The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1875-05-08 00:00:00

'IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

, THE RELATIONS or GERMANY AND BELGIUM.
I 1 the Herrn OF LORDS, May 3, Earl Russell moved that
all hurnble address be presented to her Majesty for copies
' 101 the recent correspondence between the Governments of
""
li! Emperor of Germany and the King of the Belgians,
h an account of the steps taken to ascertain the truth
,4
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etheeoallegations referred to in the said correspondence.
rrespondence in question, he believed had been
conducted on the part of Germany in a friendly' spirit. He
fWas not at all sure whether the Belgian Government had yet
vell a final answer He wished to ask the noble
_ a Earl,the
ecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, whether suchyto
sdual) I.IIOY had been made and whether Belgium
Do t out that h Possessed' laws which enabled
wasabledi read e
Belgian
Government tope -sany offences against a foreigiiru
aler;
tiloand whether she was ready to propose any h laws
tild enable her to maintain amicable relations with foreign
°Were- Having referred to the versions which have been
..tirrent rrrespecting the alleged declaration of a man named
noble earl, Pointed out that the subject
ulielleana °I lai s intention to murder Prince Bismarck, the
0 Teat inte ' •
to reA to this country,.
an askiendvtohlveendoablgeneearstlinasn
ea powers of Belgium to punish persons who proposed an
oliteage „
“Pon a subject of a foreign State.
The E
v. arl of Derby expressed a hcpe that he should not be
as brief and
'elight wanting in
.courtesy if his reply w
Rnardee. le
eh, , e was quite ready o
t liberty to com-
t state any facts within
see einowledge, and which he was a .
going
rftelleate : but there would be no advantage in
alto e e
discussion. upon
betweeeueentehrai
this matter now pending
In th e Belgian and the
German present condition of the case.
Be
eovnenrnummennetts
DUblic the corral)
oeneal in ondence, as it had been corn-
-0 hire
be aced his hands three-quarters
of an hour but
Parliament
Doada„erstood that it was intended that the whole comes-
.thortly.
ve "'ice should be presented to the Belgian
There was nothing in the
of coarrespondence,
n unfriendly
eliZanCt as
far
as he could judge, 3
the er• There was nothing of the nature of a menace, an 4
noblPeastion at issue had been very fairly described by the
s°Meee erel as simply whether the Belgian law was not in
- oeternat ects deficient to satisfy the requirements
either aid onal treaties. No appeal had been made on
kaiest ' e of the guaranteeing Powers; and although her
eratotttastitiJovernment had watched and would
deoPest ie whole question with the closest continue to
sest care and the
t
'crowd , erest, they did not think that any advantage
eonef,e'e gained to the cause of good relations between the
y w:se con ur
cerned or to the peace of Europe
e generally if
, to volunteer at the present stage an for
tteeser 5r
(ebeers)!nce upon a case which was yet on
lypartly heard
„Earl Russell withdrew his motion, with an intimation that
.e Would renew it on an early day.
EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES BILL.
a'eir_°ti Beauchamp i n moving the second reading of the
s-P sive Substances Bill, brought from the Commons, erred to
that t,_ Previous legislation on the subject, andobser IT:-
d
te.,
.siere
ecanne were so many local Acts dealing with tbhem.matter
The
regulations for gunpowder e
bn necessary to amend and cons olidatneett.
d factories and
ba17,,5,09 tained
laeranc,s, and extended to other
explosive r fnre
substances the
eten.Pplicable to gunpowder. It provided also for an effi-
Wer:emsPection of premises where explosive substances
th- -;nanUfactured or stored, and reserved great powers to
';;,Tecre.tary for the Home Department.
Bill was read a second time, and, the other_ Orders been gone through, their Lordships adjourned.
PARLIAMENT AND THE PRESS.
ooltincethtehantotsE oF COMM.ONS, Mr. Beresford-Hope gen)
reference t tin ton's motion with
On the Marquis of Har
.g
presence of strangers being moved, he would
t,,:f ‘9 leave out the words "and unless notice had been
L., before the commencement of the debate," and to
cleBt'e`a a,Provision by which, if the question had beenput r
and
en `l2lntied in the negative, it should not be competent moraber again to take notice of the presence
render it
e of strangers
ess in e
h
rieee, alie of disorders arising which should .
