The New York herald., 1870-06-04

lack in numbers they more than make up Ia zeal and
other hand, who take an active share IN religious
Parlamentary warare, are bolh bigoteu anu iahal.
cut ana hence with. az u were nihs on ane oHe sue
ana steel on the the two never come INTO co1-
tact without fierce tire being struck. This, at all
events, Is what has been occurring over and over
again during the last few weeks. Every time that
the proposal TO pry into tho discipline OF the con.
vents has come on for debate the House has been
turned into 'bear garden.n IL mast be borne in
mind, as not unimportant element In the up oar,
tAat these lndammabe discussions have always
arisen after dinner, when members have come To the
House fresh rom the. wa nuts and the wine, With
their blood hot, their fancies heated and their pas
sons IA the ascsndant. Perhaps t onght neither to
fac remains that 1t sometimes happens, even In the
pure regions OF the English legislature that squires
and dandles forget themselves, as did Father Noah
ol old, and reveal Their weakness before the multi.
tude. AT all events, from the three combined-
OF political anlagontsm. religious animosity and
Inspection OF converts cannot arise without
the occurrence Of what is called "tremen.
OF The cries OF animals and Wild shrieks IN
all the gradatlons OF the gamut have over aud
stormy period snce the death OF Palmerston. And
hers may remark that no one who has not heard
duce when shouting Justify ana simultaneously,
can have any idea Of the noise wh.c ch Otcntimes
causes the Geiin M or the House OF Commons to shake
never TO be forgotten. II stirs the blood like Old
wine, and can only be produced by race like the
This gentleman is theprine mover IN the creation
of these unseemly disturbances. He is q poor,
weak creature. holding certain opinions regarding
the Pope, which ne publishes In season and ont OF
Whether ds ne H1 taaa an Knavs Is
processes to be the champion oi English Pho.
SELF, into contempt that there exists q
i,ropaganda. He is said to be jesuit In disguise,
| and is employed by Rome to weaken the cause OF
| Pro;estannsm by making 1t ridiculous. Whether or
not this be IL shall not presume to say; bu Ger
tain II II that his bigot:y ana narrowlnindedness
have this erect SUCH in consequence is the detes-
tation which he is he'd by both sides 6fthe House,
that whenever, he rises t9 speak upon any subject
taege gg,es cnoyg; Of yells and shouts Which IRE
| Often it happcas that the 'Tow, is kept up for half
an hour, during the whole of which time Mr.. Whaey
pay be seen ercey gesticuating IN the midst OF the
hear. Something like this occurred during the recent
convent discussion. with this difference that tie up
roar wa greasSr than nave eyer yet heard IT, G, en-
instpnWi VI T0sS Congress "' beiiess sdcE fins
OF her decorous ana hi. Inbred relation, the I'M
| periai Parliament ?-Several members In the midst
OF the din, actually shouted out repeatedly and With
malignant intent. kick him strangle him ~ Poor
MIR. Whaley strove TO get the blOOdthirsty repre-
| sentatives brought to justice by appealing to the
House. but his voice was swept away ia a whirlwind
o. sound. Failing III his hopes OF redress in this d.
rection he wIo,e letter to The Times, In which he
hlnted that plot was being hached up by the RO-
brought nnaer the norce Of the Speaker s' Who n
severely rebuked Mr.. Whaey for striving to obtain
redress through the columns of newspaper instead
of through the House.
THE IRISH LAND BILL.
This measure continues to drag its slow length
along with tediousness that Is causing Mr.. Glad
sonc almost to lose heart. SO tardy is Its progress
tina! many people are beginning to think that only
one-haif oft VIII be passed into law this session.
The bill, according TO the lawyers, has been very
badly drawn, and IS much too long, Experienced
drau2hsmen aver that its clauses might have
hlpl comm nj nal nT fuotr ant
bulk and that, had this course been followed, the
advancement OF the bill would have been very
OF the bi.l the only difficulty which Mr. Gladstone
has to contend with; he Is sadly III need OF an able
Mr. Sullivan last year did for him IN the case Of the
Church ASST Is he is compelled to rely almost entirely
upon his own resources. Mr. Bright Is away; Mr..
his strongly conservative opinions upon the land
question, and the other members Of the Ministry IN
subject Had it not been for Mr. Chichester Fortes.
cues vanity clever MIR. Sullivan might have been
z 0eas e matte oa s 9 b but ree ee
to become more prominent% himself IN the debates,
aud as he is intellectually very weak the conse-
aolo Mr.. Bright is beginning TO fear that tile first
part OF the bi which relates to the law OF compensa-
Ion TO tenants, will be all that will he passed this
session, and that the second part, Of which he
is te author and in which he Is the most directly in
terested will be sacrificed This second part relates to
the sale or land to tenants and was inspired by Mr..
Bright with the view OF taking the first step toward
the realizat on of his pct scheme Of peasant pro-
prietary Several members OF the Cabinet including
Mr.. Lowe ana some Of the Peers, have regarded this
proposal very cc'dly from the first and none will be
more delighted than they will TO see obstacles thrown
in the way OF its realization.
MIR. Bright, who sees that there Is great fear OF
thu, and that his continued absence from the Cabi.
net S enabling his more conservative colleagues to
carry everything their own Way, s said to be botn
Unea and dissatisfied Were IL that his seces-
sion at the present time would cndanger not only
the existence Of the Land bill, but would vastly
weaken the stability or the Ministry, he would at
insist upon Mr.. Gladstone accepting his resig.
nation he has already rendered It, but the Premier
Is wise to allow him to retire at crisis like the
present. Perhaps when the Land bill Is cut in two
be brought TO an issue. Meanwhile there is much
speculation In political circles.
Crime and Punislimcnt-Nnval Defence of the
Australian Coast.
A Parliamentary return states that the following
numbers Of convicts wore in the under mentioned
prisons on the 1st March-At Chatham, 1,425; at
Portsmouth, 10Sl, and at Gibraltar, 494.
The death ls announced, III his ninety-third year,
OF Mr. James Mcqueen, f. II. G. s. In early lie MIR.
prietor OF the Glasgow Courier, in which he ably de-
Tended the West India interest.
The 1ron-cad turrcJ Slip CerbeTus, guns, $50 horse
power, fitted at Chatham for service III Australia,
where Will be employed for the ''defence OF Mel
bourne" was unlocked on the completion OF her
outfit.
IRELAND.
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