The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-19 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLL9MENT,

In the House of Lords, July Id, In answer to the Duke of
BuAtotthntn, the Karl of Kimberley stated that the sum.
mar), of news which had appeared In the morning papers
was cr,rnet An entreatment had taken pls., at Ednina
beta, ru the native forces •nd the sea mut land free.
of lire Mak sty anal the Ashantees. In that theme.
meat or I reel were littler the odninand of Col, teeing
who ,lefeated the Ashaiatees with the loss of Wautt 300
1011.0 and a large nunilier of wounded. ALotter operation
was the ilestruellon of part of the town of Elmina That
was untlertgken because per: of the town .bowed strong
Oars of disaffection and of Joining the Ashant.es • but lull
utdice was given to the inhabitants by Colonel Hairier With
Seward to Cape Coast castle there was an Intel Hon kk attack
It, but Colonel Harley had no doubt that we should he able
to de,,,t at With regard to the niilltary stores and provl-
- He loss had rot teen as great by the wreck of the mall
steamer C. had linen at tint rtippned.

A WI. s few words from the Earl of Lauderdale, the rubject
drum d.

Lord thwumore called attention to the reply of the Arch-
bishops to the Church Association, and observed that, as
our national Institutions for the maintenance of religion
were imperilled by the conduct of • certain numb, of
the cler:y and 1304 In the Church of England, It became
the duty of the Episcopate and the Legislature to take
some stem In the matter. Adverting to the statement in
the Archbishop's reply that • petition signed by up-
wards t I WO chrsymen boa been presented to the COUVOCJ-
Ilk. of the Proviso. of Canterbury int favour of what they
designated as " ziacransental Contemn.," be declared he
wan at a WWI to conceive by what casuistry to large
:nuniber of clergymen of the Church of England could
recoLcile themselves to concur in • petition of that
had, am' at the same time to remits tacte position
and emoluments in the Church of England. He also
exprewed his regret that the Bishop of Winchester
bad inhibited In his diocese a clergyman from delivering
lectures against Roman Catholicism who had been permitted
to deliver similar lectures lathe Diocese of London by tea
Mal op. if London In IlUCCEllait,O, ilkiat he concluded by
mom, for the appointment of • Committee to consider by
what legi,latiou an other means the evils complained of by
the Archt.i..hops might be averted.

The Archbishop of Canterbury said he -se not ettrprioul
that ills matter bed excited great attention and alarm, but
the poll, ion to w hi,.h reference had been made was not so
important a document as it might at drat seem, for he be-
lieved that many clergy men had appetded their signatures
to It it, the belief that they were signing a rennin against the
Burials Bill. He.was luclinedto attach more Importance oano-
ther p, tido!, presented to Convocation, bemuse It was ingued
by four of the Professors at the University of Oxford, slit he
trusted that those who were responsible for the appointment
of persons to high positions would inform themselves
whether persons so appointed had the proper requisites. He
should be glad If it were the opinion of Parliament that the
power of the Bishops to remedy these abuses might be in-
creased ; but he Mao remarked that the laity and church-
wardens had v*rtaln powers which it was their duty to exert.
The Bishop of Wit cheater said that the statement was in-
correct that he had bitilidted a certain clergyman from de-
Ilvt ring lectures In his diocese. All that he did was privately
to inform the clergymen in question that he should refuse
permission to him to deliver those leeltirk s in a particular
church, the churchwardens having represented that there
was a general objection to controversial subjects being in-
troduced there.

Eventually, had Orsnmore's motion was pat and neg.
Uved.

The Public Schools tEton College Property) Bill, was
on the motion of Lord 14ttelion, read a second time.

The Report of the emend meet. to the Col onel Church
Bill was agreed to, and alter several other bills had been
alvanced a dna, thelr lordships adjourned.

In the House of Commons, Mr. Osborne Morgan cave
notice that cm the recommittal of the supreme Court of
Jualcature hill he wctild move—" Teat this House, while
fully resolved to maintain its constitutional tight t originate
and amend bills relating to the Judicial functions of the
House oiL Pds, does not deem it expedient to deal thlssesston
with the question of altering the law as to Scotch and Irish
. .
appeals"

_ _
Mr. Pim gave notice relating to the inch appeals only.
Sir W. Lawson gave notioe of • new Standing Order pro-
viding that the house shall not be cleared without motion
and debate ; and Mr M 'leery gave notice of motion for
next Session for • Select Committee to inquire into the
present system of rep.otkg debts, and of adudsalon to lb.
Reporters Gallery.

