The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-16
Foreign Ise.lss,
GREAT BRITAIN.

tonight, In anticipation Of debate on the
Irish Church bill, there was d full attend
ance of lords. The galleries and Hobbies
We're crowded, and In The streets a great
throng Of people collected. Tn the House
MANY petitions were presented against the
Dill. Earl Granville moved the bill pass to a
second reading. he declared he had always
thought the Irish Church was an anomaly,
and failed to fulfil the position for which il
was intended; that it was great injustice,
and should be legislated on in reasonable,
wise, and moderate way.
| lie traced the history Of the suspensory
bill OF last year, and said the resignation OF
the Disraeli ministry showed their accept
ance of the decision Of the country in favor
OF disestabiishment. and disendowment.
After explaining the provision of the bill
under consideration, Earl Granville contin-
ued. The Government did not, desire to
sever the spiritual connection between the
Irish and English Churches. He would
leave the explanation Of endowments to his
colleagues.
lie declared that there was nothing in the
act of union to prevent the passage of the
bill. lie did not undervalue that act, but
maintained it was not unalterabe, nor
should it be allowed to stand in the way of
a measure deemed necessary to the majority
of the people and constituencies in Ireland.
| The bill had no effect on royal supremacy.
After referring to the threatened OPPOSE
ton, and commenting on the bigotry OF
past times, he appealed to the bench and to
the bishops to weigh well their course.
Nothing was more suicidal than to point to
the principle on which the Irish Church
stands as that on which the English Church
is to stand, for this step was not the pre-
lude to the disestablishment of the latter.
He appealed to the Opposition to consider
| the dignity of the House, and after due pro-
test allow the bill, endorsed by the voice of
the country, TO pass. The House Of Peers
has great power for good, but there is one
thing it does not possess. 1t has not more
power than the House of Commons. Tt has
not power to thwart the national will. 1t
was said the method Of conducting the bill
in the House of Commons was offensive, and
the lords had been advised to be concilia-
tory in their present determination. He
well knew the value of conciliation, but
there was no necessity for it here, for he
would answer the lords that though the
Liberal party adhere strongly to the policy
of the bill, they would gratefully welcome
any alteration of the detail proposed by
your lordships. More than this he could
not say.
Earl narrowly moved that the second
reading of the bill be postponed three
months. He opposed the bill as revou-
tionary and in violation of the coronation
act and the act Of union. The circumstances
were insufficient to Justify its introduction.
The result would be to diminish the number
of Irish Professionals. 1t was no act of JUS
tice.
He repudiated the idea that its rejection
would be running counter to the national
will. The sense of the country had not
been tested on the point. BE believed the
country was now earnestly looking to and
expecting the House of Lords TO reject the
bill.
Lord Clarendon said he did not recipro-
cate the feeling of Earl narrowly as to the
result of the bill. Similar forebodings were
expressed in regard to the reform and free
trade measures. He believed the sentiment
of the country had been fully tested OH the
topic. 1t had been discussed for the past
year and half, and was so thoroughly eX-
hausted and understood that he was unable
to say anything new on it.
AS Protestant he sympathized with his
Catholic. fellow-countrymen in Ireland in
the wrongful position in which they were
placed. lie never felt it stronger than when
he saw crowds kneelng outside Il hovelwitll
Il handsome parish church close by upat-
tended. He believed Ireland was the qucs-
ton of the hour. Her condition had be-
wildcrcd government after government
The universal assent Of the country and the
impossibility that such 4 state of things
should continue imposed on Mr.. Gladstone
the duty of settling the Irish Church
| grievance.
The Duke of Rutland opposed the bill be-
cause it overthrow the rights of property,
violated the religion of the majority of the
people of the United Kingdom, and de-
Stroycd the union of the Church and State
He denied that the Irish Church was Il
badge OF conquest, and affirmed that the
voluntary system would never answer.
Stratford Radcliffe objected to many dc.
tails of the bill, but warned the House not
to sacrifice the substance for the shadow
! He believed the passage of the bill as it now
stood would result in iircparablc injury t.
the Church, and would not improve the
condition of Ireland.
The relative position of the two Houses
of Parliament, however, demanded second
reading, after which the upper House could
amend Objectionable features.
Lord Romily regarded the idea that the
bill would prove the destruction of Protest.
antism us Il myth. 1t would only deprive
the Crown of the nomination of some
bishops.
The Times, on the prospect of the Irish
Church bin in the House of Lords, says
"The week opens with all the elements o.
a dramatic situation. The action is great,
the motive great, and the end certain. We
are convinced the bill will pass to its second
reading. Every day it becomes clearer
England, after IN agitation of eighty years
will voluntarily undo an injustice so long
perpetrated."
ono Orange demonstration can affect the
success of the measure. This scandal of the
Irish Church establishment is at the root o.
the alienation of Ireland. Its destruction
| i. rt nf hptwppn Tho
Jealous and disunited races" The Time!
reviews the opinions of leading men of the
Opposition, and concludes "By such ar
gtlments Justice may be and is often delayed
but not when the nation is awake to the
I sense of its denial. We feel assured justice
will not be delayed. BY yielding now, the
reputation and authority of the House o
Lords will be established tirmer THAN ever
IRELAND,
Dublin, June IA great public demon
stration was made in this city last night
against the Irish Church bill.
COrE, June IA shot was fired into the
Office Of the Constitution, but no one wa:
injured. There is no clue to the perpe
traitor.
A collision occurred in Shandon yester
day between the police and mob. I.-ret
of the former were injured. Several OF Tie
rioters were arrested.
NEW ZEALAND.
London, June 14.-Letters from Dunedin
April 18th, give accounts of the massacre
Of three Englishmen with their wives an(
families and forty friendly natives, by the
Moori chief, re Kooti, near Napier, on the
east coast of New Zealand. Troops were
dispatched to the settlement, and on Their
arrival found only the ruins of the home
stcads, plundered md burned. Settlers il