The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-03-16 00:00:00

HOUsE OF COMMONS.
TEVIINDAY.

PTI.II.IPIIOIIIA.

En Oa 1.1111.4 Common 4. Ms. Chantherlain, reply
ing tii Sir IL Itirieee. *ant that I. hoped to be able to
arrange for nut+ an int....ligation Apt weak, enablr a
hid ...thirst.. to he formett of M. l'aatenia discovery
a run. for 10y.1r..1.1.01.i.t.

19:1;t1lt ;W TUN I'MAL PALACK.

The 11.iugie weat iot.. Goeumittee of Slimly. &tr.
I.lrmettere aisovod th.• nmluctiose of the vot.
4:31.9.1; for the m 1410.11.1110. Oltvl repair gd [Weal
pelarea liy t 5.274 u.s texpret 1.. neveral ite.us. After
...use not srk. by Ms. Irre.on.tiggirer, Mr. Ilradlaugh,
mg.! Mr. Itylangla, the anonelniont wa* rejog.ted by a
msjerity of 11:g. 140 mo other rotes haring been
agreed to. Mr. Laltemiser.., on the vote of g 112.1119
for the Itoyel l'Arka :Ind Pleasure liardengs, moves' le
• tlio rote by ein,lo3, the amount clamed to the
Imperial Treagotry fur the maintenanoe gsf the isundggn
parlor, which, he contended, abould leg kept up by
leinietier.. This amendment wags, after mune dier..ua
▪ rArli i. th, numbeng being— for the reduction.
131 ; again.t. III• a majority sit 17. Some other
uot.-• ha, jug been agreed to, 'wigwam' wee rftpulied.
oVVIcKT4 OV 1101011.*
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In reply to Mr. Cornwall.. West, Mr. Chamberlain
▪ th. II mrdold 1:014141141W Were not enipowered to
✓..fuu. the ualurio, of their otticcro without their cm•
seri, or Wen. tlw power to do thi. was given them
hy tlp contract under which the °facers wen engaged.
?hi. will not, of couros. apply unless vacancies
occurred, hut he might a.hl in referent.s to the
ge.ti.m that them, scheme. should to reversed is the
titan lot agrieultural depreio.imt, that at such a time
ti,, . wort( f iii.,Mlcerio ~f the Boards of ()unhand
increaand rather than iliminkhed.

!st'tf lIAT

In reply to Sir .1. Ponse, Mr. Childers iiromised to
.it down the Sunday. Closing Hill as the second
order on *one inicasion when tbe Civil tiervius
Estimate* will be diseuntimied at II o'clock. (Hear,
h*er.)

N 111101 R. or toteria,
th. 0, motion fir going into C. 11111 l tines. of Supply,
NI r. I lawron inevorl an wileielniout ileularing that, in
ef the eroding ilepleaaion .4 trade and the large
number of perrntir mit if employment, the ',reams
war a favonralde time ha. the I luverninent to can]
wit certain vabiable awl neeeasary public worka,
mon...specially the formation of harbours of refuge
at venoiSi is.inta upon the yeast. Commercial
harbours., being work. largely for the beeeat ,4
loeslitiea, ought not ti be conotructed at the inabbe
wipense, and the great MiVal harbours, being part of
the ',yawns of national defence, ahollld Ire formed and
asipmerteal by the I loverninent, butt harbours of refuge
were matter,. .4 listened t, all from a humanitarian
point of view, and yet Armin., thee coast, .4 Groat
Britain, and more especially em therisat ceesat of Eng-
land and the weat coast .4 Ireland, there war a
mairlalmes want .4 small harbours Asailable for the
shelt.r .4 merchant veraelo. The average annual hew
of shire. on the coad if thi, conntry wan from ll,otio
Lii 3..40. The average 100.4 .4 property was over
arl,ooo,onik an.l the average lois of life war between
anti and !NM a year Vet there we+ a seandalotm
apathy in regard to the previaion .4 haiiioi,r 'acconie
'sedation. If the argument of the President of the
Ilard .1 Trade thst the abeam of harbours made
owners and navigatuns more careful and vigilant was
good for anything it wan an argument an favour .4
doing away•witli coast and aend lighta and every other
iwotection few shipping. He anticipated that the con-
structicn of such harbour" would double the number
of person employed in hailing, and would in that
way check the migration to the buy towns and
mode a valuable eourcsi of recruiting for the Royal
Navy.—Mr. Borba.. aecionded the amendment, which
he described sr a proposal to mils.. a great national
calamity—to render the greatest service that could be
rendered to the caws- of huinaisity.—Nfr. Chamber-
lain said the argument of the mover went to the
extent of declaring that it warn the duty .4th. Govern-
ment to pnivide harbours of refuge round the meat.
The matter was one in which he had always, taken
a deep interest, but the only ground on which a claim
for national assistance could be made was the
ground that the erection of the harbour,, would
lead to an enorinema diminution in the lies i 4 life
at Nee. He was convinced that no harbours that
could be built would materially diminiali the boa
of life. A.. to affording relief to the existing distrese,
the number of paupers were less per thousand of the
population than it had been fur a number of years.
The distress had been much increased by the pro-
longed severity of the weather, and they might hope
That when the weather becatne miller the exceptional
distress would be mitigates!. If it continued it -would
be • matter for the newt seriosia consideration both of
the Government and the HomAl es to what stets phonic;
be taken to provide a remedy. (Cheora.) ilia hope
and belief was that the ultimate remedy would be
found in Bo increaaing activity of hoc I authoritiea,
which might lie further asaided on liberal terms front
the State. (Cheers. i—Mr. Bra.llaugh announced hi;
intention of voting againist the amendment, aa lie
believed there warn no iii, re dangerous tendency at tlie
present time than the tendency of many donecratie
adrjamo to 'Kg., upon three who accepted their comes.,
that it was the duty of the Government to provide in
seasene 01 distress and misery for the relief of the
distreas by Govern Mental Acts. Any relief flint/ 1,5
that way for a moment was • permanent paralyaia
the nation. (Cheers.)—Mr. Blake, from his experience
as an Inspector id Fisheries, stated his conviction
that the construction of harbours of refuge on the
English and Irish enema would add millions to the
enemata realised by that industry. - Mr. Cosahsin
thought it was
.very dantreroor for Parliament to
endeavour tr. relieve temporary distress by means .4
public relief vcorka.—The debate wan continued by
Mr. Gibe., Mr. I'. J. Power, Dr. Clark, Colonel
Nolan, Sir .1. Pesae, Mr. Yee., and Dr. Tanner.—Mr.
undelia repeated in substance what he had
annoanend to deputation on haebeurs of refuge the
other day, viz., that .he only sisistellee the Onvesq:
went could afford would be in the fornl.ol kans.,—The
moti 0 was then withdrawn.