The Sun.
London, England, 1870-03-18 00:00:00

LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA.

Sir JOHN HAY moved for a copy of correspondence
between the_Board of Trade and Mr. Stirling Lacon on
the subject of loss of life-anct the rmVbf the road .t a..

The correspondence was ordered to be produced.
THE NEW ZEALAND MEDAL.

Mr. PORTMAN asked the First Lord of the Admiralty
when the medal which had already been issued to the
army for services in New Zealand was to be issued to the
naval officers and sailors who took part in those services.
Mr. CHILDERS was understood to say that orders had
been given for the issue of the medals.
THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

Mr. GREGORY asked the First Commissioner of Works
whether he [had intimated his intention of placing in
the hands of his own department all the works of
the palace of Westminster which had hitherto been under
the supervision of an architect ; and, if so, whether he
would inform the House of the name of the gentlemaff
connected with the Office of Works to whom these pro-
fessional duties were to be entrusted.
Mr. Antrox said the Palace of Westminster had been
planned under the supervision of a surveyor of the Board
of Works, the same way as the other royal palaces are.
The name of the gentleman in the present instance is
Mr. Taylor. Of course when extraordinary works were to
be executed, a special appointment would be made.

MISSIONARIES IN CHINA.
Colonel SYKES asked the Under-Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, in reference to his statement in answer to
a question touching the outrages upon missionaries,
English and French, in the city of Ngan-ldng in China,
whether the Government approved of the same measure
of justice not being meted out by the Viceroy of Nankin
to the English as to the French missionaries, the former
being expelled from Ngan-king and their mission house
pulled down, and the latter being allowed a site within
the city walls upon which to build a church and a mission-
house.
Mr. OmAT said he did not know what treatment the
French missionaries received, and he could not accept the
accounts that had appeared in the Chinese papers. He
must have better information before he answered the
question.

TH11: NAVAL RETIREMENT.
Mr. EAsTwicx asked the First Lord of the Admi-
ralty whether, as it was the former rule of the service that
a post captain went on to be rear-admiral by seniority
without any service at sea being required, it was the inten-
tion that under clause 6, section 2, of the new retirement
scheme, post captains would, on retirement, be allowed
under similar circumstances to rise to the said rank of
rear-admiral. _

Mr. CHILDERS said the new regulations would make it
impossible for the promotion of a captain to be rear--
admiral on the retired list, if he had served his time at
sea. With respect to the other proposals the new regula-
tions he thought would be found to be fair to all those who
felt disposed to avail themselves of them.
OVERLOADING STEAMERS.

Sir JOHN PARINOTON asked the Secretary of the Board
of Trade whether any confimation had been received of a
statement that when the City of Boston left Halifax she
was deeply laden with wheat in bags, being eighteen or
twenty inches deeper than the assurance allows, thus
showing the too great'probability that the ship, with all
on board her, had been lost from the same cause of deep
lading that led to the loss of the ` London ; " whether any
action had been:taken by the Board of Trade on the subject in
consequence of the report presented to them by the
Institute of Naval Architects, as the result of a protracted
investigation by scientific men after the loss of the
London, of this question of overlading. And, whether it
•vas the intention of her Majesty's Government to take
any steps, either by legislation or by the appointment of a
commission of inquiry, for the protection of her Majesty's
subjects from this great source of danger in packet
ships.
Mr. LEFEVRE replied that the Board of Trade had re-
ceived no information confirming the statement in the
Times. He had, received from the owners of the
steamer the most emphatic denial. Her (.1», -

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was
less than tshparnes":" of her four 7-- •
„...—ious voyages. The report

,uur years ago. 'With regard to the other por-
tion of the question, Oct Govvria-olt 414 not progose to
logislgt4 thaA !ROOF:

gwg 4tri)or's p4.y COMPANY.

Mr. ISiqNs asked tip Sider Secretary of State for the
„90.9. Wes what yrla§ 9.9A14e1 of gm) delay prigtPg thQ

Mr. C. FORTESCUE then rose to move for leave to
introduce for the better protection of life and,
above all, property—(laughter, and " Oh, oh "—in
Ireland. Ho did so, he said, with regret that, it
should be necessary, but at the same time, it
being so, he had to do his painful duty with firmness
and decision. The state of Ireland for the last twelve
months had been most disturbed, and agrarian crime had
risen to such a height that it became necessary that the
strongest arm of the law should be called upon to endea-
vour to put a stop to it. It was most
unfortunate that such a step became the duti, of
the Government, but he hoped that it would be
believed by the House that nothing but the strongest
emergency had induced the Government to take the pre-
sent step. It was in 1866 that agrarian crime stood at its
lowest, but since that time it hal gone on increasing, and
now it stood higher than it ever did 'before. In the year 1868
there were two murders and eight attempts at murder ;.
but in the year 1869 there were no less than nine murders
and 16 filings at persons, and in all there had been
only two eases in which there had been a trial for
murder, in both of which there had been an
acquittal. That the House might have some
Lion ,s; khe er agrarian crime lin Ireland he vowel
just read to them a short table which would slim the
exact rate of increase. In the year 1866 there were 87
cases, in the year 1867 123 cases, in 1868 160 cases, and in
1869 767 cases.

