The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1872-06-29 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAkEOT.

In the fleece of Lords, June 24, Lord Belmore, as ex-
Governor et New South Wales, called attention to the de.
portation of natives from the Pacific Islands, cad altered
gestic no fur the o.pregaion of kidnapping and other criminal
outrages
Lord Kimberley sail that of the sin steam vessels of war
On the Australian station four wonld be employed entirely
In suppressing the pr.ntiee of kidnapping. Sailing vessels
would also be hired and guiplopsi as tenders to the steam
• easels. Ito gave further explanations as to the megauree in
contemplation, and stated that every step would be taken
to put an end to tin atrocities which Serf to the death of
Bishop Pattesou, to.d to give elle,t to the bill now awaiting
the Royal assent.
Lord Granville, In answer to Lord Lauderdale. said her
Majesty's G •Valitatatt were in communication alt!. other
Goverumcutt far scprt Linn tins° outrages.
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Lord Dummy called attention to the bit four county
electtoos hi Ireland, and 14,0 y identified Mr Gladatone,
hia Government, and the Liberal party with the growing dm-
affection to the Imperial Government manilated in the
sister country. . ` • s

Lord Kimberley was glad Lord Dunsany had made no
attack on the Irish Executive, and that it was therefore un-
necessary for the Lord-Lieutenant, whn was on the Treasury
Beach, to defend the Irish overnmet t. irsiefty replying to
the charges of Lord &maw y, he denied that there 'sac
" growing " disaffection in Ireland. The Rome Rule agita-
tion was, at all events, a peaceful one. and the hopes of the
Fertians hi the United States, the head•quarters of lenianism,
had never I•een less high. Ireland was now in the enjoy.
merit of great material prosperity, and he saw much tlot roar
hopeful iii the generate million of the country.
Lord Oranmore continued the diseusalon.
The Bank of Englami (Election of Directors) Bill was
read • third time and passed.
Their lordships adjourned at half-past Well.
lathe Rouse of Commons, Sir. Ilorsman gave notice that
on Friday he wid call attention to the attacks ou Mr.
Justice Keogh.

At Cie time of questions there vfas a short altercation be.
',seen Mr. bouvene aiul Mr Gimlets..e touching the manage-
ment of the Bishops' Iteignstion till, which Mr. lionverte
complained had been smuggled and hurried precipitately
through the House. Moreover, a similar course had been
taken with regard to a cognate hill—the Act of Uniformity
Amendment Bill.

The Army Esti=les occmaled the house In Committee of
ripply until past midnight. On the Militia Vote there was
• long conversation on the constitution of the Force, which
was criticized in a depreciatory spirit by Mr. flolms.
Colonel Oilpin, Colonel Loyd Lindsay, Colonel Corbett, Mr.
Stanley, Sir J. Pakingtou, and others spoke. Ultimately the
vote won agreed to.
The Volunteer Vote (4473,200) was also canvassed at some
length. Colonel Charles Lindsay attacked the new Voles-,
leer code, complaining that the compulsory character of
some of the clauses would strike a fatal blow at the ser-
vice, and would work gross injustice to many conimaird-
I officers. Mr. Cardwell defended the Circular, as
being necessary for the rilkiency of tie service. Lord
Elcho also thought the conditions excessively stringent, eel
argued that the public was disposed to require too much
tram the Volunteers. Colonel Barttelot and Lori Bury, ou
the other hand, approved the new rules; Mr. kcnnaway,
Mr. Whitwell, Colonel North, Colonel Bere,ford, Mr. Ander-
son, Sir P. ()Teen, Colonel le yd Lindsay, and others also
spoke. The following Votes were agreed to :-
445,3'0 Divine Service.
£26,400 Martial Law.
4.247,700 Medical Establishments.
£963,300 Militia Pay.
£79,700 Yeomanry Cavalry.
£473,200 Volunteers.
A vote of £1,134,000 was also agreed to for the Poet Office
add Packet Service.
The Juries Act Amendment Bill was passed through Com-
mittee, and several other Orders of the Day were forwarded
• stage, and the House adjourned at five minutes pa,t uue
o'clock.

