The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-03-02 00:00:00

imptrial I) arliantent.

In the House of Lords on-Thursday, Lord Stratheilen,
referring to the proposed Easter Monday volunteer review,
thought the initiation of such gatherings should be taken
by the tiovernment.
In the House of commons on Thursday, ,Ir. Ileygr.l4
elicited from the Chahcellor of the I..xchequer that,
twenty-two Eaglish unlimited juiubstock banks had
decided to register under the Act which was passed last
session. The Chancellor of the Exchequer brought for-
ward his resolution, relating to the business of the louse.
The fir,t provided tb.d any member disregarding the ruling
of the chair may by a cute of the [louse, taken without
adjournment, amend:mast, or debate, be suspended from
service during the rein:tinder of that sitting. and that any
member dealt nub three times in one session under that
order may be suspended until a motion has been made
deciding when the suspension shall cease. The second
resolution provided that the first should be made a stand-
ing order of the louse. The right hon. gentleman dis•
claimed any intention to impose any unnecessary
Lion on debate, and said his object wn4 dimply to
strengthen the hands of the Speaker ir u.aintaining order.
The evil it was intended to ~.•rapple with had grown up
during the present Part:mutat, and it would be grievous
if they suffered the Parliament tri expire without provid-
ing a remody. Lord liartington intimated that he and his
friends would give a general support to the principleof tha
resolutions, but asserted that there were strong objeotions
to them. . .

tee House of Lords on Fri•lsy tho Esxl of
Dunraven moved for claborake returns showing, the num-
ber of ejectment:: in Ireland during the past twenty years.
and also he number of cases of intuuidation to prevent
the payment of runt The Duke of Richmond declined to
accede to the first part of the motion. The second bet of
returns were beans prepared at the instance of the House
of Commons.
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In the House of Commons, in reply to a question, Mr.
Stanhope admittml that the war correspondence from
Afghanistan, which appeared in certain London news-
papers, had been written by officers of the military staff.
Their employment in that way had now been forbidden.
The restriction's that were placed last year on ordinary
newspaper correspondents had not received the sanction of
the Secretary foreudia.
Mr. 4 lu :roes, re yto Mr. Burt, said it appeared to be true
that 13 men had been sent to prison at Stonehouse, and
six others at Falmouth, for refuAng to go to sea in vessels
whieh four Board of Trade surveyors had I.ronounced
unseaworthy. lie was in communication with the
magistrates.
On the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
though not without strong protests from those who had
motions on the paper, the ordinary business of the sitting
Was set aside In order that the discussion on the
obstruction
:resolutions should proceed.
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Mr. GLvlstone said he thought a Case had been made out
for the Ile ' a of the iioll6o. but urged that if an
obstructive member were suspended not merely from
speaking but from voting, the punishment would fall on
the constituenoy. lie concurred with other Liberal
members that the decision should rest with the Speaker
and not with thejtouse. . .

--T-h-eilio.U-s-e—oToWinmoits held a sitting on Saturday to
continue the debate on the Chancellor of the Exchequei's
resolutions on obstruction. After a brisk discussion, Mr.
Courtney proposed that members suspended should retain
the right to vote; but the Chancellor of the Exchequer
declined to accept the amendment, and it was rejected.
Lord Hartington suggested that on a second, instead of •
third, offence a 'neither should be suspended for a periv....l
to be fixed at the time, and he moved an amendment to
that effect, his object being to prevent a debate on the
conduct of a member, as proposed by the Government.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, however, opposed the
amendment, and it was eventually withdrawn. An
amendment by Mr. Forster, to the effect that the resolu-
tion should not supersede the power of the HouscOs
proceed against a member according to ancient tur.ge, was
accepted by the Government. Strung protests were made
by Major Nolan, Mr. O'Donnell, Mr. Finegan, and Mr.
Biggar, after which it was agreed to without a division.
On the motion to make the new rule a standing order of
the louse, an amendment was defeated by a large
majority, and this resolution also was agreed to.