The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-15 00:00:00

[IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

• 0 TEINDS (SCOTLAND) BILL.
In the ROUSE OF Lorms, May 10, Lord Mint° moved the
-Second reading of the Teinds (Scotland) Bill, its object being
to convert into money the Teinds in Scotland and all claims
.9pnnected therewith, but after several objections, urged by
the Lord Chancellor and the Duke of Argyll, the Bill was
withdrawn.

. A short 'conversation, in which ,several Peers took part,
!th hen %Sae on a question put by Lorsi„t4tesloe respecting
great delay which °conned I.ll'4he'liresentation of
Retorts of Railway Accidents requiretirt of Parliament.
AGRICULTURAL ITOLDIN4 BILL.
conside
The Report of the Agricultural Mailings Bill was then
the red. Some amendments were adopted, and among
m was one, proposed by Lord Penzance, defining the
words " letting value" to mean the value at which the hold-
theing could 12e or could have been let on the determination of
atic
It teny if the improvement had not been executed.
„ Was also determined that in the case of yearly tenancies
t! ? commencement of the Act should date from the 14th of
efilarY, 1876.
The Sea Fisheries Bill, rendering certain Oyster Fishery
;-,'.(3lnPanies subject to the control of the Board of Trade,
the motion of Lord Dunmore, read a second time.
TITA... Duke of Richmond stated that he would move next
vac'u'daY the adjournment of the House for the Whits=
ation from that day until the 27th inst.
busin• ess on the paper having been gone through, their
adjourned.

