The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-19
EUROPE.
The British Parliament.

LONDON February Is.
The House of Lords transacted no business
Of Importance to- day, and adjourned at an early
hour to enable their ordships to attend the House
or Commons, where It was expected that the new
Irish Land bill would be introduced.
HOUSE OF coIStoHs.
Tn the House of Commons the benches were
flied and the galleries crowded. Notices were
given OF bills to relieve the bishops from attend
ance on Parliament, and TO reduce the rate OF let
ter and newspaper postage.
denial was made on the part OF the govern
ment that negotiations had been entered upon
for the renewal of the commercial treaty with
France.
REFORM IN sRELAND-sPgEcH OF MR.. GLADSTONE.
Mr. Gladstone then rose and asked leave to
hiring In bill for land reform in Ireland. He re-
ferred to the day on which he introduced the
Irish Church bill, when other measures to meet
the demands OF Ireland were promised, anu he
said he would now proceed to fulfil that promise.
He recapituated the history OF the land question
since 1888. The necessity for Its settlement was
now generally admitted. BE hoped there would
be union of oil parties In favor OF the proposed
reform. The best talent OF the Kingdom had been
anplIed to the solution OF the problem. 1t must
crafty the Irish people TO sec England giving
wears of ungrudgng labor TO tile under.
stsndIng and redress OF their grievances.
The recent agrnrlan outrages were not due TO
the revival Of this question. They were not Of
frequent occurrence In the agricultural section,
and were rare in the purely Celtic ones. Irish
land tenures were widely different from those OF
England and Scotland. The Irish lap:llord usual
ly differed from his tenant In politics and religion,
and seldom lived on his estates. The tenant was
bound to improve the land, but was often de-
priyed OF the crops lie had planted. The people
believed that the soil was their own, and that 1t
had been taken from them by conquest and con-
6scation. During the last ten years, while the
value OF labor had remained stationary, the cost
of living had Increased, and the progress OF Ire
land had been checked. Hall century OF legls-
latIon had done nothing for the small landhold.
ers of the peasantry. Mr.. Gladstone then review
ed the legislation on this subject since the net OF
unIon and continaed: Emigration was good
method OF relief when voluntary, but when 1t be-
came compulsory, and men were compelled to
leave who were willing to remain, It was exile,
and angcred Its victims. In the west OF
Ireland, where the tenant was the least secure,
the value of the land had not doubled In ninety
wears, while in England 1t had trebled within that
tInc, and in Scotland, where the tenant was
most secure, 1t had increased sx-fold. Mr.. Glad
stone then enumerated the features OF the bill
which he proposed to introduced. 1t provided for
security OF tenure the acilitaton OF transfer aud
purchase OF land; for loans to tenants desiring to
buy. and landlords to enable them to reclaim
waste lands. The new law is to be administered
by o court of arbtration; Ulster customs arc to
be recognized; improvements giving value to
land are TO be paid for; evIct!ons for non-pay-
ments OF rent are to bar oil claims against ten
ants; notices to quilt nre to give the tenants one
YEARS. time from the end OF the current year; and
The county cess Is to be divided between the land
lords and the tenants.
The bill will be read second time on the Ith OF
March.
THE 'sTIMEs'' on THE DEBATES.
The Times this morning, in reviewing last cvc-
ning's debates In Parliament, reJolees that the
government has adopted the idea often aavoca-
ted In the columns Of the Times, viz: The with
Grnwal OF the troops from Canada. The Times
admits that Canada Is TIC 0IIiy EugItstF-vv,onJ
liable to be nvudcd IN case OF war; yet peace Is so
assured that it ls foolish to provide now for It's
rupture.
The Revolution fiaSco.
PARIS February 1S
Arthur Fouville, the rlotcr, has been sentenced
to six months Imprisonment and fine OF i've
thousand francs.
Rochefort writes from prison to his paper that
the project of police has seized his editorial art-
cles. He complains that while up to the present
time incarcerated Journalists have been allowed
to write to newspapers, he has been denied the
usual privilege, Notwithstanding he Is o member
OF the Corps Leglslaiil, ana mas not eeen de-
uriyed of his civil rights