Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-24
Proceedings In the Brit
-, parliament.

In tho British House OF Lords, on Tues
day evening, the coinage bill passed through
the committee, and the consolidated fund
Nm wa. read a second time. The House
adjourned without transactlng any further
business.
In the House Of, Commons Gladstone Dc.
MED, amid ,moeh fnerfiniept, the reports
recently Published In the Spanish newspa-
pers and 0lseWhere, that Bright had offered
to retrocede the rock Of Gibraltar to Spain.
The dbilt for the enforcement Of che laws
OF ireland was then taken up, aud the de-
bate was resumed by Mr.. Downing, OF Cork,
rho dsnonnosd the pfsss olAass. As thongns
| the bill with that clause retained was calcu.
lated to arouse the bitterest resentment
among the Irish people.
! Mr.. Manner osnaared the suplneness OF
| the Government 10 Itish affairs. .-...
| MRsrs.I D,gby, Mcmahon, kayanRgh,
| sheloclt, aud Other members from Ireland,
participated In the debate.
| Lord Claude Hamilton charged the Lib
erals, since their accession to office, with
having uniformly promoted the agitation OF
the Irlsh question, In order TO prescribe CO.
Mr. wholley held, In a short speech, that
Popery was the cause Of all the Irish sor-
| rows. -H.
Mr.. Bryan, the member from Kilkenny,
| objected to the powers intrusted to the local
magistrates as tyrannical and dangerous.
The Right Hon. Chlcester Fortescue, Chief
| Secretary for ireland, denied that the Gov
eminent had dedicated lts functions In Iro-
land or encouraged the illusions as had been
charged. He was confident that the power
now asked would restore and perpetuato Or
der. He discrimlnated between Fenianlsm
aud agrariauism. Criminal results were
the same, though the aets themselves were
different. The Government acted only un-
der the sense Of the danger Of q crisis, vet Il
did not venture upon premature and made
quats prescription. The agitation In Ire
land was never stronger than now, because
heretofore II had been without assistance
| from abroad. He did not mean the Ameri-
can people, who had greater reason for con-
plant with England's exporting TO them a
| multitude or malcoutents, go FESTIVE under
all restrictions. Il was good policy to leo.
late the class committing agrarlan and po.
lltcal violence; TO draw moral strength to
the Government by weaving from the dis
affected the sympathles Of the GLASS pas
sively sympthiEing with assassius. Wise
and liberal legislation only could achieve
thls. The process was slow and diffieult,
but effective.
Gladstone closed the debate. He apollo
glazed for leaving the conduct Of the discus
slo to the Irish Secretary, though that on
cial, perhaps, was the proper pers y. lie
was sorry TO say that the tone Of the discus
sion might be classified under three heAdsi
nrst, the criticism Of the bill itsef, second,
the criticism OF the Government, aud third,
the criticism OF the motive for Introducing
tho bin. The state OF Ireland, so far AZ or.
dlnary crime was concerned, was satlsfac-
toryi agrarinn, however was rampant He
took this occasion 20 deny the responsibility
o. rluch that had been attributed to him.
His sentiments toward Ireland had been
Wiley misrepresented. He admitted the In.
justice of legislation for exceptional cases,
but Il was wrong longer to withhold the law
OF reform. strong sonse Of lts necessity
alone prompted present measures- Its pro.
visions were strong, and be hoped they
would be tfiectual. II so, the evil would
soon vanish, aud Parliament might soon re-
sumo that beneficial legislation on which
alone Il was safe TO build permanent hopes
for the future.
The House divided, and the bill passed as
follows For the bill, 425; against, IS. The
House then adjourned till noon yesterday.