The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1866-07-31 00:00:00

HOURS OF COMMONS.

MONDAY.-11r. White asked whether Government
was now prepared to submit all claims and matters in
diettute between England and America to an arbitration
mutually seeeptable. Lord Stanley said the matters in
question had been fully discussed by the Governments
of the two countries, bet the discussion had now ter-
minated, and the result was well known. During the
short tone be had bees in aloe the china alluded I.
had not been again urged, but if they were, the Govern.
meat would give them the most favourable coneidera.
tins. It was the intention of the Government to ague
a Royal Conaniation to inquire into the operations of
the neutrality laws, and what alteration' might bo
neossetry in (hem. The Chancellor of the Esr-equer
explained the course which the Goy unguent intended
to take with regard to the supplementary estimates it
had been bound necessary to brine forward. The
amount of these estimates was £495,000, or more then
£200,000 in excess of the surplus originally 'etiolated by
Mr. (Beddow. The Government thought the WA
plea to adopt under them circumstance, was to take
the halfasillion which hot been left untouched by the
late Chancellor of the Exchequer for the purpose of
creating terminable annuities for the redaction of the
nationel debt. If that sum went appropriated to meet
the supplemeatary estimates it would leave • surdas
of £293,000. Mr. Gladstone mid so far as he was
concerned be would not offer any opposition to the
coarse proposed by the Chancellor of the Evabequer.
The House subsequently went into Committee if
Supply, ond an totsresting debate emoted upon brooch.
loading rifles.
TfliaDAY. —The Hyde-park disturbanork led to an
animated debate. TI,. adjourned &tote on Mr.
Glidstone's bill for the compulsory abolition of Church.
rates war resumed, bet it was again adjourned to the
IM of August.
Wens teo•r. The greater pardon of the sitting was
take. up in discussing the Tenure arid Improvement of
Land (Ireland) Bill, which was ultimately withdrawn.
TilUn/IDST.—Mr. Seely called attention to our doek•
yerd ahninietration, and showed, in • thoroughly
practical speech, that great extravagance prevailed in
man% of the departments. He condemned the course
persuol in paving the roadways, workshops, and other
places in the dockyard. with iron ballast, contended
that the anchors for the nee of the navy sane provided
without • doe regard to roosoruy, and oared that it was
drirable that the superintendent. of the doekyards
should poisess a practical knowledge of the bestows
tarried on therein. Sir J. Pekington expressed a belief
Hint there was room for a reduction in the expenditure
In the dockyards, and said it was the first duty of a
Minister to be has economical as portable, hot it was
ale) equally his duty not to sacrifice efficiency under the
pretext of economy. After some discussion, the
resolutions of whleh Mr. Seely had given notice were
withdrawn. Mr. Osborne add the home Secretary
to state pereiw•ly his relations with the Reform League.
Mr. W dont* detailed the nature of hui interview with
the deputation of the League, and hasardsd en opinion
that the placard was posted beforehand. Mr. Mill said
the League regretted this misunderstanding, which was
in no way to be imputed to Mr. W•Ipole. The House
shortly afterwards went into oommitee of Supply.
FRIDAY.—The House had • morning sitting, which
was chiefly taken up with a damages in committee of
the Reformatory Reboots Bill. At sla evening sitting
Mr. Maguire gave notice of his intention to moss
a resolution antagonistic to the reseed of the
Habeas Corpus (Iceland) Suspension Alt. On the
motion for adjournment, two topes were deceased—
namely. the mods of voting et nieetiopof companies,
and the Outdoes" of cholera on board of emigrant
ships. It was annommed that inquiries were being
made in Moreno* to emigrant ships. The House then
pp-seeded to discuss the Rails*, (Ireland) Temporary
Advances Bill.