The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-03-12
EUROPE.
By ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.
Debate i'm the English House or Com
mons on the Condition OF Ireland.

Confederation and the United States,
providing for the protection and
rights Of natAraliZed citizens was
to-day unanimously ratified by the
Federal Council.
1t Is reported here that a pro
position was recently made to Lord
Stanley to submit the Alabama claims
to the arbitration of Prussia, aud
that he was willing to entertain the
proposition so far as il applied to the
question Of indemnity. but refused to
submit the other points in dispute.
IRELAND.
DUBLIN, March 11.-Great prepare
items are being made here and IN
other parts of Ireland for the recep-
ton of the Prince Of Wales.
Cork, March 1.-THE trial of
Capt. MacKoy was concluded to-day.
The jury brought in a verdict ofNnOt
guilty of the charge OF murder.
ITLAY.
ROME, March 1I.-One hundred
Canadian Zouaves, who volunteered
for the Papal service, have arrived
here.
ENGLAND.
LONDON, March lin the House
of Commons last night, Jno. Francis
Mcguire, member for Cork, in NOV
ing that the House 60 into Committee
on the state Of ireland, said that he
thought Irelend was a part Of the
Empire aud was now peaceful, yet the
personal property Of every man in
that country was at the mercy Of
spies. police or Government officials,
and that this state Of things existed
when tn rec rls of the courts
showed that there were few cases OF
ordinary crime. He then quoted the
statistics of pauperism. emigration
and other evils The country.
he declared was decayiug, and Yits
people were In despair. Discon-
tent was a word inadequate to OK
press the stare Of feeling He denied
the correctness Of the assertions made
by the Lord VI iyor and Lord Kim
berly, that the farming ia Ireland
the past had made a deep impres-
effect Of all future laws should be to
obliterate these bitter rem entrances
The laws in regard TO the tenure OF
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that the meaUs Of a ten
ant, which were good two years ago,
are now worth less. He denounced
the London guilds, which held large
tracts Of Irish land, for their cruelty
to tenants. Ireland needed no COM
missions Of inquiry on her estab- 7
lished Church, and that Church was
not suited 90 the majority Of the peo- f
pie who dissented from it. What I
would the people Of England think F.
or do if DR.. Manning should lay I
claim and take occupancy Of Canter- F
bury2 Exeter Hall would revolt, and F.
the religious ultraists would join the I.
ranks of the former.
Mr.. Charles Neale, member for Ok /
ford City, regretted that Mcguire had /
offered no plan for the solution of the I
question.
After speeches from G. DeEby Crit +
fifth, member for Devise, and Sir Fred /
erick Heygate, member for London I
derry, Lord Clinton moved the adop +
ton, by the House, in Committee, of .
a resolution in substance as follows T
That the discomfort Of Ireland is a I
source of uneasiness to the Empire .
and must be remedied; that the laws I
for Ireland should be framed to suit T
the wish Of the people; that the pres T
ent church, school and land tenure +
system are unjust. and that, In the I
opinion 0 this House, the wrongs f
should be righted.
Jas. Aburne, a member for Cashel. (
in the course Of his remarks, declared
that large body Of the Irish sympa-
5hize with the Fenians. He replied
at length to the attack made upon
Ireland by Rouebuch Early Mayo,
chief Secretary for Ireland, in a long
and able speech He admitted that
great discomfort prevailed in ireland,
but said 1t was exclusively nOUrished
by Irish in America. The Irish liv-
Dg In Australia or Canada felt no
1iscontent, and even in Ireland the
feeling was confined to the lower
classes only. There was no proml
lent Fenian leader in Ireland who
vas not aided and pushed by friends
n the United States.
He repealed the charge Of English
niegovernment The members Of the
present government at Dublin were
nearly all Irishmen, and the police
'orce was composed entirely Of ma
ives. He denied that Ireland was
Governed to the advantage Of Eng
and. Her wealth had been increased
within the last quarter of a century.
English capital was applied to. the
development of her resources, and
he Improvement Of her condition.
The rate Of wages was low, but it was
improving. The consumption Of
pirits, which is the best test of the
topples material prosperity, was in
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