The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-06-28 00:00:00

IMPTIRIAL PARLIAMEI4T,

Jr. the Flonth of Lords. June 211, Lord Lgnsdowne, in reply
SO Lord Albemarls, stated that In revlsine the Army Lint It
web derided that the eff,t4ve sod non-dfdelve pont., of
the Army should bA kept separate, and, consequently. the
names of General °dicers on hdf•pay were removed from
thy old place in tho List, and put at the head of the non-
attentive portion.
Lord Redeciale, who bore his arm in a slug, postponed en
sorount Of his 'Linen his motion for an A ddn as praying ilrr
Majesty to tusks the holders of the °dices of Lord Chalinellor,
the Chief Jos. i vs of the Queen's Bench and ejl3lllloll
and the Chief Boon of the lEtehequer Poor. for life.

Lord Grsetlite, to icply to Lon! Strathelen, promlaert to
present the pvtrs rrlatt,g to the minion of ,Ir Bartle
prere,ll3 th.• courec of the week

D !Aware moved the ond reading of the Children's
Empitn trent ;11 Demmer,. performawes Bill, the object of
which he stated to be to or, vent the employment of children
under twelve j ears of age In daugerous performances, such
as those of acrobat&

Lord Kimberley thought that the hill did not properly
define the pert rtuances which it was desired to prevent. and
Lord Shaftts,ury said that the cruety and danger to which
the young chitinn were liable occurred in the c iirse of
training, and that the proper renn-dy was tor Shoot Boards
to Lake care that the chi free attena ed school
A short tifsensslon ensued, and the result was that the bill
was withdrawn.

Lord Granville, in reply to Lord Carnarvon. elated that the
Court at Casts had oechici thst there was not suftblent
evidence to prove that the Spanish ateamship Muraio had
come to contact wlth the North 'feet, bug thercertificate of iho
master was suspended tor twelve months, because he did not
sufficiently notice the steamer he ran Into.

Lord Csrnarven then moved for the production of cones
pondence on the subject, and the motion wee Weed to.
The sites for Places ~f ReMelons W, rship Bill and the
Grand Jury Pre,ent)nente (Ireland) 13111 Wee r,ad a third
time and raised,

The Thames Embankment 'Land) Bill and the Metropoli-
tan CommoosSnpplemeotal 801 l passel through Committee,
after which the House adjourned.
The Home of Commons spent the night in Committee of
Supply The Army E.timates were first token—commeacing
with Vote 9—.083,0110 for the Control Department. The
organization and performances of the Department were
sharply critiolz,l by MA r Arbuthnot, who complained
of its want of expansiveness and of the absence
of any provision for utilizing local resources. Lord
Elcho, Lord E Mr. O'Reilly, anti Mr White.
well aleo spoke. Sir IL Storks made an energetic de-
fence of the Department, hut promised to consider all the
criticisms tou the Vote of £1 070,000 for the manufacture
of warlike Stare•, there was a long conversation .41 the ex-
pediency al d poyedilltty of utfliz o.g our old cmddron gum.
In the course of it Sir IL Storks maintained that on the
whole we had the neat gun in the world, and mentioned In-
cidentally that the coat of the new 35-toot runlet £2.156 ha. 9d.
Questioned as to the progress made with the Martini- Henry
Ellie, Sir Henry said that the reports of it were most favour.
able. that 6Z,0'0 had been made, and that alterations were
made at Entield by whiAt the Factory could turn out 3 000 a
week. . . . .

On the Vote of Elga 900 for FAOBailments for &McMinn,
Captain Archdall raised a discussion on recent events at
Sandhurst, and Mr Cardwell assured the Committee that
eiery thing was going on satisfactorily now, and that the
young incurs there highly appreciated the education w hich
they receive I. On the Tut, f ,S 5. 0,500 for the Administra-
tion of the Army, Mr, Ain I ern n to. k exCeption to the inCivase
of £BOO In the salary of the Military Secretary Mr Cardwell
defended it as being justl Med by the al ditlonal title, thrown
on the officer hy the Abuition of Purchase. but under preesui e
Vont Mr. Andersen he at inn d that the Treasury had disal-
lowed the Increase once, and w as u nw ieoonsidering the matter.
A rather shszp discussinu folios ed on ttu• contlinstlog
Fanny of the House of Colomois, the W r Office, and the
Treasury ander such circumstances, and finally Mr Glad-
stone consented to postpone the incr,ase until the Treasury
had decided the matter.

The remainlez Votes in the Army Estimates were Com-
pleted, and the House then I. oh up the farther c ,nsiderati.m
of the Lord's Amendments te the R.iLw.y and Canal Traffic
MK amendextut woved by slr C. Fortescue to a new
clause inserted by the bads—to tno effe,t that the Coln-
rtieslooem aha'l no exercise jorl•dletlon in any matter in
which they are lueerested directly or Indirectly, and that
they shall not accept any ollice,inconsistent with this pro.
vish o—was debated at some length, but ultimately agreed
to. The other amendment+ of the lords were also con.
caned in, with tote few alterations.