-'arY to direct the attention of the Speaker thereto.
Sir c.
z, ISSUE OF SHILLINGS.
what_ ussell asked the Chancellor of the Er
tattoo `4,, owing to the present scarcity of shillings xc
in h
ir
uc
xi° r-
th
M the int. theta , be could hold out any hopes of a further issue of
,te N M
fee4ele„Chancellor of the Exchequer said he had received 'ns
lin
tii'enAa"°,n_g
at that there were new shillings to the value of
i-42'66-"e the Bank ready to be issued, and there
be
' v n
-equire,i.eer e i Ying ready at the Mint in case the yshould
Ur, le gi:jEN ANNE'S STATUE, WESTMINSTER.
WhethZeJenDort asked the First Commissioner of Works
whe,,
rst
Abel, " he was a
atue are of the dilapidated conditionof
. and
INQueen
the as in Queen Ann's-gate, eatminatree r
a' rtistic
inertte.e as id statue appeared toposseas
mub'lic monu-
tient, , was us
reeviti i.tnis natuually to be found in our p
re, he would consider the propriety of re-
advantl:ot.° 'Mize position where it would be seen to greater
loterde,..lknrY Lennox said the statute no doubt possessed
reprolie•:lB4lc merit. It was not in so bad a state
tarshnsad been
Was 411,711 V, but at e present moment the usto queen ,
raetie,
of t
tf'vrowingio fi th ill
ngers and part of her sceptto owing
re ong to the I
e atte stones. This could be s pped by direct-
Rib , Uggest ntion of he remthe police to the matter. He could not
e I
kind,. toval of the statue when he had not n is - Y a site in
would be so suitable.
Mr era
aodonald asked the Home Secretary whether he had
TRE RECENT COLLIERY EPPLOSION.
soft-1;0.d that several Government inspectors should visit the
'to e
Were ,?!,the collier y explosion on Friday last, where 42 lives
Itree
. ner be deavour to discover the cause of thedisaster,'Lni 'would cause an eminent counsellin to be in
14.7 to Watch proceedings at the coroners quest.
here n*nee,...retarY Cross said he had already received a report
to‘,,ittly ee'sPector. He could not at present pledge himself
stances
're•
-rale of action' would but he wod take care that the
nnn
should. be thoroughly investigated. ~. . The
9 ,_PEACX
then PRESERVATIGN ( ) BILL.
l'reeeeV.:Bo
resumed the consideration of the Peace
the 4,-;,','llon (Ireland) Bill, and shortly after eight o'clock
seti Wee o'g:fa-discussed Clause 3 was complete..d... Some time
dis4Died by an amendment of Captain !Nolan, already
for s
the r...._u at some length on Friday, for transferring from
a';',ntY Cess to
26 the Poor Rates the compensation
awarded
arde4
by '
Outrage. In the end it was negatived
linilC
t,to 10An amendment by Mr. R.- Smyth thoi
tile pon„ne, coropensation to the rate of one shilling
mend-
item b'Llvas negatived by 269 to 87; and another a (lt eaehY '14.• Fay, providing that there should be a traverse
lejne,e Ward of compensation as 4n the case of malicious
b 221
to ei:'atunder the 6 and 7 Witham IV., was defeated y
M. Hicks-Beach
teDested eti're
e the clause was agreed to Sir --- bring up
'roma 4 ~!3 assurance that on the Report he will
Grand
ullrY le ftillt „Lill, g the compensation to cases where the
I - 'Pillion that material evidence has been withheld.
n the ne
ollt et , xt Clause, 4, an amendment by err. Butt to strike
and
search t`la Bill
foreth power given to the Police to . enter. _
.....
to ea . Ll.olises editious papers, &c., was negatived by i?,
eSeap'44_4 ilOtnediately afterwards the Government narrowly..
clerafteea defeat on a proposal by Captain Nolan to limit t,ll
WitheZ of this clause to two years. It was made and put
An a debate, and the numbers were 87 to 85.
