The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-19 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-M..NI tV, FRB. 18.
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Their Lon'Alpo met et 5 o'clock.
Several railway and other priv.te bills were advanced a
Rum.

Lord tNLLI of ALIPEILLEY presented . petition from
Me Surrey Docks Company againet .Le Metropolitan
'raffia Itegulation BllL

THE FENIAN DISTITEANCIPS.

TSe Kist: of EASEL wished to ask the noble earl at the
bead of the government whether, considering the present
state of Dolma!, and after what had occurred in ('beater.
is Dublin, and in the south of Ireland, he considered that
the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland might
safely be terminated. He did not wish to be deemed
bard-hearted, but he really thought that, in as far at
best as the leader. were concerned, a summary mode of
desling 'ghoul,' be adopted. It should be shown that
those who promoted rebellion, and disturbed the pease of
Lev the country, must expect to suffer the full pc n.dties of the

The F.arl of LEITRIM wished to correct anassumption of
the noble earl who had just spoken—namely, that this
=hellion had comwenced in Ireland. It ?mil In fact cow-
-3111 e n ced in Lancashire, and there hail irrnediately fol.
lowed a certain demonstration in London, where a member
of the House of Commons, connected with the county of
Xmry. attended, and kept up a continual cm •munication
by telegraph with his friends in Ireland. He (Lord Leitrim)
II lust protest against the whole blame being thrown
of the Irish population ; they were all inertly reform de-
monstration in fact—one taking place in London, the
second in Chester, and the third in Cahircireen. All the
persons engaged demanded reform in some shape or other.
24..b1e lords on the opposition side of the house must see
that outbreaks such as had taken place in Kerry were
we, much what might hare been expected frmn their own

The Earl of DERBY. in answer to the question of the
noble earl who spoke lust. said that her Majerty's govern-
ment hail not the slightest intention of xi:spend:rig the
Babes Corpus Act in Chester. With regard to the ques-
tions put to hint by the noble earl opposite, and which he
confessed he had the misfortune to hear very imperfectly,
what he understood the noble earl to ask in the first
instance was whether it was the intention if the govern-
anent to wove for a continuance of the surpeesion of the
Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, and the Leble earl ex-
pressed a hope that if any person .hoild be cap.
Mired while in a state of insurrectioi: the utmost
rigour of the law should be exercised, and the mists earl
farther expressed a hope that all military olbeers would be
ymatocted by the government against any criminal proceed-
INS brought against them for acts done in the iliseharge of
th dutios. The questions were of so great importance
that he thought it would have been better if t°e noble
sari had given notice of his intention to ask them ; but at
the same time he could readily understand, as the act was
about to expire, that their lordships were anxious to have
the earliest information. The noble earl and their lord-
ships knew that an anxious hope was expressed in the
speech from the throne that her Majesty's gov...rnmest
-would be able to dispense with any exception, 1 -
tine upon this suhjectrn regani to Ireland. It must be, law
ever, borne in mind that the recent outbreak, insignificant
as it wax, was perfectly unexpected and unformen by any
party ;but ho was happy to state (ruin the accoi zits which
the government had received, that that outbreak bed been
entirely put down—(hear, hear)—and the meet aitisfactory
part of it was that the conduct of the population of the
country had to a great extent falsified the apprehensions
expressed by the late Lord-Lieutenant that if eny outbreak
took place it would be at once joined by a large portion
of the population. (Hear. hear.) In the late case the
insurgents had been joined by no one. They were in-
Mgeificant in point of numbers ; utterly deserted by every-
body, and they exercised not the slightest influence
Eynon the surrounding population. It was impossible
to say whether there was any dar4er from any
other similar attempt in any other part of Ireland ;
and upon the part of the government he was not
able to answer the questions of the noble earl at present,
nor till after he had seen the Chief Secretary for Ireland ;
who hail only returned from Dublin that morning, and
who would, of course, be able to afford the Lteot informa-
tion. In reference to the treatment of prisonerstheir' ;object
would be to discriminate and to consider the relative
amount of guilt of each prisoner, and with regard to the
highest description of offences the government would not
ahrink from enforcing the unrest rigour of the law ; yet
every case would be judged upon its own merits. He was
sunneither the noble earl nor their lordships desired that
any prisoner should be visited with any Am.lue severity.
(Hear, hear.) As to the other questions it would not be
necessary for him to say mom than that in the discharge
of their duties all °dicers might rely to the fullest extent
upon the support and confidence of her 3lajesty`a govern-
ment. (Hear, hear.)
The hone adjourned at a quarter to 6 o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, Fail. 18.
The SMILER took the chair at 4 o'clock.
NEW MEMBERS.

Mr. CHATTrwrox, the Solicitor-General for Ireland, took
tho oaths and his seat for the University of Dublin.
Mr. K K. KAIIRLAIM took the oaths and his seat fa
Colchester.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

A Lumber of private bill:. were read a second time.
'lle London and North Western Railway (lines at
]turton-on•'Mmt) Bill, and the London uLd North Western
(Coekermonth and Workington Railway Act, 1886) Bill,
were withdrawn.