E Mr liouverie moved the appointment of the Zanzibar
gall Contract C•innuittee, conwvieg of the following mem-
bers —Mr. D.ula-n, Mr Benson, %tr. Leathern, Sir R.
Bletmerhassett. Mr Waterh, use, Sr K. Colebrolke, Lor
'Bandon, Mr. tio!mee, and Mr. °Niche. Mr. Munk and
several other members objected to this being done at so late
an hoar and In so thin a H use, and moved the adjournment
of the debate, which was screed to, th,aigh Mr. MoUverle
Intimated that he ghoul, not trouble hhuselt about It. Mr.
Moak tined Thursday for reeumit.g the debate, and the
House adjourned at sminutes 102 o'clock

The House of Lords net June '."4, for the truntaction
of judicial bushier. only, ard on its termination adjourned
St ten minutes to fonr o'clock.

The House of Cornmore set at two o'clock The first
business token wee the Canada Loan Guarantee Bill,
although there seemed to be • Will &spread impressi ,o, from
what mused no Mondey night, that the General Valuation
(Ireland) liii could have the precedeuee, and some copies of
the Vole, )1811 toe , r.!er if businost thus printed. Colonel
Taller, Mr. e ,ggvell and t,tter Irish Memhers complained of
the Inconvenience caused by th'Sennfeelen, and Mr. Gledstone
laid the dna blame ou the printer.
31r KnatchlmP-Huressen, in movior the Second Reading
of the car ada Loan BiU, gave up the general arguments for
Colonize Guarantees, hut mainta ned that this was an ex-
ceptional case. The Guarantee had no cot flexion with the
provision. of the Washington Ireatg, except that it had
strengthened the hanos of tho Canadian Government
In obtaining from the Canadian Parliament its con-
eurrence in the provisions of the Treaty. It was
rather a compensation to the Canadians for their
lours from the Fenian Rai ls and, repndiatitg very
warmly the Imputation that it was a •• bribe " to the
Canaan:lugs, he coated out that it had not been suggested
by us, hut had beeu asked for by the Government of the
Dominion. Pessipg to the provisions of the blot, he de-
scribed the guarantee as twufeld—e2,lo COO elven for the
reagens be bad mentioned, at. tt £llOOO 6 transferred from
the Defence Loan to reproductive purposes—and concluded
by impressit g on tie Home that it w, uld be received in
Canada as an earnest of the car Mal good feeling of the Mother
Country.
Sir C. Dilke, who mooed therejcction of the bill, refrained,
In deference to Mr. Knatchhall.Hugeesen's objection., from
the use of the word .• bribe." hot deactieed the Gueraptee
as husio.money, and a payment to the Canadians for poll.
tioal ounces rendered to aur Government. IL was
a return for the ahandonme, t of all claims on ac-
count et the Fel tan Betds, and for acquiescence In
our refusal to urge them upon the United States. He read
various extracts frnm 11(mooed to show that leading States-
men on both rides ware pledged against these Colonial
Guarantee.; and if there war t g he an exception it elt
rather be is, favour of a country eke India than of Canada,
whose revenue wag in so flourishing a c uditioo.
Mr. Brown, who ecconded the anger dment, described the
line to be tee.) by the Guarantuu Beltway, from which he
predicted that it would her certain failure.
Mr. R. Fowler and .r. Macfie supported the hill, as dhl
also Sir. If Verney, she spoke of the line as poseessing great
polilical i.npoitance.

Mr Gladstone briefly recapitulated the principal argu-
ments le favour of the bill, assnring the Rome that the
Second li.:aellog would not commit it in any way to approv-
ing the course the Government bad taken in regard to the
Fenian Raids. the alma of the bill was to put Canada outside
any controversy with the United states alth respect to these
Raids, and the guarantee was neither a bribe nor hush-
money, nor a pm m, nt for political services but it was simply
the discharge to Canada of a debt we owed her for the
pecuniary damages she bad suffered on our account from the
Fenian Rai is.
len a division the Second Reading was curled by 117 to
lb.

The House then passed to the General Valuation (Ireland)
Bill, which occupied the rest of the sitting, and the Debate
was adlourneel until Thursday.
Some other bills were forwarded a stage.
At the Evening Sitting the House was counted out at a
quarter past nine o'clock, while Mr. A. Herbert was calling
attention to the Chipping Norton Case.

in the bum of Commons, June 25, Sic 1). Wedderburn
moved the .econd reading of the llypdthec Abolition Ocdt-
land. Bill. fie was not prepared to admit that u a cons.
ounce of that abolition th, titotch would have to adopt the
English law of dl.tress. Lmdlords could in their leases mace
what conditions they pleased to Secure psymeut of their
rent, and he suggew eo that they should covenant for pro.
payment, allowing a disc out in the shape of reduced ren-
tals.
Sir G. Balfour supported the bill.

Sir T. K rliebro, Ise moved that the bill he read a second
time this day six months, and orged that no advantage would
be gainto by the abolition f the present law, while it wonl.l
result in hardship to some classes of tenants.

Mr. C. Labymnle seconded the amondment.

After a dt bate of nearly five hours, the bill Was thrown
out by 147 votes to 63 the result vas receivol with cheers
from the Opposition uenches
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Mr. Mitchell Henry moved the meow, reading of the bill
to protect young men from the frauds of money lender..
Mr. Mud° Palmer seconded the motion.

Mr. Lopes opposed the bill, conL uding that the or 110057
plea of in'ancy was sufficient to defeat any fraud. lir ob-
jected to this matter being made a matter of crimthal law.
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The hill was supported by Mr. Monts and Mr. F. 8 Powell,
and opposed by Dr Ball and Mr Healey.
The WI was " talked out.''

The other orders of the day were disposed of, and the
House adjourneo