B.ollcitneendrnent
ta was made in the same Clause 17 the
equenti.,
+ro tirn.'eneral for Ireland, exempting Friendly Societies
proviso, moved by Mr. Gibson indemnifying s Provisions against Secret Societies ; and sub-
and
;
ti°
-„I-
Irish v Y a ,
er
te reetoasons and Friendly Brothers who by inadvertence
lieidstreet ,
oave not complied with the law as to
ered ates
4e4lai a'
u'e.• gave rise to a lively discussion. In
- that
the debof statements made from time to time during
Rist
had the Lord-Lieutenant, as an. unre:
been
felony Freeniason, had incurred tbe Penalties of 0 Ilk Gibson explained that the Duke of Abercorn
an Irish Freemason about four months, and.
Dii-41a1,1 that time the Lodge to which he belonged had com_
dpn all the conditions. Mr. Sullivan said he 'wolllDliesAuennnify the distinguished persons who had not
' corn-
tea
would
eeDiele e_ the la wif some "Free and Accepted Brother wo
end ;',:e to the
i House what Freemasonry was. Lord R. Montagu
llttnerzeldon•o
, wee-veighed warmly against the Society, but Mr.
ItenrY, a supported by Sir P. O'Brien and Mr.
itesene_ Pleealed to the Irish members not to vote against
erbe2sent which was against restrictions, and
.which put_
brethifereernasons on an equal footing with their English
!"0 0 tr 1;,,,, „Air% Butt deprecated a division on this point, but
saw: d"- Irian Members insisted on challenging the Chair-
Kken, 4,C:ision,--the Ayes have it,-and, a division being
. Proviso was carried by 311 to 3.
the Vaellet4 was agreed to, and on Clause 5 (which continues
tion whiZeeatli 44), Mr. Butt proposed to repeal tha Prr.
te,_.°' Rabeas cuoprives prisoners detained under it of thaen7
at
-`4 13043 trPus. Which was rejected by 238 to 113; d Nee i„, ,
n e COMm in ittee was again adjourned.
Oneeertr ills were forwarded a stage, and the House ad-
et ttventy mineites past one o'clock.
- - --_
In the ei INNS OF COURT.
table a 01:1SE oP LoRDs, May 4, Lord Selborne laid on the
Vorern4l 4 Making provision for the better regulation_a_n d
stitut
scene „
velir tt of th ur
e Inns of Cot, which, though called pi.
ions t.., societies," were, he maintained, pub!"
iroportaei ecause all who desired to exercise one o. I the most
were
coint,,,, and honourable professions in the country .
le te_e,ed to become members of them, and the public interest
par,fire societies had been recognized by numerous Acts of
itticientztllA Their property had been held by them from very
except tine, aud their revenue had never been expended
that it NV a
notion Manner strictly in accordance with the
Posed 4., as Possessed for
Chancellorould be public purposes. Last year he pro-
the eeletat they sh united into one general body ; but
thsei'M then suggested that the same course
acoot theru'eu,e pursued towards them as was adopted in the case
~__, universities, and the present Bill was drawn up in
A,`:ance that suggestion.
With
Pe
in'l4l,a, yrci chancellor was glad to lea the amended form
wo of Couineten the Bill learn was prepared, and he trusted that the Inns
opewcieonld not consider that legislation of that kind was
111 was
The
e, In any spirit hostile to them.
4 read a first time.