Mr. MoonE : Including threatening notices ?
Mr. FORTESCUE : Yes. In the month of January in
the present year there had been 267 cases, and in Feb-
ruary, 271. Now, although threatening letters and notices
were of the most daring nature, yet it was satisfactory
that they took the highest number [in the list. That the
House might have some idea of the nature of the crimes
that made up the list in the year 1869, he would read a
list as classed by the police, of aggravated assaults there
were 26, incendiary fires, 18 ; firing at dwelling-houses, 6 ;
administering unlawful and seditious oaths, 171; and
sending threatening letters, 480. In the three
months of the present year the returns were not
quite complete, but in January there were reported to be
267 agrarian crimes, out of which the sending of threaten-
ing letters amounted to 244, and in February of the 271 those
of sending threatening letters amounted to no less than 233
The number of agrarian offences of all descriptions in
1869 was greater than in any year since 1852. The gene-
ral crime of Ireland had not increased. On the contrary,
it had remained at the low figure at which it had stood
for a considerable number of years past. After referring
to the statistics of agrarian crime in Ireland in 1847, the
hon. gentleman said it might be asked why they
should propose special legislation for the suppression of
such crime in Ireland beyond what was done in the
year 1847. The fact was they were not content to submit
in 1870 to that which appeared inevitable and un-
avoidable, in the year 1847. In the disturbed dis-
tricts of Ireland, at the present time, intimidation
and terriorism, although not accompanied by
acts of violence and atrocity, so great as at
or, at least, so enormous as it was, was as general and as
deeply seated, and as effective, and as free from detection
as it ever was. Instances of outrages in Ireland weft)
given by the hon. member, and a police description of aa
murder, showing the enormous difficulty, amount-
ing to something like an impossibility, of obtain-
ing evidence even from the injured. The House
could have little idea of the difficulties with which
Government and the police had been beset in the matter.
No effort or exertion had been spared by the Government
in preventing crime in the disturbed districts of Ireland.
Every effort had been made in the investigation of crime,
but he confessed they had only been attended with Tar.
tial success. He knew it would be said that whatever
the Irish constabulary force might be as a mili-
tary body, it had failed as a detective folce.
The right lion. gentleman then proceeded to defend the
force, and read letters from residents in Ireland upon
whom reliance might be placed, which stated that among
other matters Fenianism had added its baneful influence,
and as to getting evidence or even informati,
with respect to prosecuting or instituting proaecu ions
the notion was quite out of the question. The police,
therefore, had to act under the greatest difficulty,
and that they did not succeed as well as
could be desired, was entirely owing to ' the
secret manner in which nearly every person
acted towards those who asked for information. The
giving of information no doubt would be looked upon
by the disaffected as a circumstance calling for further
outrage, and in order that some better means might
exist for the discovery of crime the Government had
instituted the formation of a special body of detective
police, from which much good might be looked for. Then
another matter which caused the utmost consternation
in different parts of the country was the dangerous
practice of night meeting,. Large bodies of men
numbering between one hundred and two hundred men,
met and, armed with sticks and offensive weapons, they
went round to the farm houses, and in the most al—
manner demanded and 01,' •

s•-•
money ""
both arms and
Vas- ft proceeding that urgently
called for the most repressive measures. (Hear, hear.)
In Sligo and Mayo the state of the public f ear had given
rise to the greatest apprehension, but in every case, and
under every cireurustanca, everything that was in the
power cif the authorities had been done with
.view of protecting the well disposed. (Hear, hear.)
There was no doubt that the state of lawlessness was
gteiti4l4cri4,sed by tksg.lstc4o.9ifeaanirglaud.

press.

