The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-01
Imrortnnt News from Great Britnin-The
Radical Reform Movement Active in Ire.

1 Imrortnnt News from Great Britnin-The
Radical Reform Movement Active in Ire
land.
by special telegram from London, forwarded
through the Atlantic cable yesterday, we have
the important Intelligence that the radical revo-
lutionary political agitation which has been in
such active progress in Ireland for some years
past is rapidly eliminating to serious crisis
crisis which will very likely be decisive in its
results as between the views and force of its
promovants and the voice of the law and the
authority Of the English crown. The secret
agents employed in the Queens service in the
island have just reported their belief that
general ''rising" or demonstration of the people
in favor of national rule is imminent. A Cabi-
net council was called in London. The situa-
ton as it exists in the sister kingdom was
reviewed, and the question Of again suspending
the act of habeas corpus debated. No decision
was arrived at-a fact which may be regarded
as an executive acknowledgment Of the gravity
of the occasion. Outside the Ministerial Offices
it was looked on as certain that extreme
measures Of repression and for the sustentation
of British power In Ireland will be adopted
almost Immediately.
This latter Inference is most probably correct.
BY mail and from our European newspaper
files we have within few days published the
fact that there were seventeen regiments of
British troops serving in Ireland on the 10Th of
November, two others being embarked from
ENGLAND for ho uomo douf;no+;np with voOro
to follow, making the actual force one-fifth or
more of the whole army of her Majesty on
duty for the purpose of cementing on in
ternational union which was declared perfect
sixty-nine years since. All this agitation
may, however, eyentuate in a grand political
man9nvre, calculated beforehand, for the pur.
pose Of keeping Premier Gladstone up to the
mark on the Irish land and Church reform ques-
tions. To tho people Of Ireland well regu-
lated system Of land tenure, accompanied by
an equitable adjustment of the rent averages,
to be enforced by law, is an absolute, vital
necessity, while q settlement of the State
Church difficulty in accordance with the spirit
of the age is looked for. AS Mr.. Gladstone
has just lately evinced a slight disposition to
ego back a little on his Irish friends in both
respects, in face of the fierce opposition of the
High Churchmen and feudal baronal interests,
it may be that the democracy of the Green
Isle have merely taken up q ''sharp stick"-a
good blackthorn, perhaps-for the purpose of
tanning the Gas you were" liberal front of the
last session Of Parliament in the next The
Cabinet may consequently have magnifed
the grand 'sfuss' into revolution. This is
the most pleasant view to take Of the case as
expressed in our cable telegram. We are
aware, however, that two or three of the most
daring of the Irish political convicts have just
been returned as members of the British Par
lament. Their appearance ct the bar of the
House of Commons for admission will raise q
new and exceedingly important question with
to Irish allegiance and duty to the
Queen. Should they be refused their seats they
may, perhaps, return to Ireland-having the
Sherif's certificate of election--and attempt to
resuscitate the Parliament Of that country,
the most eminent jurists of the day having
UeHeu tne Tlgnt Vi tue IrlSH members 10 transfer
the Legislature from Dublin to London in the
year 1900. If really supported by the nation
these Irish radical politicians may effect very
great change in the condition of the British
empire-a change similar to that which has
been experienced in Belgium, in Cuba, in Mex
leo, and, to a great extent, in Canada, Nova
Scotia, Newfoundland and British Columbia.
The world is evidently marching along"