In the House of Lords. June 25, Lord Egerton moved the
second reading of the Church of England Fire Insurance
Bill, to provide for the insurance by the clergy of buildings
Which are under their charge.
The Bishop of Wincinster supportwl the bill, and thanked
the noble lord for having b. ouglit it forward.

The bill was read a second time.
The Elementary Education Act (1570) Amendment Bill was
read a second time.

The Charitable Trustees Incorporation Bill was read a third
time and passed.
On the motion to rend the Ballot Bill a third time, Lord
Denman moved the rejection of the bill, the principle of
which, he said, was disapproved of while the bill itself
would not work. Ila bad seen it stated that the amend-
ments were not to he accepted, and if that were the case it
would be better to reject the bill. If they pasted the bill he
Was sure they would repent it.
Lord Fortescue, as long ash° hail a teat in the other Home,
where he represented large and popular constituencies, had
declined to support the Ballot. Thinking now that, owing
to the more independent position of the wage-earning class,
It would do less harm than formerly, he felt b amti to vote
for it He regretted that measures of real importance, such
as the Public health Bill a ii the Mines' Itegulation
should be postponed ton measura of such comparative un-
importance, and he looked forward with dread to the pros-
pect of another Session belng wasted on the Ballot Bill. Ile
therefore trusted that when the hill came back f rem the
Comnions their lordships would not insist on the clause
making secr,cy optional.
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Lord tristol proemial a clause embodying a system of
voting by means of Toting papers.
Lord Ripon said that the clan. was °ladle the scope awl
purport of the hit, and further ihjected to the clAuse, on its
merits, that it would increase the facilities for bribery and
tatixullstioa.

Lord Salisbury, while retaining his opinion in favonr of
voting papers, thought that no nmful object could be nt.
tabled by flourishiog this amendment in the face of the
House of Commune.

After a few words fr mu Lords Fortescue and Colchester, the
bill, having been real a third time, was then passed.

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The CuAtoms and Inland Revenue Bill and DIP Bank of
England (Election of Directors) Bill were read a third time
and passed.
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After some other business had been disposed of, their lord-
ships adjourned.
In the hum of Commons, at the Morning Sitting, The
Cetkinorhue asked the Prime Minister to ex the keening
hitting for Friday, in order that there might be ample time
to discuss Mr. liorsrean's motion Irbil regard to the
attacks on Mr. Justice Keogh, but Mr. Gladstone declined
on the ground that the ulseussion wonlil lie altogether pre-
mature. Mr. Borman said he did not mean to go into
the Judgment, but should routine himself to the agita-
tion it hail excited ; awl Dr. Ball, while admitting
that the Judgment could not be adequately discussed
in the absence of the evidence, earnestly pressed on
Mr. Gladstone the danger of dela; lug to take notice of the
systematic attack on the dignity aud independence of the
Irish Bench, in which some Justices of the Peace hal shared.
Dr. Ball WA, proceeding to give his reasons when Sir C.
O'Loghlen interposed ant declared Ord, it the discussion
were to he thus irrezulurly iminencest, he and other Irish
members would feel compelled to take part in it. line
Speaker decided that Dr. Ball was out of order, end Mr.
Gladstone said that if on consulting the Irish Secretary he
had any information that delay would be dangerous he would
reconsider his decision.

