DISORGANISED STATE OF PARLIAMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1675, 2 July 1875, Page 2

DISORGANISED STATE OF PARLIAMENT.

INJUSTICE TO ENGLAND, i

TRADE STRIKES,

GENERALSUM MAEY. \] London, May 14 ft the consecration of the Rev. Samil Th. nton as Bishop of Ballarat, in TA «L mijpter Abbey, an appropriate sermon *fc Dre ched by the Bishop's brother, hi Sen of Glenalmond College The BishS Baled on the 6th in the Lord Warden. I Jy the winding up of the Australia^ Di*ct Navigation Company, great distres has been inflicted on emigrants who hay pail their passage money and broken v] thir homes. , . ._, tfr John Bennett, the agent of the com Bafir, has answered several more summonse at he Mansion-house. Some donations havi bea received for the sufferers, and M: Bejnett has paid £700 out of his oyi poiket in satisfaction of emigrants' clairis, Mt Smart has been appointed official liqueur to the company. . Uhe Sixth Company of Royal Engineers n ordered to be in readiness to embark foi Fij. *hree hundred agricultural labourer* sa ied on the sth instant for New Zealand Foir hundred have left for Queensland " tb Ophelia. . ! Puring the month of April 13,248 -as selgers left Liverpool in 52 vessels. .bis shiws a decrease of 2536, as compared vitl th> immigration during the correspond m ,nth of last year. The first montls o I#s as compared with the correspondin| m .nths of 1874, show a decrease of 4995, Mr Williamson has been commissioned bj tip Queen to execute life-size s_atues h marble of the two elder sons of the Prince o "V.ales. , . » The Queen and other Royal personage ■wire to have been present at the Aldersfio review last Monday, but, owing to a case o: scarlet fever in the Royal Pavillion, th< visit was postponed. > 1 A marriage present, from the Cit? Corpo ration, waspresentedtothe Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, on the 11th instant* at th< Mansion House. I On the 13th, the Yorkshire Exhibition oi Arts and Manufactures was opened by th? Duke of Leeds ; on the Bth, he presided ovei a meeting in aid of an Artists' OrpHan Fund when the sum of £6,000 was subscribed. Parliament is beginning to excite the national dissatisfaction. Half of tiit session is over, and the public business is disgracefully in arrears. Few of the Civil service estimates are passed. The budget discussion is postponed till after the Whitsunday holiday. Scarcely any of the Ministerial legislative promises have been fulfilled. The Press laments the degeneracy of the House of Commons, and rebukes the Premier for his indolent indifference and lax leadership. Throughout the past month, the House has been the theatre of scandalous scenes, personal squabbles, questions of privilege, and the sudden exclusion of jtrangers at the dictate of certain impulsive Irishmen, These sensational episodes, with the Kenerdly arrangement, and the fight that has raged for weeks over the Peace Preservation Bill, have obstructed all proper legislation. Disraeli's is a postponing policy, On three occasions, at the instigation of members of the Irish p. rty, reporters and visitors were excluded' Once his tioyal Highness the Prince of Wales was requested to withdraw. The object of those who called " attention " was to force the Government to take steps to restrict the exercise of this antiquated and inconvenient privilege of members. Mr Disraeli refusing, the Marquis of Hartington gave notice of a series of resolutions on the subject, They were brought forward on the 4cn, and discussed through the midnight hours, interrupted by the coinpolsory withdrawal of strangers, and adjourned to May 25 A Mr Disraeli. undertaking then to deal with the subject. The Burials Bills has been lost by a majority of 14. The Artisans' Dwellings Bill has.beenread a third time.

The Building Societies Act Amendment Bill passed by 287 to 70 votes, several Irish members complimeating Government on the fairness displayed. In the protracttd discussion during the debate on the budget resolutions, on the 7th the financial policr of the Government was severely criticised and satirized by the Hon W. Gladstone an! Mr Lowe. The Land Titles and Transfer Bills have been read a secoa d time.