• COAL MINERS' COALITION.
ktittl_the ROUSH OF CommoarS, Sir E. Watkin asked the
to 1-General if he had taken steps to ascertain the
rrectness of the report given in The 2 imeB of the 29th
_and lst May of two meetings held at Leeds on the 28th
~..th April, composed of delegates from coal miners
,ho 'United Kingdom, by which reports it appeared.
at a "National Federation" (to be organised by a cora-
12alttee of nine elected by such meeting of delegates) was
I", he established ; and by which reports it further
;' f-*'Peared that some of the delegates present at the meetings
irePoaed that, failing other measures bearing upon the ques-
'24 °f wages, a simultaneous and general cessation of labour
all the collieries in the kingdom should be brought abont ;
ion
assuming that any such simultaneous and generalces-
!sat were an object of the proposed federation, whet her
t„at federation would not become, under the existing law, an
Wegal combination rendering is promoters liable to penal
cohaequences,
thThe :eAittorney-General, said he should, for the purposes of
P Y, take Z'p
the association referred to pthe accuracy of the report for granted. It eared that assed a resolution
w the effect that the formation of a National Federation
Itaajesirable, and that a code of rules should be drawn up.
' "'S° aPPeared "
that in coluse of the discussion it was
tlaggested that there should be a general cessation of
obate
-IQ • lau°lll', n. but the ho member for Stafford -(alr Macdonald)
a aPsti r
f,:. uardshi
(I out that unmerited wrong would bring unmerited
, • P on the heads of many innocent persons, and these
trirs.was were well received He (the Attorney General)
ted the Ho
tat be consist t ase would agree with him that it would not
" • second ou.en. with his duty to make any definite reply to the
-`—s."•011, as the form in which it was placed evidently
coas:binitledatitottliat the confederation might become an illegal
lit tisc
r STRAY DOGS IN SCOTLAND.
410( 44 • ell% 11- Hamilton asked the Lord Advocate whether his
1.% tention had been drawn to the annoyance caused to
inlers in Scotland by the depredations of stray dogsin.
• _neighbourhood of towns and large villages, and the
, 41, f„Tus loss frequently entailed by sheep worrying and dis.
''''oance of stock ; and, if so, whether he was prepared to
fro.. tak
.114, • e any steps to remedy this grieTan9P, a
The Lord
Advo atesaid his attention had been directed
i
to the subject, and he had brought the question under the
notce of the Home Secretary, who had replied that it was
af„t'a:raa !lot an a a
Peculiar to Scotland. The matter would receive
• e consideration of the Government.
• ti)
T PUBLIC PROSECUTORS.
aundaa asked the Home. Secretary whether he could
aa -nu the House whether it was the intention of the Govern-
_ent to introduce any Bill this session for the appointment
°I Public Prosecutors in England.
bet
11r. Cross said it was the intention of the Government,
ore the end of the session, to introduce a Bill for the
Jai llPP°llltrnent of pubic prosecutors.
glkiia--'""•I1P-
rA,
v‘• Mr COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION.
-•" ,Lat. jenkins asked the First Lord of the Treasury
ab,ea'uTer, in view of the fact that an Act passed by the Cana-
'egigatllre to amend the law of copyright had been re-
latalafa wleorvaaad for her Majesty's consideration, the Government
• 'l° consent to the immediate appointment of a select
' c°lllMittee or a royal commission to inquire into the subject
Of c
oPYright and copyright legislation.
Disraeli : I received a deputation this morning on the
anbject of the law of copyright and I stated then that the
laPresentations made to me deserved the consideration of
atiT Government, and that, after considering them, I would
I r
_lattiYondeleision upon them. It has hardly beea long enough
0 eceived the deputation, for me to state what deter-
have arrived at upon the subject.
•
I!"DAY cLosnAG OF PUBLIC-ROUSES IN IRELAND.
4-"ra Kavanagh. asked the First. Lord of the Treasury
on (ttaer, having regard to the deep interest felt in Ireland
a
„_
ste closing of publio houses on Sunday, and to „the cir-
nl.u2..ance s
• Under which the test of a division vim prevented
•secy Aria 4"o"..yednesday last, he would afford an opportuaity by, fixing
aau'e daY for the resumption of the debate, of having the
d estion brought to a direct issue.
,
k,s,j op-ixv
uld israeli: I am of op inion that it is desirable that the
aatal, que,i'i,°, or the House' sho be taken with regard to the
la, but I am not at present in a position to fix a time
jaaleoa ai ell the debate can be resumed. But some interval must
„Nrats'll4l43.l.ll,7.slieviaPisvBeilieinbetefor
ersetethdewdiellb,altehecapne,acgoaninfe.come on, and in that time
• g at some solution of time difficulty.
ctulogteyt.her with a view of
%aka
PEACE PRESERVATION (IRELAND) BILL.
pirie itePort of the Peace Preservation (Ireland) Bill occu
d the House until a late hour. The first amendmen
trevred was a Clause suggested by Mr. Butt, providing that
D e ahall be no restriction on writs of Habeas Corpus. The
ticieint was raised and discussed on a previous occasion, and
_ Solicitor-General for Ireland now announced, that having
Znellited with authorities on both sides, he was ready to
*rod with authorities
Bill the few words which deny to the pri-
rhers under the Westmeath Act the right to a writ of
sia'eas CorPus, and he pointed out that with this conces-
..On the Bill would impose greater restrictions on the Lord-
meutenant in the use of these stringent powers than had
nel:?,r been enacted before. Lord Hartington, who was origi-
b:,:ly responsible for the words, acquiesced in their omission,
a "e/ing that the Act would be as efficacious without them,
lad he expressed a hope that Mr. Butt and his friends would
atts_ to this concession a proof that the Government had done
believe ectenhbo:tu ha
'
best to meet the wishes of the Irish members, and had
f a eonereceievsesscrhy.ra
o character which they did not
absolutelyh
gh----esaY next moved a clause providing that
no person arrested under the Act shall be detained in
attstody more than a year. This point had already been
ttitiscussed and decided twice, and it was not now debated
atnlength, but some time was occupied by two episodes.
e related to the case of Casey—formerly a prisoner
tinder this
ppliortunity Spencer's explana-
Act—and Mr. Mitchell Henry took the
of replying to Lord
t_loaa in the House of Lords the other evening. The second
irae out of the interchange of compliments at the close of
b".e Committee en Thursday, which some of the Irish mem-
a'rs now repudiated, and letters were read from which it
opeared that Mr. Downing had been called to account out
rHouse for the opinion attributed to him that the Irish
flibers had been treated with courtesy and consideration
Y the Government and both sides of the House.
The clause on a Division was negatived by 239 to 146.
abite Prone/fat—made for the third or fourth time—to limit
lliduration of the Bill to two years was negatived by 180 to
The Arms Clauses were re-discussed at some length.
aria Committee the Irish Secretary had agreed to an
he eitianlent by which the stipendiary magistrates shall
the —laid to grant licences to carry arms when
aa„,. aPPlicant produces a certificate from the magis-
E"‘ee of his petty sessional district, and Mr.
,„
Men no
Proposed to limit this to occupiers of
,gr icultur al holdings Sir M. Hicks-Beach acceded to
tads, saying that when he made the concession he was not
of its scope. Mr. Butt, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr.
Mitchell Henry inveighed . warmly against this change of
• a "fac"
PSIIoY, which they insisted was forced on the Government by
tion,
a" cabal," a clique 'in Dublin; or, in
lar„Dub
. • Sullivan's phrase, by the " Ultramarine Press "
is; and Mr. Downing assured his friends
,rur no shortly before had been complaining of him, that if he
?j0at11.2.1 have foreseen this o right-about-face " he would not
c ForliPlimented the Government so prematurely. Mr.
49a011Y warmly repelled the,word "faction" as an insult to
a Party; and, after a lively conversation, the amendment
kiataa as carried by 122 to 84. Another amendment by Mr. Bruen,
.1017, raßoutine the exercise of this privilege to the lands of the
opposed by the Government and was negatived.
for
a Mr. Butt withdrew an amendment relating to the search
sPecirall, on an assurance from the Home Secretary that a
r 164 eve orm of warrant should be prepared to be used in
Y case, with one or two necessary exceptions. A pro-
posal made by Mr. O'Sullivan to give appeals in all cases was
!aegatived by 202 to 100, and Mr. Butt was defeated by 211 to
Vat,in an attempt to limit ta two shillings in the pound of the
'uation the compensation to be paid on account of any
!gricultural outrage. A second amendment to limit the adds-
-1"al rolice-rate in a similar manner to as. in the pound was
a so negatived by 206 to 84.•
To inlfilment of a pledge given in Committee, the Irish
arretarY brought up an addendum to Clause 3, providing
at the Grand Jury shall not assess any compensation unless
tneY are convinced that material evidence is withheld by any
Per.son in the district, which was agreed to.
beess 'No other amendments were pressed, and the stage having
•,-43 day. completed the Third Reading was fixed for the follow-

