The Warwickshire Herald. — 1885-05-09 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

CENTRAL -CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE.  The monthly meeting of the Council of the Central Chamber of Agriculture was held at the Society of Arts, Adelthi, on Tuesday, under the In sidency of the Earl of Suffolk.—The following lett, r Iron: the Prime Minister was read "10, I h ni iitr-st ieet, Whitehall, 16th April, 18.8. i. ate desir. d by Mr. Gladstone to acknowledge the. receipt .4 your letter of the 14th inst., forwarding., by slimetion of the Associated Chamber of Agricultui e. a resolution of that body on the subject of Local Government Red orm, and I am to request that you will inform the Council that he has taken note of the views expressed in the resolution ; but that, looking to the many :.ud urgent demands upon the time of Parliainent for the current session, he cannot entertain a sanguine hope that Government will be able to introduce as 'measure this year for dealing with county goverotnent.—l am, &c., H. NV. Peimitosx."—The president. then stated, amid cheers,that it had been officiallyannou aced that the new Railway Rates Bills would be withdrawn.— A motion by Major Harbin (Semeroetshire), to the eft, ct that the offer of the Government te vote £20,000 towards a part of the cost of preparin.: the parliamentary register was altogether inadetriate, was adopted, Sir Baldwin Leighton, M.l'., remarking that such a sum to be divided amongst the English counties was simply ridiculous—in fact. insulting.— On the suggestion of the Business Comma* e, it was resolved that the subject for the June meeting should be to consider whether any and what action could be taken by the Chamber of Agriculture at the appi teaching general election to ascertain the views of candidates on agricultural questions. Adnural Buncombe said he had no objection to the col. se proposed, but it was important that the quest.. us should be drawn up with a great deal of caution. Mr. Bidden, M.P., said there was far too much squeamishness about introducing politics into agricultural matters. His belief was that this tenderness was the source of great weakness. He was far from sa.. ing that members of Parliament should be mere deleg:Oent but at the same time the agricultural community, which ought to carry the counties, should take care to impre-s upon candidates the necessity of looking after their interests.—Major Craigie, the secretary, stated that the Executive Committee at their last meeting passed the following resolution: "That so much of the financial statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer as relates to the proposal to increase taxation on real property, wholly apart from any consideration of the pressure of local burthens, is unsatisfactory and inconsistent with the previous declaration of the Government and with the decision of the House of Commons on Sir. Pelt's motion on the 17th April, 1884." The committee therefore decided to take such effective action as may be deemed expedient to bring the matter before Parliament. Major Craigie moved "That this Council is of opinion that no additional death duties should be enforced upon land untibin accordance with the repeated resolutions of the House of Commons, the relative taxation of real property and personal property has been readjusted." What they wanted, he said, was justice all round. It was an injustice to adjust the death duties on real and personal property, and not at the same time to adjust the burthens borne by those two kinds of properties in regard to local taxation. Sir Baldwin Leighton, M.P., believed that if a stand were made Mr. Childers would be compelled to drop the proposal out of the budget. Mr. Lipcombe (West Riding) said the Chancellor of the Exchequer's proposal was a most barbarous one under the circumstances. Never within the memory of man had suffering landlord or tenant been so utterly incapable of meeting any increased taxation. He put it to anyone who knew anything about the conduct of large estates whether the taxation which fell upon land did not deter landowners from doing justice to their tenants and giving that employment to labourers which they would do in more prosperous times. After some further discussion, Major Craigie's resolution was passed unanimously.— A resolution was also passed condemning the beer duty.  A letter from Berlin says that the two famous Spanish toreadors, Frasonelo and Lagartigo, had arrived there to organise a bull-fight, but the police re fused to grant them permistion.  SHOCKING SUICIDE IN A HOSPITAL A man named William Swindells' 43, who had for some time past been employed by Messrs. Threlfall Brothers, brewers, was admitted to the Royal Hospital, Salford, suffering from a fractured high, an injury which he had sustained a kw minutes previously, while following his employment. On his arriving at the dispensary he was examined by the house-surgeon, who ordered his removal to the accident department, a room which is reached by means of a hoist. Swindells was placed in the lift, and while it was in motion he appears to have taken a knife from his pocket and cut his throat in • most determined manner, for on the attendants attempting to lift him out they were horrified to find him covered with blood, which was flowing from a gaping wound in the throat. He died almost immediately.