The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-08-01 00:00:00

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THE CEILMAN SQuItION.

to be settled was tho'sni&

Mr. O'Cleary asked the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs
whether the Government had received any sit from
JUDICATURE ACT AMENDMENT BILL. , the (iceman authoritirn relative to the statement of the
The HOUSE OP COMMONte sat at twelve on Saturday, ' Iforii-Deotsehe Zeitunts that, the German squadron now sta.
Zuly 25, to forward the Government business. , tinned if the Isle of Wight would be ordered to cruise on
At the Lsonmenoement eef the sitting Sir H. James entered thelr: northern coast of Spain.
protest against the proposed anandonment of the lantlieh 5, Bollite 111801 the Government had received no positive
Judicature Bill, which, he said, had taken the public Will the intimaton that the German squadron was about to cruise off
profession hy surprise. The ball would only occupy a few Spam, lint there was reason to believe that an ordinary naval
hour, in Committee, and he hoped the Government would squadron was about to cruise in those waters. The only
statemenit on the subject the Government could make to the
re-consider its decision House was that they presumed these steps were to be taken
The Attorney sabl the resolve was the result of to protect the lives id German subjects in Spain that might
mewl deliberation, neral
but he would give a formal answer on : be endangered by the war now prevailing in that country.
Alonday, velum a short bill suepending the Judicature Act ,
till next year would be brought in. THF. Islit'smELS coNFERENCE.
TEE TURNPIKE ACT coNTINPANCE BILL, AEI) THE EX- Mr. Serjeant simon asked the First Lord of the Treasury
PiRING LAWS CONTINUANCE Blt L. whether tne Government hail determined to send a repre-
sentative to the Brussels Conference, and if so, what was his
The Turnpike Act Continuance Bill having passed through name.
Committee, the 110080 Wiiii prooeeetiog to take the Expiring
Laws Continuance Bill—which. memo other Acts, continues Mr. Disraeli :We have received satisfactory commutes-
the Peace Preservation Ilreleml) Act—when Mr Sullivan in- , Mons from the powers iu answer to ear circular, and there-
terposed with a motion to adjourn, pointing to the thin and fore we have not thought it in our power any longer to
exhansted condition of the House, and made it a ground of ref one sending a delegate to the conference at Brussels, and
serious complaint that Irish members should he brought . subject to those conditions and stipulations with which the
down on Saturday when other members were enjoying them- House is Lumbar 11.0111 ths documents on the table, we have
instructed General Sir Alexander if orsford to attend the
selves. The was uegatived by 114 to 35. On the .
second reading of the bill being moved Captain Nolan confereuce as our delegate.
moved its rejection, sod in • speech of some length I Prince Leopold's Annuity Bill was read a second time,
dilated on the general objections to Coercion Acts !
and to the principle of legislating on this and other I CO-OPERATIVE ASsOCIATIoNS.
questions of iniportance by a Continuance Bill. The On the Report of Supply, Sir T. Chambers called attention .
Chancellor of the Exeloquer suggested that the discussion . to the Civil Service Coopetative Stores, WhiCli he complained '
shonlel he taken in Commietee. said Mr. Butt, on behalf of • went hmond the legitimate limits of co-operation, and halt
the Irish members, offered to consent to the renewal of the bethine trading sot:Mies curried on by servants of the State.
Coercion Acts until September, 1875. Neither of these offers This, he contended, was establighed by the large accomu-
was accepted, and the debate was continued by Mr. Spam, toted profits of one of the Societies (a 90,000 and also try
Mr Downing. Serjeant Sherlock, 91r0. Bowyer, Sir P. O'Brien, the fact that they admitted the outside public to make par.
Mr Henry, Mr. Bryan, 51r. Biggar, Mr Fay, and others, who chasers under the name of ticket-holders. That Civil Servants
repeated the old arguineets against Coercion Acts, and main- should engage in such a trade was contrary to the spirit of
tamed that ia the present coredition of Ireland they were the Service and the Treasury Minute of 1849, and among
unnecestary. Dr ball, en behalf of the Government, ex- ether 17, mveniencvs be pointed to the opportunities err-
'deified that the Government, owing to the circtlinstances . tarn classes of Civil Servants would have of making pur-
tmder. which it had conic into existence, could not possibly , chases of Colonial and Foreign produce more advantage-
ously than ordipary traders by reason of their earlier infer-
have had time to consider the practicability of dispensing ,
with these Coercion Acts, and urged that their con- mation.
tinuauce was necessary, because if Parliament were
.r Mr. Forsyth supported the complaint of the retail traders,
suddenly dissolved early next year they would expire. Mr. ! which. he said, was not against the combination of Civil !