In reply to Mr. Recife,
Mr. K natchbull I:lumen—lt may be for the convenience
of the Hon. that I should at the same tin e answer the
question I the right hon gentlemen opposite (Sir C. Ad-
derley) with reference to the I oat of material of war by the
wrecks of the Nigritid and the Yoruba. I have very
Little to communicate beyond the news which has ap-
peared in the morning newspapers. The &shardsee have
received a severe check at Elnitim, and when mail left
their army ws• concentrated about midway between
that town and Cape Omit, at a piece called Elf vtoo. (A
laugh The military and naval forces, under the command
of Colonel Vesting and Captain gre,mantle, and the BOWS.
under Mr. toggle had behaved aomraby, inflicting a con-
elderaide lose upon the enemy, while the casualties en our
able were very slight The despatches lit,t received giving
an account f the ergagi-ment, will be imme. awl) publishd
In the Uezrete. I may satellite opporsuntty of Hating with
regard to tte previous Wont Coot papers whioh my noble
friend ;Lord Kimberley) promieed for this week, that
being very voluminous, it has be,n thought best to divide
them In order to facilitate their delivery, ant toed the first
pert will be di. rionted, I It pe, todnurrow, and the rest
before the end of the week. I hardly understand the secesid
part of toe question of the hon. member for Leith as to
" precautionary and peace-restoring measures." (4 Laugh)
At the present moment our neat tidy is to repel the
Ashantee aggression, for which purpose every nec, vary
measure will be taken. (Rear 1 They have al: ea ,y had •
severe and salutray leesou, and we have every cooddemm
In our Mlle is and men, ise well as in the Administrator,
Colonel Harley. With regard to the que 'iron of the right
hon. gentlemen opposite, I am happy to inform him that, as
far as can be a=c-rtained, no military stores were bat in the
Wreck. if the Nigritia and ),'oruba, witn the exceptional
some boots and mottling, though it may be positions thistsome
stores were to shipped from Stern. Leone. hut by reports
received from the Coasts ample eupplies of military stores
have arrived at the coast, having gone cut by previous
veigiels. colonel Haley writes in good spirits, and speaks
of having pletty ol munitions of war ; but, in addition,
farther stores, with large supplies of prosisions, will be Inc-
ruedistely sent in the Simoods.

In answer to a further question from Sir P. AVerley, the
"Wit hon. gentleman added,—The detal,s of the engarienient
will appear Pi the despatebes about to he puiilishini In the
Gozette, a portion of the town of 1i,121,na cal.ed the King's
Quarter," separated from the other tart of the town by the
river, bad shown itself disloyal, and the Ashantees had been
supplied with arms and provisions by the inhabitants The
latter were devred to give up thetr arms, lois they did not
do, and numbers of them were joining the Ashanke, after
full and extended notice, this portico of the town was very
properly destroyed. It would h.vi- been impossible to have
allowed it to remain and he occuph il by an enemy salt was
built close op to the walls ol the Castle.

Between thirty and forty other queetions were addressed
to different, irenii era of the Government, hut very few of
them related to matters of general public Interest.
Mr. Forster fixed Thursday for the Second Riarling of his
Education MI, and hoped to take the Endowed Schools Act
Amendment bill on the name night.

The 11 nee then went into Committee on the Supr,me
Court of Judtcature 1101, taking first the Red Ink Clause.,
Chick settle the mimes, pension., At, of the Judges
and other fficiuls. Much opposition wee created by
• new Clause, moved by the Attorney.GeLeral, provid
lug that no Lord Ct ancelltr bonnier shall receive a
pension who has net sat ten years on the woodtack or
served fifteen year. as an ordinary huts., holes. he I, Pie
his consent in wri jog to sen-e as an additional Judge of t he
Court of Appeal, Mr. tit a ohne ted to his 1 mite i n, ant-
Mg out ha i svotdd prevent the limernmeo, fro 0 o ,tain-
ing the beet mec. Te A tor ey-Geneml repo dti a the
se-Chancellore would be rehe ed from ii e legal du:tee whiot
they tad i hen,, perform d, and ref creel t to emtt'oy-
Meet ol Lord Cairns an Lord W I bury in kr I tat on Ca•es
as an add. .onal reason why In-nt e en-Chemello s sttou d t e
boon-ti glee lieu lit etoth e pub! c service tu r turn for their
cottons. Mr. Hardy remit, deo the Attoreiey.Gottrral tnat them
duties had been imposed on the two learned Lords by Acts
of Parliament, and asserted that they bad nos eeen hindered
thereby from their attendance In the House of Lords. Mr
'Soured. was also of opinion that this elrcutratitucc cenid
only be urged ad invidiam, aunt had nothing to du with the
mutation.

