The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-19 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORD&—SArazDAy, FRB. 17.

The LORD ORANOILTADI took his seat ca the woolsack at
4 o'clock.

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The Earl al DEMUR teak the Gabs and his seat.
SUSPENSION OF TEM HABEAS mama IN
P 1 LAND.

At twenty minutes to 5 o'clock Sir G. Gast appeased at
ibe bar, holding is bia band the bill for the anapaests= of
the Habeas Mapes Aot in Ireland, whirl had just passed
Minuet all its stages is the Commons. Bari RIIISOILL oante
dews to tbs bar, noshed it, and banded it to the dark at
the table, lab* read its title to the bones.
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The question was put by the LORD 011ANCILL01 that the
bill be read a first time, and
Earl RUSSELL moved the anepsosirm of steadies' orders
in order to peas through all its stages • bill to suspend the
Habeas Corpus Act it Ireland. The noble earl briefly
traced the power of the Fenian cotspiraoy, which he at-
tributed to the dispersion of the armies engaged in the
recent civil war la America. Malty persona, disappointed
in their expectations of plunder in America, hoped to
realise them in Ireland. They bad collected large
thins of nuisely, sad were now leading arms and
antimeries into Indeed, where they were actively en
in distemiesticg the objects of the conspiracy.
roe! objects were directed naiad law, property,
and religion ,• and although the judges and juries in 'rebind
had discharged their duty fearlessly and impartially, the
Fenites, undeterred by the results of the recent trials,
were redoubling their activity. In consequence the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland and his advisers, who had up to this
time been most anxious to rely upon the ordinary powers
of the laws alone, had addressed the strongest repre-
sentations to the government asking for extreordinary
powers. He explained that the objects of QOM precautions
was to remove the foreign emissaries, who were chiefly
American citizens, and he expressed as earnest hope that
when they were removed the people would return to their
orditary avocation,.
The Eerl of DERBY dispelled the views of Earl Russell
with respect to the cause of Fentanism, but after the
solemn appeal made to them by the government os its
responsibility hoped that their lordships would pass the
hill unanimously. At the same time he trusted that the
government would before long explait to perlismest the
reasons on which they relied for the adoption of arbitrary
Elmore' of this kind.
The motion was then agreed to.
The bill was then pasted through committee, read •
third time, end was passed amidst some cries of "Hear,
bear."

--E;rl RUSSELL anuounced that it was imiesded to obtain
the royal anent to the bill et ones, and that for that par-
pose the hones would adjourn to 11 o'cleek that evening.
The Earl of DERBY—Ire have no objection to offer to
Chet course, but I hope the noble earl will not ask us to
remain here till that time. (Laughter.)
THE TELEGRAPH IN IRELAND.

Lord STANLEY of ALDERLBY wad understood, might
the excitemeat and noise which prevailed, to date that on
Yonder evening be would move or leave to ialrodmee a bill
for the purpose of giving the Lord-Liwateaant of belted
the Name power of seizing telegraphs in Ireland at was now
poetised by the Secretary of State for the Hoene Depart-
ment in Foglead.
The bonse then adjourned during pleasure, in order that
the moverainent might telegraph to Bail Granville, who had
left London for Osborne early in the day, to obtain her
lfajostv't sigma:we to a commietion for giving ber adept to
the bill, and to send a messenger off with lt to Wad-
'mintier.

In 000sequenee of mime delay to the nummoser, canoed
by goods trains oo the railwav, the house did not rewire
till 25 minutes to 12 o'clock, when the DUD Ottatosuott
took his sesten the woolsack.

THE CATTLE DISEASES
The Clerk of the Parliaments (Sir J. Shaw Lefsvre)
sequainted the house that the COOIOI6OI had agreed to a
bill fee the prevesties of diseases amongst rattle, sad that
they propel their lordships' easeet thereto.
Th. Earl of BESSBOSOUGH Wee moved that the bill
be reed a tint time.
The motion wee mewl to, and the bill wee cedtzed to be
mad a second time on Moodily.