LOrd A SCHOOL OF LAW.
lishni Fielboriie next laid on the table a Bill for the estab-
ilistr:ontt of a School of Law, where all classes might receive
Whin, 1,911. lie observed he had been charged with
preietelli to confound together the two branches of the legal
414111 on, but his opinion was strongly in favour of main-
ters, g t,,11.0 Present distinction between Solicitors and Barris-
Lostitetre‘ the sarre time he thought that such an
aine '4'4 33 a S.chool of Law would lose half its
Lets, a,l„_rliade exclusive He could not agree en-
re,l likin;Lfte% the Lord Chancellor as to the expediency of
",,elatillei;p43 411001 of Law an examining body only, and
"JstennC„.'eal a teaching body, for he thought that the two
over, iv.were s-
e
e, e eable of being united advantageously. How-
-14
Ileoeseev. 4-ni
Y'
not o
provide propose to snake the School of Law
tained ply a teaching body, though a power would be re- , .11 the Br' t - 'de instruction.Generally speak-
last the Bill t the seme as the
incorporat f Law, the School o which would
roposal he made
nated ed b
s nomi-
e. - hy 1, Y ex-officio members, and by person
Z4iip Fii, ...ler Majesty, the Inns of Court, the Incorporated
'llll"eiety, and b B rri t rs and Solicitors. The Govern-
have 80dy, would y a s e
the elle,'
e„ to superintend_.
the examinations in
DZ,ati a aw, and no. one would e bpermitted to prac-
1-,rlatr or Solicitor who had no
tpassed an appro-
t The e amination.
eoi4et,ieercl Chancellor
3'; j,t th was of opinion that the Bill should be
el 4 tO g t School of Law an examining body
.11atmakin he waa a detail Which might hereafter be clis-
ill
km
was read a first time.
g I.OPs Resignation 869) Perpetuation Act (1 Bill, the
(' hlav
a Act (1871) Extension and Amendment Bill,
Copyright Bill, and the Bankruptcy (Scot
Cath -
.ent Bill were read a second time.
, Pacific
ie edr al (Minor Canonrles) Bill and the
ittlhe !'sotection Bill
passed through Committee.
ieQ,tlf
~,41,14,0
arnendnaentsEntertainments (Hour of Opening) Bill was
r -.
then adjourned to Friday, it not being
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Of Lords to meet on Holy Thursday. th le -e TnE DEGREE OF SEBJEANT.
,14.40,,,110t5,,
OP COMMONS, Sir George,
Bowyer asked
eteheeoleeii General whether her Majesty 'S Government
aThe and eien discontinuing for the future the ancient
114 tr tkttcrtZllity cd ,orjeant by refusing to grant the coif.
entle-
klit,ll %lire I
_theeli'Peneral replied that the selection of
grested
aneNktkle..°M Orce and dignity of serjeant-at-law n
pe,;_,447,t1i0
ne circunistances he could. give no de!II;l11Z
sli(;'lll,;',4 theVestion. He might add that by the eighth
o
utill(licature Act of 1873 it was enacted that no
y Ntllise,,a4,itldge for either of the supreme court
to take the degree of serjeant-at-law.
If% ile'realNe_
Z tiFar,„,_
Liee,-I kk -,',IJAY AMUSEMENTS.
hPearnln CN,,_ad the Home Secretary whether his atten-
hap^. or arQ;Kee
,to the case of "Terry v.
.the Brighton.o
ticrea of the "tl. ' and whether he wouldibring in a Bill to
Y State .. notek! 4.ct 21 Geo. 3 c, 49, so as to relieve th
kr 8 re UntiN t •*- • decisions which they pub-
had G ecreter3, c akee,bring
bet the" eallee t ai c' Government
tent 4-e Bripht. "o thel ed the attention of the
' this ease,
had
40 whi. .otl c,_
h,..s lchsion of the judges in
th
thatet ell
t --‘ Med not seemed to go to the full ex-
ile
'lt itide,Zre cans-,iegnleet might possibly be applied.
tar
,er lie-',,"t ween'oPiquiries to be made to see how n
-e GI eeeolild -`, take effect, and until he had a
0 -thine inform the House what the intentions
nt were. 0
ro Pit
t r leave ,--.4i Roe lENDLY SOCIETIES.
0 (dog so enrol.
would ask n
he wou
oticeithat on Tuesday next
„„„
1141 Ann nee a hill to consolidate the law re,m"'"g
•. Provident societies.

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