The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-05-08 00:00:00

Houss OF COMMON&

MONDAY. —The reports of four election committees
were brought up. Mr. Saniuelotn, Mr. W. Leatliato,
and Sir P. 0' Chien we • declared duly elected for
Bothury, Wakefield, awl King's County respectively;
sod Mr. C. H Mills was declared not duly eletted for
Nortballerton. New otitis were onlored to he isaued
for Sandwich, Reading, and North Devon. Mr. Glad.
stone statcil what the Goveniment intended to do.
The Government did not see in the divbion any
reason or warning against persisting Us the effort they
were engaged in to amend the representation of the
people. Paolo' over for the nionent the smell
numerical difference between the majority and the
minority, he deened the tiliation as ooderstood by the
Governmoot to be this—that one moiety of the MOON
was ready to tonsider the Franebise Bill on th• un
atanding which existed before the snood reading—that
the Hilts for the rtdi-tribotion of pest., and lb. &atoll
and Irish Reform Bills, should be produced before going
into Committet., and the ther moiety, while not unwill.
leg to ennobles the Frenchlos Bill—for the second reading
when it became the main queetion was aogalaseed in
without a dissentient 'ohs—interposed the condition
that it should have before it the whole plan of Reform.
Under the circumstances the Government deemed it
1,, be their duty to loee no time In producing the Radio
tribution Scheme and the Bill. for Scotland and
Ireland, and, as Thursday bad b en retained for His
financial statement, leave would be asked to introduce
them on Monday next. He would fix the coop
enittal of the Franchise Bill for that d.y, not
with a view of prooseditig with that stage, but bco•anee
before that dale the Government would not be i •
position to state wht.n they w .tild ask the Hots* to go
into Ountanittre. Mr. Gladstone also added that on
Thursday he would state what the Government meant
to do in refrenee to Ito Cbureh-rates Bill. In wanes
to Mc it, 8.1116 who asked whether the two Bills
soul.' be embodied in one, Mr. Gladstone declined to
say anything which could fetter the Woos* or the
Government on this point until the Redistribution
scheme was produced. Mr. White prested for an under-
standing whither. If any Import...at alteration were
mode in commit so—if the t 7 franohiee, for instance,
wore raised to ES—the Government would deem it
f.tal to the Bill The Chancellor of ti. Exchequer
explained that by "' 'turbos or falling," the o.ivent.
meat meant while the Bill stood they stood, and whea it
fell they would fall—ad ling that., yet the Bill bad not
fallen. He denied that In any pert of his speech he had
conveyed an intimation as to what weak' heopen if an
alteration were made in the Bill, and ',tweeted agdoet
sty inference being drawn. In isomenittee ou the Chill
Service Retimatea, several votes were armed to. Mr.
Chichester Portesene afterwerds obtained leave to
bring in a Bill to amend the law of landlord and
tenant in Ireland.

TIITIIIDAY.—Tbe Boum bad a very short sitting, and
th• most important &atoms transacted was the sue-
timing of Boys' Commissions to inquire into tile
corrupt praetiose which prvvailed at the bat elections
for Mote, Groat Yarmouth, and Lancaster.

WIDIIIIIIMUT.—Attentioo wee called by Mr. Sheri/
to the cam of the committal of a *WM for skollog •
penny from another little girl by the Bev. Robert Grey,
e magiatrate sitting in petty maim at Redditch. Sir
o Grel said that be had called the attention of the
Lord Chaneellor to the ewe, and sons* corrwpondence
bed peened between his lordship and Mr. Grey. but
ias the letter gentleman had stated that be was only
actuated by conscientious motive,. and that big fault
woe an error of judgment, the Lord °beastlier had
abstained from taking the extreme memos of striking
Mr. Grey's name off the commission of the name. —Mi.
Chambers moved the secood leading of the Ball for
legalieine marriage with • deceam I wife's deter, and
conatioded that the purpose of the Bill was in
menrAmee with God's I. If entered at some
length Iwo the bletney of the subject, and ch arail
a tamed Lord Lyndhonat's Act, pared in 1895,
illadvinied and iodefewible, and said the effect
had been to render all marriages with decreed
wives' .litere illegal, and the children illegitimate. Mr.
Hunt moved. seen amendment, dot the Bill he reed •
mooed time that d.y sin months, whloh use seconded
by Sir W. liestbcote, "ad after • lengthy debate the
sewind reading wan negatived by a majority of 19.
TRUIPADIT.—Th• Budget was introdrood by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer in i,.ry elaborate speech.
There was • large atteodanes of anent.".., sod the
Home was itro• did in every part. Mr. Gledetose, up..
/Xing, was rece;ved with load sheen% and he °roe ed 4
in • eery clear and forcible manses to lay b. fore the
House hie ennocial plane. The amount of surp/ur at
his disposal wee £1,960,000 mnl he propoori to dietaries of
it in the following manes'. a—Repeal of the timber duties,
£307.000: the equalealinn of the wine duties In bottles
and casks, MAO ; the repeal of the duty on pepper
(which gr.• very difficult to Conant), nit ace ; the re-
Amnion of the mileem duty on stage orrisges and
miniboom frt.. Id. to id., and of the post-boree duty to
EA for one horse and carri.go, 11116,000, making together
£562,000. He also eroweeed to tooter' the Swine
Bank deposit, of 1.96,000.000 into eanulakm, terminanka
In 18195, and to re-inve4 • portion of the dividend of the
terminable annuities not required for interest on the
Saving.' Bank_ d• plaits, the loss the °Doyennes of the
debt being M%OOO. These item. oaks a total of
E 1,064,1110, and key, • nimble of £285,000. The right
hoe. gentlecesa ealculeted thet In 1888 forty-nine and •
halfwilliom of the Matinee! Debt would be eaneelleaL
Mr. Gladstone eosoluded by moving • resolutioe abolish-
ing the timber dee', which, aiillf MUNI 00111111111411111111114
was agreed to.

FRIDAY —After brief diseemions on the boundaries
of Mooughs, and litigation in Scotland, Mr. D. Grifilth
celled attention to the disterbed state of the Continrnt,
and urged that Groot Britain should do her he•t In oh.
nay of mertlatioe. Mr. White espremed his opted a that
the present omission arose from the refmal of the
Bridal' Government to joie in the Europa.° anagram
proposed be the Emperor of the Freeelh. Sir L Palk
sailed the attention of the Govermeest to the resold
shipenesk and lost of Eyes sod property la Torbay, and
to the petition of the inhabitant§ of 3riitharn, Terqoay,
Peignteo, Newton, and Teidoloooth.PMialf for tho
'nation of a barboer of refege. Er. N. Olbtioa said he
maid eel 1•441 oat say bey* a the °.vereo,", KW"-
big to Parliament a great of_pahlte money for the amp
steadies of a breakwater in ots,'• Ma Royal Coe-
alwiocers had not inemementeded ?wiry an • harbour
of reform sad he did not mos oh, the heel aethoritiee
atone' not do something for theemeimm.-11r. Within
Ins calling allentiee is 111. Anemia Itheries question
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