Disraeli made another offer that the Coercion Acts should , servonts to supply their own wants, but against the admis- I
not again be placed in a Continuance Bill, but that if such skin of the general public to dead at the Stores ; but Me
Acts were required they should be introduced. as separate Slacilonald denied that the Stores had gime beyond fair co-
measures. This, however, did not give satisfaction, sad a cperation, and advised the retail dealers that their true
motion was made to adjourn the debate, which gave an remedy lay in low prices and unadulterated articles.
opportunity to several members to repeat their speeches The Chancellor of the Exchequer declined at present to
31r. Biggar, amid much laughter from the gentlemen around COlllnlit himself to ydan eeided opinion on Ms subject, more
him, occupied a conaiderable time in touchnig seriatim on especially as she organisation of the Civil Service was now
most of the 39 Acts in the Schedule ; Mr. Brooks and str. under the consideration of a Committee. But taking note
Martin also made some ob iiits,
servati and the niotion bir of the admission tliat the combination of Civil Servants to
adjournment having been negatived by 118 to 35, the Second , supply themselves was legitimate, he said it had been repre
Reading was carried by 112 to At. seated to him that the admission of the outside public
Several other bills were forwarded a stage, and the House was forced oil the associations by the attempt of the trades-
adjourned at a quarter past seven o'clock. ! men to induce the wholesale traders not to supply the
• Stores, If any of the Civil Servants devoted public time to
the management of these Stores, the Treasury ought to cheek
THE MAGISTRACY IN IRELAND. such a practice, but it must not be left out of sight that the
public probably gut the Services of the Civil Servants at a
In the MUSK OF LORD!, July 27, Lord Carlingford in- cheaper rate by allots lag Mein to make use of their time out
sinned what the Govenunent considered to be the position of 1 if (Om hours. Moreover, if there were any prohibition, it
Lieutenants of Cowin sin Ireland, as regards their respond- must be universal and could not be confined to employment
bility for the appointment of gentlemen to the Commission of in the management of Co-operative Stores.
the Peace. He put the question because it had been stated thrs at !
PUBLIC WoRsHIP REGUI.ATION BILL.
It was not usual to appoilit as magistrate. agents or docto ;
bathe was not aware of airy rule of that kind, and in Ire- ! The House then went into Committee on the Public Wor-
laud many agents were appointed magistrates Ile referred ! ship Regulation Hilt On Friday week the Coninsittee ad.
to cases in which the reeommendations by Lords Lieutenant ! Joerned in the middle of a discussion on Mr. Cowper-Temple's
had been rejected, and said that if this new practice should • anneudinent to Clause e, requiring the Bishop when a
be drawn into • precedent, there would soon be too few representation is made to him to inquire whether the
maglatnites in the Irish counties, which would be a much practise complained of is in accordance with usage or the
snore undesirable result than to have too many. I Wishes of the congregation, and Mr. Cowper Temple now
withdrew it, with thedutention of renewing it in a different
The Duke of Richmond replied that it wok the duty of a I
Lord Lieutenant of a County. Ulm thougliflt necessary that . form on the next clause.
additional rsagistrates should he appointed, to aequaint the ! Clause 8 was agreed to, and on Clause 9.-which relates to
Commissioners of the Great Seal with his opinion, and at, proceedings on representation beieg made—the conditions
the same time to send them a printed form filled up ! meter which the bishop shall exercise his "discretion" Were
with the names, residences, property, profession, and • discussed with consideral minuteness. Mr Dillwyn first
employment of the persons recommended for i proposed to deprive the Bishop of all discretion as to sending
trates, and to state whether any of thou were agents. a representation for trial, but this was universally condemned
The right of recommending for the magistracy rested with I Lord It. Scott proposed to relieve him from the necessity of
the Lords Lieutenant of e °unties and with the lennuissiouers stating the reasons of his decision, but this also mat with no
for the Great Seal rested the right of declining to appoint , support, and eh the joint suggestion ot Mr. Holt and Mr.
for reasons which they deemed sufficient, arid he believed ! Beresford Hope it was ordered that copies of thee reasons
that the Commissioners had acted most rightly in every case ; should be transmitted both to the persons complaining and
referred to by Lord Carlingford. ! complained of.. . Mr. Cowper-Temple proposed that the
Lord Lismore observed that the answer given to him in the ! Mahon, nir receiving a representation, should cause it to be
House of Lotds the other day iutn respect to some recom- ! submitted to a public meeting; but this was summarily
negatived, and the same tate befell an amendment
mendations he had made for the magistracy in Tipperary