On the other hand, Mr Gladstrne and the Chancellor of
the Exchequer denied that this liml•atton would deter the
very foremost men at the Bar from aceeptmg the Great Seal,
and defended the Judie° of it now that the Law Lords were
relieved from their legal &nide.. Mr. Henley thought there
ought to he some exception of age, aid after some remark.
from Dr. Ball the Clause was affirmed by 174 to 120.
In the next Claim, firing the salaries I future Judges
Mr. Elareourt moved two amendment., but was beaten in
both The tint was to reduce the sal tri 35 of the Lord Chief
Judie,' of the Common Pleas and the Lord Chief Bar, n to
£6,000 a year, and this men negatived by 205 to 62 ; by the
second be endeavoured to raise the salaries if the ordinary
Ju.hies of the Court of Appeal to £e,uoo, but Mika by 126
to 59.

After the P.ed Ink Clauses had been settled, the Schedule
of Procedure vas taken, anti thou.h it cmststa a 1,2 Rules,
such rapid progress vu mode that the Cumunttee was closet
Net before ten o'clock. On the motion that the Report be
Wren on Thursday,

Mr Bnirerie took the opp rtnnity of urstinx the Govern-
ment to reconsider the- proposed c num, with rsord to the
extension of the hill te S Artland and Ireland.
'"

. .....
After remarks from several other hoe. members,
Mr. Gla.istone repeated his tied led NAM n that ther
°unlit to be 011• Court of Appeal for the Three
his ronvlctlon that the Privilege awned by the L ddi wa
Utterly visionary. Al to the curer now to be ag opted Vie a.
Cerement wee ready to begat 'ed by the general conviction of
the Howe rene conese might have the preference over
the 'thee by the claim not being recorded; but, whaler. r
COUlte was taken, there could be to Mona doubt that
the claim hagi been universally repudiated by the Goose of
Condones The discuael al, he said, kit It clear that the
Government was under no ordination, hot was ill ft position
Of perfect freedom. Ile promised to take thee ollet .4-por-
tant y of consulting his colleen'', ant to state at the follow-
ing day's blorning Sitting wbeher they would still think it
teceseary to re-commit the bill.

Disraeli commented on the singular fate attending th
bib—that. though supported by the leading men of Loth
Wm, it should fall Into seal ,us difficultle4 At this I or ...raga.
This be atti Muted entirely tothe vacillation of the al inlets.).
Wh. se mind wee not yet trite!, up as to whet enursethy would
take. With regard tone question of Privilege. Mr. Disraeli said
II RSa not his place either to ere, rt or tiny it, hut he severely
censured the mode in which Mr. Gladstone had met D. First he
had vehemently denonnced it, then ho had yielded tot with
lush not tow pus idanirunus, facility It the Douse of to rds
ever did advance the Privilege the existence 4.1 AMA lad
heen asserted (it what had happened amounted t no more
than that:, the House of Common. ould be involved
In ebernee end tilsconillture if it had uo better am-
'nasals nly up n than the pn.re•lents cited by Sir.
I.le,lttnt e These precedents, Mr. Irises. ii maintained in
• long and elaborate analysis of I hem, bad no force or
application, and he concluded by a refitment cone erunation
of Mr. Gladstone's conduct in allowing an important
lative measure to be modified and endangered on the Mtn,
rumour of • claim of Privilege.
Tho debate was brought to a close by Mr. Warp,l^, who
pointed nut that no ilnalle..e had hewn claimed in s manner
of which the House could take notice, and the Itcport was
Often toad for Thunder.
The Turnpike Tinny Continuance Bill was passed throne h
Committee, Lord G. Cavendlah having withdrawn the In.
struction for the compulsory adoption of the Highway. Ant,
fleverel other bill. were advanced a Mao, and the House
adjourned at four o'sdock.

la the House of Lords. July 15, the illehop of Winchester,
In answer to some observation. from Lord Oranmore, re-
peated the statement he made on II dobq lo refereree to •
eters ymen who dedred to deliver some Anti-Roman lectores
in Its diocese. That statemeLt, he said, was perfectly
corrt I If it was meant to be Implied that he refused per-
mission for the delivery of those lectures on account of a
leaning towards the Room esthetics, he dectared thaesunh
an invinuation was a arose misrepresenistion, for he hated
and abhorred any attempt to It imanlze the Church of
England.
lho Amendments to the Law Agent. (Scotland) Bill were
report d and vgreed to, after a dense proposed by Lr rd
Colonise', providing that writers to the Signet should have
the right to I enrolled as law agents, was adopted on • diet
Ilion by e5O 40.
Loot Lendidosvne moved the peened reading of the
Ililtla Siersoce, arc., Bill, the snot lisp Inane provirtsu
of whteh, he said, Win contelun I In the tint Goitre,
whtch substituted a six years torso id service for • lee
ears' torn,.

The Duke of Duceleuell end the Duke of Illehmond took
eleept!".l to a provisi to the ioD goteh tit., •41,i seemed
to trans!, r the duty of thing re citing from With olllcera
to cffic..,s the army.
Lord Lansdowne explained th t e.lom • Militia regiment
le's training with a Lino regiment the prorielon referred to
',would Rive power to the Line °racer to enforce dlicipline
In conjunction with Use Militia officer.
rb• WI was read a mond time.