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ITheiLand Titles and Transfer Bill was read a second
Committee me, and th
u e Metalliferous Mines Bill was passed through
The Savings Banks, &c., Bill was read a second time.
Mr. Ilardy brought in a Bill to amend and consolidate
caertain laws relating to the Militia of the United Kingdom,
nd the /louse adjourned at ten minutes to one o'clock.

EUROPLUsi ASSURANCE SOCIETY ARBITRATION BILL.
_ln the HoUsEOF LORDs, May 11, this Bill was read a third
tune and passed after a brief discussion.

PEACE PRESERVATION (IRELAND) BILL.
tirlahe.ES Bill, brought up from the Commons, was read a first

CHIMNEY SWEEPERS' BILL.
Lord Shaftesbury moved the second reading of the Chimney
. - ' "weePers' Bill, and observed that the evil which the mea-
slire was intended to correct had attracted public notice for
tihere than 100 years, and had led at various times to the
interference of the Legislature. Ile showed by extracts
evidence given before Commissions and Committees,
e cruel treatment to which children ef a very tender
.ge were subject while being trained to follow the
itrilleention of machinery
Fnavplop:nent of chimney-sweepers. Notwithstanding the
th a I aell4 for sweeping chimnies and that
ment of boys
03 for that purpose was illegal,
country
convict vellyi-- t°.
ocontinually violated in different parts of the
the senceon en ow
d readin the disinclination of the magistrates to
—enders were brought before them. The Bill,
. without
_firs.t gof which he moved, provided that no
y-sweeper should be allowed to carry on his trade
obtaining a licence,
',evocation which would be liable to
. _ in the event of his breaking the law.
i,_Leare ol BeauchamP thought that' every due must condemn
'yneararuel treatment to which climbing boys of very tender
pro were exposed, but he did not see how the legislation
‘ Ile Losed h
, _;'-'3' Lord Shaftesbury would conduce to the °Wed
"reu, and he believed that much more good would be
" i etteoetl:3' calling public attention to the subject than could be
After
. d b3' any legislation.
.
et t rae observations from Lord Aberdare, the Bishop
tereondon, and Lord Fortescue in sup Port of the Bill, it was
a see and
time.
' BeRTISANS' DWELLINGS BILL.
, Lord .
4-rtisr,„ 'eaUCharnp, in moving the second reading of the
ehabi-"s. Dwellings Bill, eiplained that its prov sions would
local authority, on receiving a report. of the
eund.
•iT, by7,hiness of a district to take steps for rereedying the v
11-. the aludng the demolition oL buildings in crowded spots and
. • 1.,, ere,„_ ion _
suitable dwellings. Ile
Zetight-"ou ot new and more s carry on
et, Inoney would certainly be • forthcoming to
hquoted
. ttSti D'ovements contemplated by the Bill, and e ~_
thc, sties to ~
of graPPling with
show the imperative necessity
qtqa, tharlang from the bad condition of the dvfelling*s
I,_ e measure dealt with.
.si hi7lShat . was over-
thNii tesbury believed that Lord BeaFhamp
... -- Id be
Utir toe In thinking that building capitalists won .
18. f buildings
•- likjt th y out their money in the erection o _ y
* prov? te,,Present Bill, and he remarked on the necessity
jab `311% ;se felt of sending a very large proportion of the
n- °Ur. ITPUlation to a great distance from their place of
bunew,,b,iltice recommended, instead of the construction of
---,gra -Is the • -t and re-arrangement of old
, gs. , e improvement
.r, •Lord Ab
`prted bo,herclare spoke in favour of the Bill, which he sup-
il the "on the score of health and upon moral grounds,
aish°nests'erewded spots in large cities were the retreats of
. Lord ,
lieviio..._ ,iaPier and Ettrick also supported the Bill, be-
;' that the bad condition of the dwellings to which the
144 .;ferred Was hardly consistent with the health ad
kayot s
~
The Bn, tte Labouring ponulatn. ,
,44 Wan read a' aidon4 WO; '

illegal,