Mr Parnell, a Home Kuler, was elected for Meath by 1771, against 192 for Mr Napier, a Conservative. The Marquis of Tavistock has been chosen for Bedfordshire without opposition, in the place of Mr Bassett resigned. Mr Whitworth, a Manchester manufacturer, has been returned for Kilkenny by a large majority over Gray and Marum, Home Bulers. Mr Tillett was unseated for Norwich, after one day's trial, revealing cases of treating by unauthorised partisans of which he was previously un*aware. He decided'not to defend his seat. Kenealy's son and George Hollell are canvassing the borough of Tipperary. An election petition will be heard before Justice Keogh on t_e 19th instant. The Duk« of Buckingham has accepted' the Governorship of Madras, vacant by the death of Lord Hobart. \ . J . The North Staffordshire coal and ircris_one masters have given notice of ten p| cent reduction, to take effect after to-morrfw. Some puddlers employed at Mcot Ironworks, who struck without tb* section of the' Union, have been lined 30'- eacii man. The fines were paid. /-.- _ , A formidable miners' str^e in .Belgium necessitated an appeal f tne military. Similar disturbances s^ reported from mining districts in Fra'? e# > j The strike of cotton'PlniieiS afc Blackburn having been amicablyd > tbe anticipated lock-out is averted,/ lye men > who conspired to coerce md intin. date workmen employed by Messrs. Jackeffl and Graham, have been sentenced to a ninth's imprisonment!

The Rev. Lo4 Francis Godolphin Osborne (son of the late/Duke of Leeds, and nephew of 5.G10.) hasbeen received into the _Romish Church by th/ Bishop of Clifton. Coimt.Schi-Waloff has returned to the Russian imbass/ in London, j The Dukf of Pembroke ietires from the Under-Secr/taryship for Wir, owing to illhealtbJ

The Judges have construed the new Briberj.iA.ct jo that nobody's seat is safe. Any una4horJ_ed agent can compromise an election! Seine remedy of this grievance is sought. , -7I " 1% l»te Mr Mitchell, .member wrßndportihas bequeathed £240,000 to the Metropolifeh Board of Works. § 1 :J ~ J . Tie half-yearly report d the Civil Service Association states that tW gross pront? were at fee rate of £93,000 pefe>n_m. J Ordinal Manning is steering probation fr& over-exertion sine** bis retara from R<fne ; yet, at the closed April, he foened afrancilcan Church at^ester andjm the cmrse of his sermon deplored the spead of rationalism and sceptic* « .this cmntry. it luncheon, subsequei H m propofcg the tiastof "The Queenf U spoke I h,gh paiseof the purity ofhe Court. JI Mr Mapleston's proMl for a new Opera tttouse on the Thames im&nkment, h* been Woved'by the B|rd of Flotation for ref f 4aving bee J fby the Sheffield Chap»r jlOddfeUo| „ members have been sMided byim^ Sgham executive. W* lodges lot ,

(Wse. [.•- *v j costly school*. , The buildißg d «d «J 0 ? proceeds bo fast that the rawpJ Resting loudly agar^t Mace was. . i The reconstructed Alexanor && opened on May !> wlt* Sained U the London School Board^gfffij or. Sir MansionJonse by the £ t^^W < ? d M^^^ the Aft founder of the Bible Society, w in Bunhill ei dß'^* s influen?i_l people. Shaftesbury and numerous influ£. £ ftU fe s *»^^ was H^&ltS lyTeSpn Conference opens shortly at St. Petersburg Norw i c h Joseph Buttb^sES^SSSFteM | f°rfgLen Liverpool- gentlemen, were before the magistrates for PWjJJV bating in a cock-fight at Aintre races , thirleen were fined £5 each and costs., > The anniversary meetmgs of religion.and. benevolent societies show unflagging interest bn the part of the Christian public, their [financial statements prove them growing in (activity and popularity. , f Mr. Lindley succeeds Baron Pigctt on the Judicial Bench. ■ ~ Ninety - seven pictures bel_ng_.ng to the Manly Hall Gallery were_-old at Christies for £65,563. { . .„. . . The secretary of a London building society has embezzled £10,000 by false entries. The opening of the Brighton aquarium on Sundays has been pronounced illegal, and the Court of Queen's Bench has decided on appeal in a special case that the company are liable to £200 for every offence There is no diminution in the crowds that flock to Moody and Sapkey's revival services. The churches and chapels are better filled than ever. [For remainder of Suez news see Eourth Page.]