New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-04-01

the Mulhnpar assizes a woman was found guilty OF
sending threatening letter. and sentenced to five
years penal servitude. Four men found by the po
lice marching in military order, armed" were con-
ycted and sentenced to two years imprisonment with
hard labor-surely mild otiense and stern
punishment The Grand Jury of Westmeath ask
the attention of the Government to the
continuance of undetectcd agrarian crime and pro-
pose the suspension of the habeas corpus The in
stances give are not samples. should more than
fiji my letter with catalogue of all the crimes which
the English papers takciso much pains to reproduce.
In the House of Commons the side of Irish life
is brought repeatedly to view Mr. Gladstone has been
asked-three times, think, twice certany-what
he was going to do about It, There is strong party
that will be satisfied with nothing less than handing
Ireland over 20 martial law. There are papers which
clamor for that desperate remedy. am glad to say
that the Government shows no signs of yielding TO
such adcmand Mr. Gladstone has RETAINED from
stating his PURPOSE, hut promises to make it known
on the termination Of The debate the Lard bill.
| / have more than once referred to the case Of
ODonovan Rosa. / refeE,to it again only to call at
tenton to his letter published in the Mdrseildse Of
| Tneslay-a number wholly occupied with contribu-
| tons from political prisoners. Not long ago Mr.
Bruce denied that the treatment OF ODonoVan RoSsa
was exceptionally severe There are statements III
Il
wet his jaleTs of insult and cruelty both to himself
and his fellow prisoners. They must either be adj
mitted or denied for The Times of this morning trans
lates and publishes the whole letter, and IT is mpos
sble that it should be passed over IN silence
The opposition TO certain parts of Mr.. Forsers Edu
cation bill is manifested with daily increasing vigor
Yesterday two deputatiOns visited Mr.. Gladstone
Lord de Grey. and Mr.. Forster in Downng-st. The
first comprised some thirty members of Parliament
and 400 members of different branches of the Ednca
ton League. 1t was in fact, national deputation
Mr.. Chamberlain. Chairman of the Executive Com
mttee told Mr. Gladstone that they had ia branches
of which 20 were represented, including also the
trades and great trading societies the great
body of the Don-conformists. and many members of
the Church of England: among others Mr.. Barham
Zncke. of the Queens chaplains. Sir Charles
Dixie Mr. Mundella and Mr. Applegarth, spoke for
the working classes. What they specially protested
against were the two mistakes OF permSSlvc COM
pulsiOn" and "permlSsiye seCtarianism." have OK
planned IN former letters the force Of these Objcc
tons, but they assume new force and import
presents itself 10 the Government strong
in numbers and representative character as that of
Yesterday. Ii was Immediately followed by another
from Wales, headed by several Wesh members of
Parliament. They represented that the Welsh non
contoTmists comprised scven-eighths of the pOpula
ton that the bill had been received with JOY by the
one-eighth. WHO were generally opponents OF the
Government, and with CONSERVATION by the seven
eghths, who were the supporters of the Government
at elections. Impossible that such statement as
that should not make an Impression on such keen
politicians as Nh Gladstone and Mr.. Forster. The
latter is, presume. convinced that he must assent
TO material notifications of his bill III committee,
and they will for the most part be such as he
himself viii cordially approve hear that Mr. Mill
has written another letter in which he says England
had better do without any measure OF education for
five years than accept the bill III its present shape
q. W. 3.