Mr. Conolly strongly deprecated a illgcnssion at present of
any part of a subject on winch so much feeling existed.
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The Juries Act (lisland) Amendment Bill ;as read a third
time and passed, after which the Scotch Education Bill was
considered as amended. The only changes of consequence
made in the bill at this stave were to reduce the penalty on
parents for not sending children to school from 401. to 203,
and Clause 72, which reqnlr,ll that, list of di I tithing parents
should be made out and sent to the magistrates to assist
them in decithig these cases was struck out.
On consideration of the Education (Scotland) Bill as
amended, Mr. 3FLaren moved an amendment to Clauie 66,
io provide that religious instruction should be given both at
lie beginning and end of the day's secular instruction,
The Lord Advocate was of opinion that the clause as it
stood was aufficiently explicit, but he did not objdct to the
amendment.
The House ilivideri—For the amendment, 156 Against,
44 ; majority, 112. Tlte amendment was therefore adopted.
Some minor amendments having been made, the principal
one being the omission of C arise 72, the bill was ordered,
amid some cheers, to be read a third time on Thursday.
The rest of the sitting was spent in Committee on the
Coal Mines Bill. Clauses 11, 12, and 13 were itgreeci to, ant
on Clause 14, which imposes a penalty on owners, agents,
or managers contriv,iiing the provisions of the Act with
regard to the employment of women. girls, boys, don, Mr.
B. Hill novel to codify it by inserting the word .• know-
ingly." Mr. Bruce opposed the amendment, but, after some
discussion, it was carried by 185 to 170.
At the Evening Sitting, the Ballot Bill (with amendments)
was brought down from the 116 nae of boils, and ths con-
sideration of the Lords' amendments was fixed fur Friday, at
a Morning Sitting.

Mr. 11 Arthur moved an Address to Her Majesty, praying
her to establish a British protectorate in the Fiji !elands.
After a rapid survey of the geoerraphicil features of the Is-
lands, the labours of the Wesleyan missionaries, and the cir-
cumstances under which the sovereignity bad been
offered to the British Crown. Mr. SPArthur dwelt
on the considerations, religious, phil.thronlc, and
commercial, which tie conceived made it imperative for the
Government to take the step he propnsed—under the latter
head, dwelling especially on the capacity of the soil for the
growth of cotton. To the same effect he quyted the
opinions of distinguished coloolal authorities, and anim-
adverted on the policy of the Colomal entice, which ho
maintained was utterly opposed to British interests and
the permanent prosperity and good order of the islands.
Admiral Erskine, in secondirg the Address, relied on his
own personal experience as a Naval °Meer on the station,
dating from the year ISIS, and expressed an opinion that the
Whole gel these islands in the Smith Pacific were destintd to
be occupied by white settlers. Front this he argued that we
ought to interfere for the edablishment of law and order.
After expressions of opinion from several hon. members,
Mr. Knatelibull.llugeasen, in replying on behalf of the
Colonial intiee, pointed out the difference between the case
of Fiji and the Piot, ctorates at the Cope and on the Gild
Coast, and asserted that when the sovereignty was olio ed
to on in 10.35 the independent chiefs and the nass of the native
rdrtuyiaot"a"n ye rree.,no.l
se tionrs eaontni
eni%riaort.
...litttetituattte.ria.,
infinitely more objectionable—he dwelt on some of the reasons
on the ether site, such as the expense and the absence of
any expressed sigh on the part of the islanders. The Go-
vernment, however, was prepared to acquiesce in the union
of 11.11 with one of our Australian colonies, and had in-
timated as much. Repudiating vigorously the doctrine that
under no circumstances should British Statesmen acquire
new territory, he argued that every case should be judged on
its own limits. in this case lie deprecated precipitancy,
and urged the expediency of t Bing a trial to the new Govern-
ment, from which there was every reason to hope an
energetic effort for the establishment of law and order.
A long discus Pion followed, arid on a division the motion
was rejected by 135 to S-t.
Mr A. Herbert, at one o'clock, in an impatient House
moved a resoluti n requiring that all applications from the
Colleges of the University of Oxfonlko alter their statutes
be laid before Parliament, if it be sitting, within fourteen
days after the same have been received by the Pi ivy Commit.
After lie had made hi, speech, 11r. Hardy and Mr. Gladstone
appeali Ito lino not to In rs vote at such an unseasonable
hour and Sir. Herbert under the circumstances withdrew
the motion.

