The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1868-06-13 00:00:00

la the Et use of C.,mmons, on Juhelfh Mr. Monk, In rising
, the seoud reading ef the Itemize Offices Via.
11.,iiit10, &Mar..' bill, i.ituesseil his imitouiesimeui that at
to -oh.. • the OneerunteLt W.olprectut to Lear the a gu-
m ills ulna tnizlit he ur_e I-n its ! soar Ile lezgeil to lava
I thy II be now read a sev ud Clue.
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The I. 11 was then real a seem d time without oppcoltion.
rLe tire id the lICM.t/ reatusig of toe !tattled
WoU ell's Propel ty Bill.
, Mr. Lel.at moved tnat the bill be read • second time this
d ',lt mood., lie thought the proposed alteration uu-
Chailor;l and was of opinion that its operation would have
eflect,
Mr Kerslake, in se. finding the amendment, stated that he
olijected to the hill ou two grounds—Met, that it would
et: ect an entire !evolution ht the status of husband and Stile
tnrongnout the cou..try ; and becondly that it would effect
a resohator it the hies rola:nig to property,
air. htodl on.lc rupporling the second reading of the bill,
Cii that, however image-Made law might apply to the al.,
the wealthy, It tad not apply equally well to the loiter
lie considered sonic change of the law absolutely
Ileetz.l y
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Mr. tildney opre.sed the 1.111. which, if canied out, wonhi
e t 41.10.11 separide intele thi the wife indepentleut of the
huguntl

iollard-rrquhart supported the hill, believing that it
would tneet a beneficial change in the present law, anti give
to a omen the protection to a hich they were justly entitled.
Mr. Melly eSprooied his regret that every illlproVoluent of
a social character introduced into the house woo invariably
character ised by h.•tr awl learned gentlemen opposite as re-
volutionary. Ile believed the present measure would give
that protection to honest married women to which they
e.ry justly entitled.
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Mr. Janh Blight believed that the prinelple on which the
bill WM based would receive the assent of a great majority
of the people of this country.
Mr. Lowe considered the question a very simple one. It
was this, w Silt not advisable that a married woman should
retain her own p:operty without any condition? 'the giving
of the property to the husband without any position re-
specting its application was clearly a confiscation.
The Attorney floral-al objected to the bill, 011 the ground
that it would have a retrosptctive effect.
After a brief discussion, in which Mr. J. S. Mill, Mr.
Ifenman, Lord Galway. and Mr. Lefevre ton, part, the tionve
di, Med, and, there being i2i ayes and 123 noes,
The speaker then stated that in conformity with the usual
practice of the Rouse and the ides laid down, that on the
occasion of Ole Bill having been brought in, and having
been ordered to be read a second thne, and on the occasion
of the numbers being equal, the Speaker should give his
vote on auth a measure as to afford the !louse an 01.11OrtU
rutty of again considering the matter, he should declare
that the ''aye,' bail it.
On the motion of Mr. Lefevre the bill was then referred
to a select eon 111 l ittee.
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On Ow motion for going into committee on the Luriels
(Irsjanli) Liii,. _ .

The Enri of Mayo sug ested the propriety of postponing
the c,.mmittee on the bill until after the settlement of the
Irish Church que.ti. on.
Mr. Ylonsell entertained a very different opinion, and de-
clined to accede to the suggestion of tine noble lord.
After tootle remarks from 31r Newdeuate, Mr. synan, and
Sir it. Booyer, the House resolved itself into ,ananatce.
A lihisilill took place on the following clause proposed by
Mr. Lefroy shall nut be lawful for ally person to enter
the churchyard or graveyard attached or belonging to any
rectory, vicarage, church, or chapel of such chalet!, for the
purpose of opening or making a gravel such churchyard or
graveyard, Sr to open or make ally such grave, unless such
per•ton shall he the sexton of such church tor chapel, or shall
he duly authorised thereto by the incumbent or !idolater of
such church or chapel, and the numbers were—for the clause
73; against it 123; majority 50.
Ou the motion ,4 Mr. J. Cole, the following clause WM
ordered to be added to the bill—Nothing herein contaitn,l
Shall authorise the burial of any person not belonging to the
United Chinch ut England and Ireland In any churchyard or
graveyard where heretofore 110 such butial has ever taken
pla,e, and when there exists within the parish another
churchyard, graveyard, or burial-ground ill which persons
not be!onging to the United Chitral! of England and lielattil
can be buried under the provshato of this Act.

Sir H. Bruce was moving the adoption of a clause when
the Hine fir closing tine discussion having arrived, the further
consideration of the hill m as postponed.
After some other husinem, which was of no public im-
portance, the House adjourned.