was inconsistent with the statement made on the same sub- ! moved by Mr. Childers, giving an appeal to the Arch-
ject in the House of Commons. bishop from the Bishop, whether he decides to send
a case for trial or refuses. Mr. Holt, however,
carried on a division, by 103 to 37, an amendnient
giving the persons making the complaint the right
of Appeal to the Archbishop in case the Bishop
should lie of opinion that princes dings should not be
taken on any representation made to him. In the saute
Clause Mr. Beresford Hope carried, by 53 to 47, an amend-
ment extending from 21 to 28 days the notice of trial which
the Bishop is to give to the party complained of. Clause 9
having been settled, the remaining Clauses were rapidly dis-
posed of, with a few verbal amendments, up to Clause 19,
with the exception of Clause lv, which was struck out, to be
replaced by a new Clause.
Clause 19, which exempts College and Endowed Schools
Chapels, and the Chapels on Inns of Court from tine bill, gave
rise to a long and animated conversation. Mr. Cross, Sir W.
Harcourt Lord Sandon, and others, called for the omission
of the douse, on the geom.' that it was quite as Important
to exclude unlawful practices from these educational institu-
tions as from the parish churches. On the other side, Mr.
13eresford Hope, Mr. Slowlitay, and Mr. Walpole pleaded
for exemption of the Universities, arguing that the 11.11
would interfere with the abridged services sane-
tieined by the University Tests Act ; Mr. Hardy pointed
out that there was DO macininery provided for
bringing the 11111 into operation in these Chapels. and 31r.
Henley reminded the Committee that the Colleges claimed
to be exempt from the Bishop's jurodietion. Mr.
Cross replied that unielnieety to meet this arid the objec-
lions arising ont of the University Tests Act could be sop-
piest on the licimot. Mr. Cawley pointed out that by the
Interpretation Clause the bill would only apply to churches
where the ineuniteent vsas hound to celebrate the service
according to the Book of Common Prayer—the effect of
which, Mr. Russell Gurney said, would be that only the
Sunday services and not the week-day services would come
wider the bill.
On a division, the clause onus negatived by tro 10 53.
The Committee then took up the new clauses.
The first was a clause to supply the original Clause In',, eon-
tonnes- Cie pool:ions ielating to Cathedrals rind Collegiate
churches, which was agreed to, and Mr 'Riveter.' Hope next
proposed a clause, subjecting the Archbishops and Bishops
to the emeriti, n of the hill, and providiog the requisite
machinery for brimieg complaints agaimt them. On a
division the clause was negatived by 173 to We. Mr.
Form th moved a new clause di.qualifyieg the Ecclesi-
astical Judge for a seat in the House of Conntoons
which Mn'. leussell Gamey met by citing the authority of
Slacaulay's speech on the JUdges Exclusion Bill,
The Clause was rejected A division was taken on Clause 1,
which had been postusmed, and which gives the bill its title,
the Public Worship Regulation Bill, and it was approved by
177 to 51. There was also a division In Schedule A, which
COIIIBIIIIB the form of declaration of membership of the
Church of England to be subscribed by comploinauts, and
Mr. Dillayn, who object( el to it, was beaten by 170 to 41.
This concluded the Committee and the Report was fixed for
Friday. Sir. Disraeli gave notice that on the Report he
THE ASTLEY DEEP PIT COLLIERY ACCIDENT. would bring up a Clause preiding for the salary for the
Mr. Sidebnitham called attention to the circumstances Judge.
of the Astley Deep Pit accident, and moved for a Royal The Royal Irish Constabulary and Dublin Metropolitan
Commission to inquire whether a better system of In-pee- Police Bill was considered in Committee—it being under-
tion can be established, with a view to the preeentiou of stood that the oppesed clauses are not to be pressed.
these accideuts for the future. Mr. Mellor and Colenel
Several other bills were forwarded a stage, and the House
Leigh supported the moti;eu, while 3lr. Macdonald and
d t • t t .1 •Ic
a jounie at twenty 'limn es pas wo o .
Mr. Hermon thought further y unnecessary until the
existing law had been enforced. Mr. Crl9es was also of opinion
that no case lore Royal COnllllllolioll had begt made out, but
proinised, during the Recess, to consider whether any new
regulations could be made as to inspection without ulmmish-
ing the responsibility of owners.

POOR LAW AMENDMENT (REMOVAL) BILL.

Lord Henniker moved the second reading of the Poor Law
Amendment (Removal) Bill, which, he explained, wonld do
away with the power of removal in Eagland, but would not
interfere with settlement, or apply to Ireland or Scotland.
lie wished the bill to be read a second time, but did not
.utend to proceed further with it during the present Ses.iou.
The Duke of Richmond said that the bill was a small one,
but it deal, with part of a great subject and recommended
its withdrawal.
Lord Egerton of Tatton and Lord Forteseue joined in a
similar recommendation, and the bill was then withdrawn
Several other bills were forwarded a stage, and the (louse
adjourned.