The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-25 00:00:00

THE IRISH CONSTABULARY.

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Lord LIFFOItD, in moving for returns concerning the
Irish constabulary, said that in reviewing that extraordi-
nary outbreak in Ireland, that the most extraordinary
feature was the conduct of the Irish police. The members
of that force were not derived from the middle classes, but
were the children of small farmers, and throughout all the
late disturbances they had b,thaved with the utmost loyalty.
This showed that a few years of good treatment
had irradicated those feelings which pervaded the
minds of a certain section of the population. Ho
(Lord :Lifford) was not ono of those who thought that
there were no wrongs to redress in Ireland. He would
liko to see an equality in the churches, and that the farmer
should have clearer tenant rights. It showed that there
was really no great dissatisfaction amongst those classes
in Ireland. The curious fact which he wished to direct
their attention to was the circumstances that those who
had been the most determined defenders of the Govern-
ment in Ireland had been men springing from a class
who were considered to be most hostile. (Hear, hear.)
, lie should move for the returns of a list of tue police sta-
tions iu Ireland, and the names of the officers engaged at

.hem, and all those who were killed or wounded in

the late

Lord DERBY said that he quite agreed with his noble
friend with the eulogium that he had passed.on the Irish
constabulary, and it would be satisfactory to know that,
with regard to them, it was the intention of her Majesty's
Grvernment to propose in the House of Commons to vote
a sum of money to be distributed among them, and also
certain badges of honour.
The Earl of CORK quite agreed with the remarks that
had fallen from the noble earl, and was glad that her
Majesty's Government proposed to mark their apprecia-
tion of the conduct of this constabulary.
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE said that it was pleasing
to contemplate the admirable manner iu which the con-
stabulary had conducted themselves under such trying
duties as they had lately been called on to perform.
(Hear, hear.)
Lord KIMBERLEY expressed his great satisfaction at
the conduct of the Irish constabulary,
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THIS EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
WATERFORD -ELECTION.

The select committee to try the merits of the petition
presented for the return for the last Waterford election
was sworn at the table.

NEW WRITS.

On the motion of Col. TAYLOR a new writ was ordered
to issue for Galway in the room of Mr. Morris.
A new writ was also ordered to issue from Trinity Col-
lege, Dublin, in the room of Mr. Chatterton.
THE REFORM BILL..

Lord ELCHO, on the part of Lord Grosvenor, gave
notice that in committee on the Reform Bill he should
move amendments to the effect of limiting the operation
to houses of £5, and fixing the personal payment of rates
at the same amount. _ .

Sir E. DERING gave notice of his intention of moving
an amendment, the effect of which would be to reduce the
county qualification from £15.t0 .£l2.
Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice of his intention to move
amendments in order to give a lodger franchise.
In reply to Mr. BRIGHT,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he
was not aware of the rumours relative to the postpone-
ment of the committee on the Reform Bill until after Easter.
They had not yet decided whether the bill should be read a
second time, therefore, they would excuse him from fixing
the time at which it would be committed. The course
pursued would be strictly Parliamentary.
ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
In reply to Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE,
Lord STANLEY said the correspondence between the
two countries relative to claims arising on both sides
during the war had not yet been concluded, and he there-
fore could not at present lay the papers on the table. He
would take that opportunity of noticing a statement that
bad appeared in the newspapers that communications
of a vary unfriendly nature had been received by her
Majesty's Government from the Government at Washing-
ton. There was no truth whatever in such a statement.
RAILWAY DEBENTURES.
Mr. CRAWFORD gave notion that to-morrow he should
call the attention of the house to the present state of rail-
way indebtedness with respect to debentures now falling
due, and also that he should move certain resolutions on
the subject.
In reply to Mr. WARNER,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
probable number of new £lO borough voters who would
be added to the constituencies by that part of the bill
which provides for the redistribution of seats, irrespective
of the proposed alteration in• the franchise, would be
68,000—viz., 32,000 above, and 36,000 below £lO.

THE REFORM BILL
On the motion that this bill be road a second time,
Mr. GLADSTONE rose, and said if the bill now before
the house was to be taken as a measure upon which the
opinion of the hone was to be taken as it then stood, he
felt little doubt but that it would be rejected by a large
majority, and much as he deprecated any such waste of
time, it became necessary to read tho bill a second time ;
and, therefore, he gave his assent to the bill passing that
stage as a bill merely for extending and reducing the fran-
chise and for a redistribution of seats to a certain extent. To
him it appeared that, in the present state of the represen-
tation, a bill to am'nd it ought to pass this session—(hear,
hear) - and that measure ought to be based on a liberal
enfranchisement of the labouring classes, and also that the
bill ought to be so devised that it should give a fair and
reasonable promise, if not of finality, at least that the
effort must be looked on as fixed as other acts of Parlia-
ment. He could not but regret that the bitl founded
on a£6 rating had been lost, because he could not but
think that that was the basis on which a bill ought to be
constituted. Then, again, in any bill brought forward by
the Government, in order to be satisfactory, it ought to
contain a lodger franchise, which the measure before the
house did not contain. Then, again, when a bill proposed
an enfranchisement downwards, it ought to contain
provisions to prevent a traffic in votes, yet no
such provision was to be found in the bill,
of the Government. He had many objections to the mea-
sure, and in order that it might become acceptable to the
house, and the great majority of the country, he thought
the tax-paying portion of it ought to be struck out. The
dual vote must altogether be abandoned—(hear)—and that•
portion of the measure relating to the distribution of seats
must be reconsidered, and provisions of an enlarged na-
ture introduced. Ho was of opinion that the sum set down
for the want), qualification must be reduced. With re-
spect to the fancy or special franchises proposed by the
bill, that although on :prinicple there might be no
objection, yet on a close examination it would
be found that the advantages dwindled down
to such an infinitessimal smallness as to become
perfectly worthless. With respect to the borough fran-
chise, the Government with great magnanimity proposed
to give household suffrage; but the immense advantage
was stultified by the introduction of the principle of the
dual vote.

(LEFT SITTING.)

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