The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1868-05-05 00:00:00

11017sF OF COMMON.

OnDkV.—The llotre showed its approval of the
service. of Sir St.ffoni Northoote ani Sir J. Pakington
in directing the arrangements of the Abyetiniar. expedi-
tion by loudly cheering them when they entered the
Howie. A large number of p-titions were Ireset:l44 in
favour of and against Mr. Gladstone's resolutions for the
dia-e.tablishment of the 16. h Church The addrese rym•
pathiging with her M.inity on the recent attempt on
the life of the Doke of Edinburgh wu mowed by Mr.
Disraeli, and emended by Mr. Gladstone. Tho dastardly
-character of the crime was commented upon by both
gentlemen. Mr. Disraeli than spoke of the rumen
which the British army had achieved in Abyssinia.
The resumption of the debate on Mr. GLoistone'n
motion on the Iriah Church RAII the renieteit
of all possible Perliamentary movement.. The prin.
cdpal speakers were General Peel, who denounced
the resolutions as • party move; Mr. Herrman, who
twitted the Ministeriaisn, that having nothing to urge
far the Irish Church on ito merit., they adopted the sere
old plan of abusing the plaintiff's ettorney ; and Lord
Manners, who retorted that, as it hid elways been the
policy of the Liberals to take up great questions in
Opposition,only to abandon them when they had ...reed
the purpose of installing them In office, so, now, they had
fustieusly taken up this question, utterly regardless of the
business which was already before the HOW, and utterly
reektrese of the sousequencee which it wiuld entail on the '
peewees, the prosperity, and the tranquility of Ireland,
resided they could only pin their objeet'of ember's.-
big and turning out the Go.ernment. At the instance
of Colonel Barttelot the debate wee 'dimmed.
Tnitnnai. The Irish Church debate was re.
mewed in much the same fashion as on the previous
eeening, lesser stars shining out at first. Colonel
Barttelot led off with one of his neat speeches; Mr.
Roston followed in favour of the resolutions with no I
unmrtsin sound ; and ihen'Mr. Adderley, eelf.encrificial
before the thinnest of Houses, met about to lash hi.
gentle, dullness into excitement. We are called on, he
said, to disestablish the Irish Church by a phrue. No
plan has been submitted; but the right hon. gentle.
nip asks the Hones to TOW a curse on the Church of
Ireland. He knows that if he submitted • plan his
eteriti of edify would at once disperse to the winds—
(oh —and we are called on to vote a curse—Daughter).
It en anathema, not • resolution. So he went on,
and succeeded in straining himself up toe slam of mild
Irony. The eatistrophe was taken up by Mr. Pepe, and
She strain was next caught by Lord Ropiest, who, ae
Comptroller of the Household, may be supposed to have
spoken for the Government. This be did with each
taalori, lush blundering 'endear, and such unconscious
comicality of phrase 61101 manner, that the hones was in
• roar throagh • speech which he seemed to prolong for
the purpose of amusing the saseuddy. The Government,
be said, are in • difficult and critical poeitioe—(lseghter)
—and he thought more gratitude might have been
shown to them. The right hon gentleman I. the best
man to deal with unit a question; and the hour lathe
t:tut7 idea the Government could bring forward as a
great and pays raison why the resolutions should not
be weepted by the House—Bond laughter and intern'
oboe*. To any unbiassed person the Irish Church
would seem to be • grave anomaly—(obeers). But he
wished to toPeert his Church from a spiritual point of
view. As • Treten purely of religious feeling, it is
not fair os the pert of the Opposition to press a GOvertl-
moot whisk is in • miewity—(lattgleter)—and say to
there, "You must take up this question, or we will:
make the country sae the force and wiedom of our
whey." What the upshot of this is to be, of coarse
be could not tell--(loed laughter), If the preposition is
carried, he had no doubt that the feeling of this
will go with the right hon. se Awe" e°6°!ri
cheer.). If the resolution 'lmola. oatiee
Tote, which he sincerely hoped might be that night
—Head laughter)--the right hon. gentleman should say
what course be proposed to take alarmed'. u.e
thought that, because the Irish Church is ins minority,
therefore they ought to support it-0.4ht.0. He
could not lee why its diaendontnent should be °on.
sidered a panacea for Ireland's sufferings. He doses,
Pled the charges of cheep of opinion which had been
made, because he, looking forward to learn window in
the future, would be sorry to bind himself never to say
anything of which he might afterwards repent
(laughter). Be should think it very nafair if tweet •
years hence somebody below the gangway should say to
film, 'Why you said the church ought not to be di.-
endowed, awl here you are, the very man who is going
to disendow it"--eloud laughter). He believed this
question is going to be thought about—(laughter).
Amongst the Conservatives it Ilse not been thought
about—(oppositlon cheers and loud laughter). The
Liberal, go to tabernacles sod halls, and hold meetings,
and essociate with men who live by spouting cm
plationns—(langlitsr)--and thee they bout that the
question had been digested in the minds of the people.
Hie denied that is kilo, and be said the people are not
prepared to swallow the bitter pill without knowing
what effect it will have upon them—Breathier and
elbow's). It ill right that the House should have.
obstacles in the way of paring those resolutions; and
U his opinion were worth that (snapping his finger)—
(laughter}—he weeild ray to the right hon. gentleman,
" Pause before engaging in such rapid legislation." He
weald not taunt the Liberal party with seeking to turn
the Conservatives octal office ; for be might almost
say that that use low chaff —(latiehter)—unworthy of
men sitting in the noose. It was not right
Inc the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Horaman) to
make ouch olotoreents lest night, at the length