The other bualnes• of the paper haling been disposed of
the House adjourned.

in the House 01 Commons, in reply to Mr. Walk Mr.
ityrton tall the Treasury bad approved of a contract being
enter d into to awry out the deeigna and plans for the new
Law Courts, which had been prepared by Mr. Street Ile
was pot able to say when that c ditract would be signed. or
whether It would be before or after the prorogation of Pala.
meet. 11,• manor depended very much npon the architect
and the sollcnors to the Board of Works but he thought the
contract would be signed In about a month from Bola date.
•• • .

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Mr. Wait *seed whether there was any objection to the
plans bring submitted to the llouse.
Mr. Ay riots said the subject would be again brought before
the Moore when the estimate was moved. In the maantme
he would consider whether he could do what had beau sug-
gested.

Sir John Hay aeked when the remaining votes In the Navy
Eetimates would be taken.

Mr. GI Aston° said they would be taken on Monday next,
as far as he could see at present.

Mr. °leder°oe rme for the purpose of answering a quee-
n m which was put to him the previous evening with re.
sped t the course which the Hort rument proposed to
take on the Stipr,me Court of Juthcature Bill He
had to say that they abardonet the Idea of the re-
commitment of that rill. They did no for the reason
that was stated ID a leading article in one of
the morning papers, via, that it would be well to
have the greater certainty of an imperfect bill. He
dui not refer to any risk which the bat mlitht run in the
Louse of Lords, for he Could not well appreciate that
matter, but It most be quite evident from the declaration*
of opinion that had been beard in the House, that the re-
commitment of the bill would lead to serious and length-
ened debates, which might be fatal to the bill during the
present scallion.

In the House of Common. at the Morning Sitting, Mr.
ill idstonc aunoui cod that the Government has abandoned
the idea cf moving the recommittal of the Judicature Bill,
summarlsd,g his motives In a sentence from a leading
article in yesterday's film, that "It Is better to make sure
of to incomplete bill than to risk a complete one' In
peaking of risks Mr Gladstone guarded hinpuilf against
lit in, under.tood to mean the unknown risks which the bill
Might run in the House of Lords : he referred to the tact
revealed by recent discursiour, that t,le amendments would
lead to a long and serious contest, which might Vitally affect
the progress of the bid.

In reply to Mr. Cross, Mr Stansfrld sald he could Pot yet
decide on the fete of the Valuation BBL Though he had not
givt.n up all hopes of passing it, he intended to introduce
amendments its the Rstitor Bill, ho Witch it would be
brought into operation at once without the Valuation Bill.
In answer to Mr. F. Powell, Mr. Stansfeld said It would
not be possible to proceed this mar with the ItegistraUou of
Births, Deaths, And Marrlttgre Bill
-

The Report of the Retina (Liability and Value) Bill was the
business fixed for the Morning Sittiog, and Mr. ntansfeld had
given not), of several hew Clauses to replace AUII3IIIIMMAIII
introdu.ed in the lull to Committee but more than two
is urn were occupied In debatiti.c whether these should bacon.
sidered on the Report, or whether the Mil should to recom-
mitted.

The Speaker, on being appealed to, decided that as one of
the new Ciauses—that relating to the rights of shooting,
.t..—iiepoied a new charge, It must of necessity be recom-
mitted, but tit,' others were entirely in the discretion the
!louse. Mr Cross; lorthugl, moved that the bill be recom-
mitted u respects Clauses 3, 19 ,the pp irttug Usu.), and
then.. Clauses to which the Government consent.-d, aod
Mr. 0, sham m,ved to Manta Clauses& 6, and 11( Meeting
&Miami); bet on a division this was negatived by 193 to 136.

The Hume then went into committee, but had not com-
pleted the aettlemLnt of the new Clautee when the hour toe
uij ,tunnunit arrived.

The Ecieel,atlil C .nunisaloners Bill vras rea I a second
(line, the Military Mai iedvres was read • third time and
pissed, and the Eachnquer 13 hde (5I,C00,000) Bill passed
through Committee.
Al the Kr. clog Sitting, Mr. Charley, who war Interrupted
by two unsuccessful attempts at a Count Out, called attention
to the Ecclesiastical Policy of Vie present Gavernment In
the Windward Islands. His fll4lll complaint was that th,
fkaeatenlishment of the Church of England and proportion-
ate souciiner.t endowment had been forced on these Isla; dl
by Lord Kimberley, in direct opposidon to the %lanes of the
Colonial Leglinatures. This he enformid by numerous quote-
s from the official papers and concluded by moving •
Bee Intl dr expreaslng the daapprobation of the Rouse of
this conduct