navy,
of shipbreakers for the sale o
Vaa ~7!,_,
.whether any public notice of the intentionetaohsteplla
Wero';l7 . and if he would state to the House why.th
the
late d:rhforenrAsdalaurae.byltpyi.iblic auction according to
Iniblic
brlfzeap.r_a°4l:ieffirroeoalpiie
d that several vessels had been soldeftao
tetti-0114, Mad no publis, notice had been given of th
House last
et ex ept by his statement to t
p.ar as
aotru,
v.eli sold b 8 diBPOSing of unserviceable ships. Ships HShipwsah_a_d
shown t'll'Von, tender, and by treaty,'
... y the Admiralty of late in three different Y 4!
Itibilo nuaetitollilet.best terms had not alwayasndbeeexnP experience hada

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1 brMr. B. TIM NATIONAL GALLERY.
e lie
tt.
eirta
ft
il lea
ioegtptaeer
.safclosukr
ae
the
thhaeciFbiresetn Ca mq
uhmfriestshi Commissioner n.
e enlargement
et 014 6ad, if so, hoar long this site had fbeednbayt tthhee
cost of the
Dlirchasee.vet:ntneut, and what had been the total
Neratoiof nWal °Gralke-
dGtospvhersnai
vointed area
Dosed Dian _ ect of the National Gallery,
' Lei:exilleir9orterenbnuoux sait:gted that in 1868 ML.
tßnalrBry69whaes.parpo:
tetw
the back of th and 1873 a space of ground.
to be sufficient
to finish 44: 6 Dresent building, which was to acquired
e of ground,
the National Gaallery in sections.
63,000 6 ..e Ant two sections. Of this space tor the fillare
he bujitednalld the remaining
Yards in extent, 11,500 yards had to be
section was
cornmerrPose of building barracks. The
first
ses
ready to
given
t
4103865. a, OD. Tile cost of thpefecse3,o°OfOgyroarndusd was
land was
TUE IT A
bight iiirks:te:ZESERVATtIOf No
n(oltßiEceLgfiNvDen)
hAoencYtSh. e
first
of
pursuant
the statnt
of the Bill by
tviiiittirth) Acts, 1Y lycakllnedowthheasatttheentironeaooef tpresl!
I,l,rst Pik: eetuisnse;rnaeixtilained the provisions
GovernMent proposes to replace
ot them.the Acts
t.hoewtae
opehraetrteochaspivttizil.ated the main provisions
itila praoCe Preservatioia theA c t Corfi mleB ,
raon,
dthOentrage
Protection
Oaths Act, and i
he RhopertY Act of 1871, and the Unlawful
Oa
and
lealentl eci
in Minute detail how fairly, scrupulously,.
Aot o
of f 11,8 4t
Life
teatieloY these Acts have been administered, beam
Lord 113;,,t0,_ tye personal care with which Lord Spencer a
of their
extrzior4 "'glen had superintended the application
this was
riot a z„ aarY powers. Ile admitted, however, that
must be
litstitte,la,_son for continuing coercive lActs—they g especial
hd
1 vice—lreland
;laom '4 by the actual condition of the country. . From mere
s ccaZDearbarafte—theft, immorality,
.and brute.
fallen off, still
wiewritin ~vely free, but agrarian crime, and especially
existo. lot threatening letters, though it had
Inth the ProPozes to bring in, the Irish Secret
did
IThich he aaslag on to describe the details of the measure
he did
al.,tach too Much weight to Mr. Mitchell's
Ilet .e linlawtill possession of arms. dealtAlthaoruygh
1 cted
as mit Meat be remembered that he
waseelected
first
contained. intive
bada4eern,,enlY to England. Moreover, though emigration
%NI the 'red'
fallen off.
tions, but
Por t,,,_ ao of arms at party processions had not
for
a re-
newer!: and other reasons the Government asked
of arms
an irmoigration of American Irishhad set in,
Years of the restrictions on the u
t the Peace Preservation Apt. haemodifica-
and with we,aci
aas a view to their gradual relaxation. g
tm to
h",e powers would be administered leniently,
abscondt, e retain the clauses of that Act el
witnesses, to the employment of extra
power
of -0-- on the disturbed districts, and to the
r, rand Jitrie
The
.rovernal,.... ato compensate injured persons.
isaDpress "au!, dld not ask for a continuance of the
abused ~ elutions papers, although if this re.lexatioag
~.._.
roe prepared to come to Parliament again.
