The New York herald., 1868-05-08
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MIR. GindstOne's Church Resolves-Parliament ent
Accepts Them Without a Division-Legisla-
tion by the Opposition.

ttOn BY the Opposition.
LONDON, May 7-Evenng.
The House OF Commons assembled in session at an
early hour this evening. The attendance Of members
and In the strangers gallery was very large. Great
interest was evnced in the proceedings, as 1t was
known that the second and third OF the Gladstone
resolves ON the Irish Church would be moved
in Committee Of the Whole. and that another
division would take place should their acceptance
be resisted by the Cabinet. The opposition members
mustered In full and the ministerial benches were
crowded In consequence.
Immediately after the Speaker had taken the chair
Mr.. Gladstone rose and moved his second and third
resolves in the following terms:-
Resolved That subject to the foregoing consdera.
tions (set forth in the first resouOn) 1t Is eXpedent
to prevent the creation of new personal interests by
the exercise OF any public patronage and TO confne
Of Ireland objects OF immediate necessity or involv
ing Individual rights pending the hnal decision Of
Parliament.
Resolved, That humble address be presented to
her Majesty humbly 10 pray that, with view TO the
purposes aforesaid, her Majesty would be gracously
pleased to place at the disposal Of Parliament her in
terest in the temperatures Of the archbishoprics,
bshoprcs and other ecclesiastical dgnites ana bene
ices IN Ireland and In the custody thereof.
Mr. Gladstone said that, more immediately In view
Of the carrying into effect the principle involved
in the third resolve, he would propose, after the
House had acted upon the two resolutions now sub
mtted, to offer suspensory act in relation to eccle
siastca patronage and Church revenues in Ireland,
which Should If passed. remain In force until the lst
Of August 1868. Mr. Gladstone then in a few words
proceeded to make explanation Of the purport and
intent OF the second Of the series of resolves, and
moved It's adoption by the committee.
Mr.. Claiborne Hardy, Home Secretary, replied
briefly in behalf Of the Cabinet. Like Mr.. Disraeli,
he argued that the opposition intended to destroy
the Irish Church. The Ministry wished to alter it
for the better but after the recent vote upon the
first resolve they would make no resistance to the
sage
The second resolve was then adopted, and thus
virtually the third also.
The Voluntary Principle for Other Irisi,
Churches.
Immediately after the adoption of the Gladstone
resolve with respect to the dissndowment of the
Irish Protestant Church, Mr.. Whitbred, member for
Parliamentary grant OF $50 900 voted in aid Of the
support of the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical College
Of Maynooth, and also the whole amount of the
Regum Donum or Royal State Aid Grant. voted
yearly in support Of the clergymen OF the Presbyterian
Church in Ireland since the period of the legislative
union with England, and that the resolution should
take the form Of law Immediately on the disestab-
lisment OF the Protestant Episcopal Church in Ire
land.
The motion was agreed to.
The Irish Reform Bill.
Tie Reform bil! for Ireland was read a second
time.