Rau Ile llall LlO uounL n nee a vast erect upon tne state o:
crime in Ireland. There, he regretted to say, Fenianism
existed in the rankest form, and although not shelving
itself above the surface, it was unfortunately always
add its detestable influence to that which was alre: :y
in opposition to the law. The south, he was rejoiced
t) say, was still free from the lamentable effects
which had brought such disgrace upon those parts where
agrarian outrages had become the rule. The bill which
her Majesty's Government felt it their duty to submit to
Parliament, he felt would have :the valuable effect of aid-
ing the preservation of lawful authority, not only against
agrarian crime, but against the machinations of the
Fenian conspiracy wherever it dared to shew itself.
The first proposition of his bill was that, whereas under
the present law the possession of a game license was in
itself sufficient authority for the possession of arms, that
shall no longer be an exemption. The next point was,
that no person should have a revolver in his possession
except he be licensed by the licensing magistrate. The
next point related to the powers of the constabulary to
search for unlicensed arms in proclaimed districts. At
present it was impossible to search for them except
during the day. He proposed to enable them to search
for arms at once under a warrant which should last for
three months, and that they could search at any hour of
day or night. Respecting threatening letters, the
hon. member called attention to the difficulty of pun-
ishing this sort of crime, and for its detection he proposed
that there should be a power upon information sworn to
search a house for such documents; The next point was,
that no person should sell ammunition except to persons
liscensed to carry arms. The next feature of the bill re-
ferred to the question of evidence, and it was proposed that
the magistrate should have the right to examine any wit-
ness upon oath, and if he misconducted himself either by
refusing to give proper evidence or otherwise, he should
be duly dealt with. The next was as to the question of
bail. They proposed to provide that if the police,
acting under the orders of a justice of the peace,
should find any parties out at night in the proclaimed dis-
tricts, the time during which almost all the acts of
terrorism took place, under auspicious circumstances,
they should have the right of arresting them
and bringing them before the magistrates at
petty sessions, who should examine them and
hear their case, in all instances a stipendiary
magistrate being required ; and if the parties were not
able to give good reason for their being out, the magis-
trates should have the discretion of imprisoning
them for a term not exceeding six months. It
was also proposed that the Lord-Lieutenant should
have the power of closing public-houses after sunset. It
was well known that some of the public-houses in the dis-
turbed districts were the meeting places of those who dis-
turbed the peaae,'and who exercised such acts of terrorism.
The next point was the power of Justices of the
Peace to call before them strangers found in the
district under suspicious circumstances, and if
not able to give a good account of themselves,
the magistrates should have the power of calling upon
him to enter into his recognizances to keep the
peace, or else commit him to gaol until he
could find security for his good behaviour. That
was a safeguard which was in the former law..
The Crown would also have the power of changing the
venue in the case of indictments for offences committed in
the above-mentioned districts. Dealers in firearms and
gunpowder would have to take out a licence for so doing
and would be required to make periodical returns of their •
sales to the police. Powers would also be granted for
the arrest of absconding witnesses; and grand juries
would be empowered to levy compensation for individuals
injured, or for the families of murdered persons. The sup-
pression of treasonable publications would be effectei not by
proceeding against the editor of any paper containing articles
of this nature, but by seizing the " plant" itself, and by layil g
hands on all copies of papers containing matter calculated
to incite the population to breaches of the peace. it
was not deemed advisable by the Government to suspend the
Habeas Corpus Act, that expedient having never yet been
resorted to iu the case cf agrarian outrage.
S•r F. fl'uvrtATv. and 3fr BRADY objected to the levying
of compensation for injuries being committed to the Lr.ina
jury.

Sir G. Gnat suggested that discussion should be deferred
until the bill was in print.
Mr. GLADSTONE explained that compensation for injury
would be paid out of a fund raised for the purpose in the
district where the outrage took place, and not out of the
county court cess. lie considered it would be unfair to
commit the task of finding a verdict to a majority of
juries.

Sir J. GRAY considered the "thumb-screws" of the bill
were unjust and unconstitutional, and severely depre-
cated the proposed interference with the liberty of the

Laave was given to bring in the bill, and the second read-
ing was fixed for Monday next.
On the motion for going into Committee of Supply on the

Navy Estimates,

Lord IL LENNOX drew attention to the practice recently
introduced of retiring flag officers from the active list of
the navy. The noble lord moved, therefore, that it would be
inexpedient to retire flag officers from the active list of the
navy for any other cause than ago or physical infirmity,
and thus to add to the public charge.
Mr. CHILDERS, in defending the present arrangement, said
that when her Majesty's Government first came into office
the list of flag officers was extremely numerous, and the sys-
tem of retirement iu an imperfect condition.
On a division Lord H. Lennox's motion was negatived by
163 to 136.

The Feudal and Burgage Tenures Abolition (Scotland)
13111 was read a second time, and the Dublin Collector-
General of Rates Franchise Bill passed through committee.
A short discussion took place on the Registration of
Voters Bill which was finally withdrawn."
Several bills were brought in and read a first time, and
the House adjourned.

REPRESENTATION OF SIIREINTSTATitY.
\Ve are imformed that the health of Mr. Clementei,
:Cd.P., for Shrewsbury, is improving, and that ho does not
intend to retire. The honourable gentleman hopes to
attend to his Parliamentary duties after Easter. •

me negro senator for Mississippi, tiarlitecestiii W
Mr. Jefferson Davis, made his first tpeech in the Senate
yesterday in favour of universal amuesty and universal
suffrage.
A Church is about to be erected in the td n Or
Derby in memory of the late Dr. John Lonsdale, Bishop
of Lichfield. The chief eurner stone will be laid by Miss
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