?!.&azi,N,'_,(S,h Secretary touched next on the Protection / L
the
adlotnrinDerty Act p2wherwtaos
which is confined to Westmeath and
tioder ttais-`tots• Only fourteen persons have been arrested
~under
It siun 1,8 Aet., and nobody has been in custody
in 'll,ne last. Nevertheless the Government wascon-
of information that the Itiband
bP the eZat'se still in existence, and was only .
Nice authoZ? of this stringent Act. The magistrates
these
Dower, an, . es were strongly against sweepin
was kept
le abey'aric`4 Il
,_ e went as far as to say that murder
sked for
4 eentia e'l them. The Government therefore a
kterpattesdoawrind
new,' tiance ot this Act .for two years, and also for
powers
!Le-
the c4'ne the -Unlawful Oaths Act These renewed .
The Mar
relafaivisear4rn glie ei:ott' he said, Would exercise in a spirit of garawal
kade
._013., with the hope that the next time a proposal
leland
on the"' toe Rouse on the sub'ect it would be to put ,
. big as the other two kingdoms.
tor belt ...,:i'lla of Rartington gave the Government credit
aslied .`:;'ag that the modified code of coercion which. tsrs...
ab,ollitely, necessary, and they must be 19
11°
could
not 'l2,,eevidence as to the condition of Ireland which cmust
tett the ka°Wia to the House at large On
them not in-
tend ._ responsibility, and the Opposition did
nupport
etriegent lie
therc VII rtoake this a party question, but would
demand which they now made
the r Powers. Of all these exceptional laws he had
,g
the !Nations as to the possession of arms and for charging
most
efteelilDienses of extra police on the districts
.the
%piracy
Iva' least in America and Enfor support
found these
tilaT , iand with regard tcrthe first, the Marquis pointed
raised
tor the p as not at an end, and funds were still beingas long
as agrariareliaSe of arras. As to the Westmeath Act,
s could
not h,, a,l? crime Ives in existence exceptional law
old Irish
England the Fenian Con-
Parliax); giliensed with, and he showed that the
o_owes
:::::ret.::::lied de..slt much more severely with these offences.
'4 the 15 Thaw said that the Irish members, out of
first reading
of the bill" Secretary, would not object to the firs
stage. 11, but would steadfastly oppose it in everyutoftohrear
contended that no case had been made 9
raeath 4. ton of Coercion Laws, but with regard to the West-
hait.4o._ c s, ifthe Irish Secretary would show his reports tsoaan.
_5:
lied neze4 Irish Members in confidence, and they were
_T
oPPosition would be made to their renewal. Lorcl
lock ated Lilt It. Power, Captain Nolan, Mr. SelleaPt Sher-
present
thatieeZl7;:-k.sitf:onraner.sPtokreera,gainst after
''ertle re-' 'll the condition of Ireland, andring in
'the E • the Bill as entirely un-
Inittee. Prang Forest Bill was referred to a Se
~, leave was given to bring
Com.
ionties'a4o3illB ware forwarded a stage, and the House ad-

ja .. LOD TITLES AND TRANSFER BILL.
the Ito
Land Titles and
the ,0r,,, tSE OF LoRDS, March 2, the Lord Chancellor, on
Traa,i::.,a.!or considering in Committee the Lan
on
tralsor-'1.:9,
b ne on the
report'', Risti'ation would be raised by Lord Sel or.
own it
s'a.ted that he understood the question of corn-
Was a aad with regard t Other amendments of his ,
. o
fn move
• simply ..- --
""ek la c"'"arY for him to do more than i,
Lord -,. °%talittee•
for th 4andsdowne trusted that the Bill would. be amended
pt the
4111Ilelpie' Olt, as it was not now proposed to a
e,•ll)enesilv'en.rri,s" of making the process of registration less
gistratrio-n°' cslnPillsion he believed that under the Bill re-
The -I._-- wonld be the'exception and not the rule.
