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HOUSE OF LOKDS,—MONDAY.

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HOUSE OF LOKDS,—MONDAY. Their Lordships met at five o'clock. THE DISARMING OF THE BASUTOS. The K.rl of KIMBEIILEY, in reply to the Earl of Cadogan, said the Government had re- ceived an offici 1 telegram continuing the state- ment which had appeared in the Times relative to tie disarmament of the Basutos. It was as folio.vs:—"Tetsia accepts the decision of Her Majesty's Government regarding disarmament as final orders. All his people to suriender arms. Will surrender his own. Asks extension of time for voluntary surrender, which has been granted." TRAFFIC IN CHILDREN. In renly to Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, who c died attention to differences of opinion between the Attorney-General and the Governor and Ciiief Justice of Hong Kong as to the pur- chase and detention of children is so-called domestic servitude at Hong Kong, as well as the reLort of the Commissioners on the working of Contagious Diseases Ordinance of 1867, The Earl of KIMBERLEY stated that if it could be shown that there was anything in the nature of slavery going on the Government would of course interfere, but that was a matter depend- ing entirely on the facts, and it would be nects- sa. y that care should be exeicLed to prevent too Rrec.t an interference with the habits and institu- tions of the Chinese people, which should not be co.ffoun ;e with those of other parts of the world. As to the second part of the question, there had no doubt been a (ood deal of kidnapping of women and a system of brothel inspection, and spies ha i b.'fn resorted to butit being found that this had led to revolting practices, it had been abandoned, an 1 the Government were glad to find that a u'.mber of Chinese gentlemen had come forwar to forin themselves into a society to put down kidna; ping. The v. hole matter was being made the subject of inquiries, but at present he was not in a position to produce auy papers on the subject, THE HIGHWAY ACIS, Earl DE LA WARR moved for the appoint- ment of a Select Commitee to enquire into the operation of the Hierhuay Act. After some remarks from the Marquis of HGNTLY, Lord ENFIELD said there was no objec: ion on the part of the Government to the appointment of a Committee. The motion was agreed to. THE DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. The Earl of CADOGAN, in reply to Lord Brabouine, stated that the Bill legalising marri; ge with a deceased wife's sister received from Natal in 1877, w.;s a mistake, and was said to have been carried by the casting vote of the Speaker of the Natal legislature, whereas it was carried by seven or eight votes, and the Earl of Kimberley added that that Bill, and a similar one since carried by the same legisla- ture had waited for a year without the Royal Assent, and had consequently lapsed. THE IRISH DISTRESS. On the motion of Lord VENTRY, a return of the number of agricultural holdings in Poor-law anions, scheduled under the Relief of Distress (Ireland) Act, 1880, was agreed to, with the assent of the Government as expressed by Earl Spencer. IRISH COUNTIES. Lord SPENCER, in reply to the Earl of Leitrim, said the counties he had referred to as those which form the charges of the judges at the Spring Assizes (not as declared by the judges) he con- sidered to be in a bad state, were Cavan, Clare, Galway, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, and Sligo. UNSKILLED IRISH WORKMEN. Lord LEITRIM, in moving for a return of the number of unskilled workmen employed during the week ended on the 12th of June, by landlords or sani: ary authorities, or on works undertaken by baronial sessions in the scheduled districts of Ireland under the Relief of Distress Act, com- plained that the action of the landlords had been scandalously misrepresented, and maintained that he and others were doing all they could to carry out the spirit of the Act. After a few words from Lord ORANMORE and BROWNE, Earl SPENCER said he could not accede to the motion, but the Lord Lieutenant had given directions for a return of the number of persons employed on different kinds of relief works. The motion was withdrawn. PROTECTION OF PROPERTY. Earl SPENCER, in reply to a question put by tl e Earl of Leitrim, said it was intr." de; 1 by the Government to afford protection to Mr Acheson and his property, and if it was believed that the ordinary police would not suffice, a force would be sent from t e re-erve, and a moiety of the ex; ense charged on the district. The House adjourned at 7.5.

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