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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. In the House of Lords, .Tune 7, the Earl of Devon presented jJ)etition from the cler_ of Exeter against the Bill lor the "westa^lishruent and Disendowment of the Irish Church, and aid it would be disingenuous on his part If he did not de- lare that he did not concur in the prayer of the petition, so as regards the rejection of the bill upon the second read- NT was in favour of letting the measure pass its second eading, and introducing amendments into It. On the order of the day for the third reading of the Metro- politan District Raiiway Bill, The Duke of Rutland moved the insertion of a clause to "ttipel the company to provide smoking carriages. I'pon a division upon the amendment the following was 'heresultContents, 36; non-contents, 75. The bill was then read a third time and passed. ihr°r<? Colchester asked the Colonial Secretary if it was the jntention of the Government to propose a measure for the xemption in future of bishops of a free Protestant church the penalties of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill ? foiV^rl said that in the event of the Irish Church becoming law it would be necessary to amend the exist- Hg laws referred to by Lord Colchester. The Report of Amendments to the Parochial Schools (Scotland) Bill was considered. A discussion, in which the "ukes of Argyll and R'chmond and Lords Airlie, Abinger, «nd Colonsty took part, arose on the question whether 'ne Central Board should consist of three or seven, and whether members should be paid by the Jj-rown. The Duke of Argyll was In favour of seven the number, but he gave way, confessedly under Pressure of a threat by the Duke of Richmond that if seven ere insisted upon he should move the rejection of the bill. «te would not assent, however, to the proposal that all the of the Board should receive salaries, as urged by the Duke of Richmond and Lord Cairns and Colonsay. On a division, the House decided for payment by 84 to 49. A division was also taken cn an amendment moved by the DUke of Argyll, to omit clause 28, for the purpose of inserting Certain other clauses. The clause, which gives the election half the members of the school committees to the larger heritors, was retained by 73 against 45. On the conscience clause (clause 68), the Duke of Argyll again expressed his full conviction of the inexpediency of in- serting such provisions, and repudiated all responsibility of the Government for them. The Report of the Amendments was then agreed to. Lord Chancellor postponed his motion that the Honse should agree in the addresses of the House of Commons to lIer Majesty in regard to six elections which have been de- clared void, in order that the form of the Report on the Dublin election might be considered by the House on Tuesday. The Metropolitan Commons Supplemental Bill was read a second time, and their Lordships adjourned. .-fa the House oi Commons, the commencement of the sitting was marked by a significant commentary on a recent Political event. As Mr. Bruce was answering a question about the Mold riot, Air. Gladstone entered the House, and So sooner was he seen than the Liberal party raised a loud and hearty cheer, and kept it up with unflagging vigour long after he had taken his seat. Mr. Montague Chambers gave notice that upon considera- I won of the Army Estimates ne should call attention to the Position occupied by the clerks, &c., of-the Engineering I Department of the service, and would propose that them- I Belves or widows entItled to pensions should be placed in the I same position as that held by the other branches of the I service. I In answer to Mr. Hunt, the Chancellor of the Exchequer I laid that, though the arbitrations with the Railway and I Telegraph Companies had made much progress, they were I Dot sufficiently advanced to permit him to state when the I bill for carrying out the Telegraphs Act of last Session would I be brought in. I The first two orders of the day were the two Bills intro- duced by Mr. Goschen (Assessed Rates Bill) and Mr. H. B. I Sheridan (Representation of the People Act, 1867, Amend- I ment Bill), for remedying the grievances of the late "com- I Pound householder." | Mr. Goschen, in moving the second reading of his measure, I explained the very important additions to it which he means J to introduce in Committee. In the first place, he should I Propose to authorise the revival of the system of compound- I ing, by sanctioning agreements between owners and I overseers for the payment of rates in consideration I of a definite commission of 25 per cent. The owners I of houses under 420 rating in London and iClO in the I country (though this limit, he intimated, might be changed I "^Committee; would not only pay the rates, but would be I primarily responsible. And to guard against any political I disability arising from this change the following precau- I tions would be taken :—Owners would be required to give to I the overseers a list of the occupiers for whom they com- I pounded, under penalty of losing their commission a penalty I would be put on the overseers for every name omitt-d by I them from the list: and the occupier, if left out of the list, I might go to the Revising Barrister aud claim to be put on the I Register. In support of these proposals, Mr. Goschen urged I that as personal payment of rates hail proved impossible, it I Was useless to insist on it, at the certain expense of much I hardship and heartburning to the poorer classes, and argued I that the bill would substitute a system more uniform than I compounding. I A long discussion followed on the merits and demerits of I the "compounder," the expediency of reviving him, and the I intricate details of the rating system generally, in which I several hon. members took part, after which, I The bill was read a second time, and Mr. Sheridan's Bill I Was withdrawn. I After the Diplomatic Salaries Bill had been passed through I Committee, the debate on the Metropolitan Poor Act Amend- | tneiii Bill, adjourned from Friday week, was resumed by I Mr. M'C'ullagh Torrens, who made some forcible objections I to the proposed new hospitals, contending that the existing | private hospitals, with subsidies from the rates, supple- I mented by a system of treating the sick poor at their J homes, would lie the most judicious and effectual mode of dealing with tnem. He protested with much I Warmth against massing the sick together in hos- I pitals, and for the children he advocated the system of j boarding out, which had been successful in Ireland. It was | not the <iuty of Parliament, he insisted, to relieve the I working classes of the charge < f their sick and their children, I and, seconded by Sir C. Dilke, he moved a Resolution deferring