x_
Dleineeril anoelloobserved that he had alreadyoen„
llult r,, "he reasona why thae '" 1-1, der the present Bill, and expressed his opinion.iie
1,. it lye
~ lad to Uld .be utterly impossible by a measure c'
"the first
registration was not made c,
Ristar,oelli. ake registration compulsory, at all events in
Lord e.:
en-
ablihk zakberley attached great value to the provision
!li,at the tssessory title to be registered,
to abandon
'Lie corei,oird Chancellor had felt himself obliged
Lord 8 'SI'Y Part of the Bill of last year.
raise the
lue,t,_ elborne stated that it was his intention to n
the
Rai 'II of eoo, but he regretted
th ' 4otl at Plilsory registration at a later stage i
e couaid__Prteosent it would be convenient_ to P
c 'the till'rat ti of the clauses as they stood..
and in the
s'llise . was then considered in Committee, a
Chancellor
that hcielle discussion it w s stated by the Lord Chan
once
proceed with
r4iglister4i reconsidered :he clause allowin landghdoome to
..I,t, coaei„ be taken off the register, and he
tlre screr4en that no such removal ought to be
e 1i0,,..,,al clauses of the Bill having been gone through,
tt.tot,'°. reatUted.
Ts
r .1.
47711-114.11cE SOCIETY ARBITRATION AC
11.1116 3/4ta9(lB—. AITD 1873) AMENDMENT BILL. .
-01)e - - Nil . - Bill for Amending the
Whio, au 4\ ceger presented. a . apermittd
area from which a
lievr ', he I,tB,:,rance Society Arbitration Acts, the object of
appealrhltrato‘epti, WOUI,I be to enlarge the 0
Theiti't,etit hi, (liat_lit be chosen,
•Lorchibtpsecthiselnonainfocuerrrtiaeitti Ca,
bi th' Tlat f., 4 and to give a right of
The a elaotsb ATE sra CHARLES LYELL.
ei___eions
on
Writhtper to h` OP CO!*.l3loNs there were threet W. Cart.
%ire ,Mr 8 e Dlit to he la' Secretary by -au"
, i ,t., • coot e Rome
respecting ' ''' rear'sea of thlield, and Mr. Gregory d \h. cross,
.-
beber 3'. adrait,._e inquest on Sir C. Lyell ; an. '
the news-
themain ' facts as related in
ot
~ e, N„),„,_ torrect • n
Andrew
letter from Dr.
weeks
rerZ: 1%14 'ati atteiid e.read a.
n the twelve .
oeivelpr,4,•eriaoedtSir C. Lyellduri g_
unsuccenfuney.
tio re*
With the '
klett4N.trithwitio stated that Icileltlad
. Cross had also, r___
added tllla'thittala. the Cor°fler ' Ivallinch Mr Cross said haN2
the cir-
the Coront4l/4111'r I°r
bis
:nneciu' et The Home Secretarywti
e"lniori '''Ykti-"ta he h - truck out this item,
c . - Sense or, 4,, s ould have s
decency and
ti„eeo aittin°g at Quarter Sessions reviewing
rosa.wont 0 .t At ti,•;kat it was an outrage en
and Mr-
-I)°Wer. ov !I ssa "4„,1 there was a great cheer,
had no
attentio or Coronerc 'gat as Secretary of State he
and his
Crou r_n had been •ha
14_4 the Lord Chancellor had, a ~,,_.
i
Of lad,,Frnarked that lf-Lted to this matter.
Finally,
al'clla
-44eretion it w , -moly C committed these. .
ouid 1;41_ Coroners .
r wings
EDU
cAT/os
1,,r oecessary to c .
hp their
DISTRICTS.
eeiZtfoanWeett called att 11.1 t RURAL malt
tesobiti„"lldneation • entioa
to the present unsatisfactory moved a
ittice
oo ,
,deciaring thatla the kirai, Districts, and
attend-
itli in 0t,4111 to hes . th.
-- saroe amount of school.
riculture
the wr,,,,1._t branc,.ecured to children employed incig
first of all
bistrir,":.4ng et thletef industry. He contrasted
lianrd Rural
itoarCl, showio:Vucation Act in the w
1°
hnesreas School
tow 4, Itild Oorrip3h,„Y the statistics that
w all the large
be.... la the oonnt.wn.have been adopted in
Boards have
.4 ettablith d rY
' few School
very
made a cox.
ot them have

districts

very few