The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-09 00:00:00

The Conference of Irish Members.

The following were the gentlemen who attended
the conference of Irish members of Parliament held
in Dublin on the sth and 6th inst. :—F. Greville,
Longford County; George Bryan, Kilkenny County;
J. Bagwell, Clonmell ; M. Corbally, Meath County ;
W. Moore, Tipperary County ; E. J. Synan, Lime-
rick County ; R. Armstrong, Sligo Borough ; R.
Devereux, Wexford Borough ; M. O'Reilly, Long-
ford County ; T. Kennedy, Louth County ; G.
Barry, Cork County ; P. Urquhart, Westmeath
County ; J. R. Dillon, Tipperary County ; J. F.
Maguire, Cork City ; J. A. Blake, Waterford City ;
Sir James Power, Wexford ; Sir P. O'Brien, King's
County ; Sir John Gray, Kilkenny City ; The
O'Donoghuc, Tralee ; 0. Stock, Carlow; J. O'Rear-
don, Athlone ;W. Whitworth, Drogheda. A series
of 14 resolutions was adopted. The first of them ap-
points a committee on the land question, who are
requested to undertake to frame a bill providing
adequate compensation for all tenants' improve-
ments, and to encourage and induce the granting of
leases by such means as in the judgment of the com-
mittee may be thought desirable and practicable.
The bill when approved of to be introduced into
Parliament, and the support of it by Government
claimed as essential to their acquiring the confidence
of the Irish people. The following are the gentlemen
appointed :—Mr. Maguire, Mr. Corbally, The
O'Donoghue, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bryan, Mr. Synan,
Mr. Dillon. The second resolution urges the import-
ance of combination and concentration to obtain the
settlement of the question. The third denounces the
appropriation of the ecclesiastical revenues to the
church of a minority as au intolerable grievance. The
fourth pledges the members to take the opinion of Par-
liament on the church question on an early day dur-
ing the ensuing session. The fifth demands that the
Catholic University should be put on a footing of
equality with all other colleges. The conference,
however, acknowledges the willingness of the Go-
vernment to meet the just claims of the Catholics
in the matter. The sixth pledges the conference to
advocate the extension of the denominational sys-
tem of education to Ireland. The seventh, that
pending the legislative settlement of the question,
the system should be applied to model training
schools. The eighth is a declaration in favour of
an uniform oath for members of the Legislature and
office holders. The ninth is, "That it is the duty
of the Government to consider the peculir circum-
stances of this country, which does not, like Eng-
land and Scotland, possess the advantages of a
powerful middle-class and fully-developed manufac-
turing and commercial resources, and which, more-
over, is exhausted by an enormous annual drain in
the shape of absentee rents, and the expenditure of
a large portion of our public revenue in England,
and to assist by wise and fostering legislation in
developing the wealth of the country and the in-
dustry and enterprise of its people ; and that with
this view the development of the fisheries, the im-
provement of the harbours of the country, the ex-
tension of arterial drainage, and the promotion of
other productive improvements, require the atten-
tion of the Government and the assistance of Par-
liament." The tenth appoints Mr. Bagwell, Mr.
Maguire, and Mr. Blake, to prepare a bill to change
the grand jury laws of Ireland. The eleventh ap-
proves the prompt action of the Executive in regard
to tho cattle plague. The twelfth pledges the con-
ference to support adequate measures to reform the
Irish system of railways, brought in on the respon-
sibility of Government. The thirteenth pledges
them to co-operate with the advanced section of
the English Liberal party. The fourteenth is in
favour of extending the franchise ; but any mea-
sure applied to Ireland should be accompanied with
the safeguards necessary for the security of the
voter. The name of Mr. Jonathan Pim was
added to the committee charged with the prepara-
tion of a bill on the land question, but as Mr.
, Pim did not take part in the conference, and the
secretaries have not as yet had an opportunity of
seeing him, his name has not been included in
the above list.

AN IMPERIAL COMPLIMENT.—M. de Massa has
received from the Emperor a copy of the " Vie de Cesar,"
with the following autograph inscription :—" L'auteur de
la Vie de Cesar' h l'auteur des 'Commentaires de Cesar.'"
DR. NEWMAN'S CELEBRATED " TRACT No. 90."
—Messrs. Parker are about to reprint, in one volume,
" Tract No. 90," with Dr. Pusey's historical preface to it,
and Mr. Keble's letter upon subscription in refei once to it.
THEATRE ROYAL, MANCHESTER.—The close of
Miss Bateman's three weeks' engagement in this city hav-
ing approached, she took her benefit on Thursday night
There was a very large house. She chose on this occasion
the part of Bianca in Doan Milman's tragedy of " Fazio,"
and she could not have made a more exacting selection.
It is most difficult to set down in measured terms the
tumultuous feelings excited by Miss Bateman's performance.
Most of her acting last night was watched with almost
breathless attention ; but at the end she was most heartily
applauded. Miss Bateman will play for the last time in
Manchester as Bianca.,