On the Order of the Day being read for resnming the .Com-
mittee on the Burials Bit. Mr. 0. Morgan, who is in charge
of it, proposed to fix it for the iith of July, whereup-n Sr
11 ii. Bzwich, 111.0114 that it was impossible for the bt Ito he
discussed at thin time of the Session, moved to substitute
the 3rd of September: By a division the 9th of July was nega-
tived by 130 to 75, 61.4 this result, which was equivalent to the
defeat of the bill for the Session, wee greeted with loud cheers.
tin the proposal to fix the fret of September, Sir. Candlish
moved the adjournment of the. liouse, which gave Mr.
Morgan the opportunity of coniVaining of the "shabby"
manner in which the bill had Men defeated—an epithet
which the Specter ruled was un-Parliamentary, and which
was accordingly withdrawn. After some sharp exchanges
between the two sides, Mr. Candlish, acting under the advice
of Mr. Bruce, withdrew Ma motion for the adjournment, and
the Committee was then thud for September &
The Rowse adjourned at ten minutes to two o'clock.

In the Hones of Commons, June lath, Mr. Gregory, in
mogh,sr the second reading of the Real Estates Titles Bill,
explained that its object Wes to simplify end render less
cumbrous reset expatiate-a the present mode e f transferring
land, and described in detedl the mode by which he pro-
pon.d to bring about these results,
Mr. Kennedy, who secondel the motion, congratulated
Mr. tiregory or: the step he had taken in the direction of a
much-need d law reform.
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After remarks from Mr. Stapleton, Mr. Hinds Palmer, Mr.
Dickinson, and Mr. T. Cultic!,

The solicitor Getteral objected to the meagre on the
ground that it Cu a partial and insufficient wAy td dealing
with the question of the transfer of land, lie complelned
that in the proposal to transfer to C registrar the powers now
mrobed by We Court of Chaucer;, without the notices earl

safeguards for defining boundaries, ace, which now existed,
would be to introduoo a cheap system at the expense of
ju,tice.

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Dr. Ball urged that, inasmuch as it was admitted that
note were defects in the existing mode ot trinefer. it was
the duty 01 the Government to undertake to deol with the
gnestion.
The bill was then withdrawn.

Mr. Cowper-Temple, in ruovin r the second reading of the
Occasional Sermons Bill, explained that its object was to
enable the authorities of the Er.glish Church to ao that which
was allowed in the Established Church of Scotland, and in
all other Protestant communities, namely, to grant the oc-
casional loan of their pulpits to preachers belonging to other
denorainatiors. At present, he stated, there WM a doubt aster
whether the bishops hail the power to sanction such a proce-
dure, and the consequence was that they tivolded the raising
of any question upon the subject by refusing to give such
sanction. P.v the bill nisw before the House it was proposed
to rsnieye this doubt. The right hon. gentleman cited the
CWO's in which the Archbishop of York anti the Bishop of
Winchester had preached in Scotch Presbyterian churches
as luivinc uroislied a precedent for the principle he sought
to establish by this measure, and esp. eased a hope that the
House would accord the hills second reading.
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Mr. T. Hughes seconded the motion. -
Mr. Berestord Hope moved that the hill be read a second
time tint day three months, and In doing so mid he was
pleading for the rilhts and priv Mewl of the laity, whits,
he urged, would be seriously imperilled by this measare
He coniplaincd that nodes the terms of the bill, which
enabled the bishops to give authority to Incumbents Cr
otectating ministers to permit persotis belonging to other
det:ontinatiotis to preach oetasional sermons in their churches,
a clergyman who had been spending his holiday at the sea-
side might find that in his absence tho officiating minister
had brought into his pulpit some Boanerges from a distanc
who hart created the greatest conf uslon and disonter among the
ordinarily quiet and decorous congregation. The hon. gentle
nim pointed out that there was no provision in the bill en-
abling the bishops to revoke their authority when once given,
complained thot it did not explicitly provide that Nonconfor-
mists permitted to use Church pulpits should be members
of a Christian dispensation, and argued that it placed the
bishops M a very tuna ms poeition, in throwing upon them
the OMIII of giving or refusing permission.
Th 3 discussion was continued by several hon. members,
after which the House divided—Fur the second reading, 11g.
against, 177 : majority, 111.
The House then adjourned.