legislation until there bad been an inquiry into the I sufficiency of the present accommodation. Mr. G. Hardy defended find explained the calculations on which he had parsed the Act of 18S7. Agreeing with many of Mr. M'Cullagh Torrens' ideas as to the segrega- tion of the sick and the value of the dispensary system, he maintained that workhouse hospitals were necetsary for the destitute sick, who, for the most part, had no homes 01 their own in which they could be treated, and that the ordinary hospitals were intended for a totally differ- ent class. To the bill blr. Hardy gave an earnest support, and urged the House not to draw back from a policy which, while it placed the sick and aged in becoming comfort, would make the workhouses deterrent to the vagrant and wilful pauper. Dr Brewer admitted that Mr. Hardy's Act was an infringe- ment on local self-government, but held that it was too late to retreat. Sir M. Lopes maintained that legislation in this direction ought to be accompanied by a revision of our system of taxa- tion. After some observations from Mr. W. H. Smith, Mr. D. Dalrymple, and Mr. Samuda, Mr. Goschen replied, and on a division Mr. Torrens' amendment was defeated by 118 to 13. On the consideration of the Municipal Franchise Bill, Mr. Jacob Bright procured the insertion of a clause extending the franchise to women. The Beerhouses BiJI was read a third time, and the House adjourned. In the House of Lords, June 8, upon the report of the amendments to the Life Peerages Bill being brought up, The Duke of Argyll entered upon lengthy remarks, attack- ing the speeches of the Marquis of Salisbury and the Earl of Carnarvon, and admitting that this bill could not effect the object they had in view in increasing the power of the House of Lords. So far as concerned this House, it had not been proved necessary to produce such a bill as this, to create two life peerages a year. Why, then, did he support the bill? Simply, on the ground on which it was moved by the noble lord (Karl Russell). If they did send this bill to the House of Commons, let it be put upon true ground—not that they ex- pect that it would add materialiy to the present strength and weight of this House, but in order that certain distinguished men might be admitted to this House without the burden of an hereditary peerage. The Marquis of Salisbury frankly confessed that he had listened to the speech of the noble duke with ever-increasing perplexity. The noble duke had taken a monthto digest his reply to his (the noble marquis's) speech and, perhaps, in order to be consistent, lie ought to move the adjournment of the House for another month, so that he might have time to reply. (Laughter ) He quite believed that this House was supported by the nation but he did not intend to follow the noble duke into its relations to the House of Commons, because they would probably have to tread that ground next week. In the House of Commons, the following bills were read a third time and passed :Newport Harbour Commissioners Bill, Sligo Borough Improvement Bill, the Belgrave Mar- ket Bill, and the Waltham Abbey and Cheshunt Gas Bill were considered. The Eltham Valley Railway Bill was withdrawn, and the order for its consideration discharged. The House then went into committee upon the Bankruptcy Bill (Recommitted), when Clauses 29, 30, 32, 36, and 43, after a short discussion, were passed with some trifling alterations. Upon clause 46, Mr. Rathbone moved an amendment that the bankrupt should be granted an order of protection, but that the Court should have power, if satisfied that he is able to pay any sum for the benefit of his creditors to make an order for pay- ment until the debts are paid in full. Mr. Samuda opposed the amendment and urged its with- drawal Tne Right Hon. S. Cave also opposed the amendment for the withholding of the order of discharge, which drives a man to desperation, and holds out no inducement to realise his property. The Attorney-General said that the amendment, as pro- posed, went too far, and if this were to be pressed it would be of no use trying to pass any Bankruptcy Law at alL The result of the amendment if carried would be to lead a man to declare himself bankrupt when his estate was in a com- parativel" solvent state. Mr. P. Rylanfis urged that the amendment would operate materially and unjustly against young men starting in life against such enormous competition as was now prevalent. Should one of these, owing to the disadvantages which beset him, be unfortunate enough to fail to discharge his debts he would be subject to perpetual imprisonment until every debt was paid. Mr. Moreley opposed the amendment, and urged that action should be taken between the two extremes of the Government and the amendment, by a measure which would give the court discretion in the matter, and the creditors the power of discharge. Mr. Goschen defended the proposal of the Government, and pointed out that their proposition was really the mean between the extremes t f the hon. gentlemen the member* for Bristol and Liverpool. A long and desultory discussion ensued, after which Mr. Honcrieff contended that the principle of the bill was right, and denied that the adoption of the amendment would tend to prevent reckless or improvident trading. He pointed out that the misery resulting from the great failures of 1866 did not for the most part fall upon reckless traders, but upon honest, industrious traders, while the reckless traders pulled through prosperously. The effect of the amendment would have been in that case to punish many innocent and pro- vident persons. The Attorney-General pointed out that the bill provided that a majority, three-fourths of the creditors, should have to a certain extent the power of discharge in their own hands. Mr. S. Walpole expressed his entire opposition to the amendment, which would tend to produce bankruptcy. Mr. M'Mahon eulogised the system adopted by America in case of bankruptcy from reckless trading as far preferable to those of France or Belgium. Mr. Henley made a few remarks, and the amendment was withdrawn. Mr. Peek moved the insertion of words in this clause of a proviso that the bankrupt is not chargeable with rash and hazardous trading, speculation, gaming, extravagant, expen- diture, or other dishonest or improper conduct. The Attorney-General said the rule was that no discharge should be made unless a payment of 10?. in the pound was realised; but under certain circumstances such as those coming within the term "unavoidable misfortunes." a dis- charge must be granted without payment of any dividend whatever. A discussion ensued, in which the Right Hon. S. Walpole, the Solicitor-General, and Mr. T. Hughes took part, and the amendment was negatived without a division.

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