The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-02-07
FOREIGN.
Debate In Parliament on the
Irish Question.

Debate IN Parliament on the
Irish Question.
London, Cavaliers, one of the
principals in the great turf frauds. in
connection with which Benson. Kerr
and three detectives, Micklejohn,
Druscovitch and Palmer, were con-
victsd in 1878, has been arrested.
In the House Of Commons, North
cote spoke. He found no fault with
the Irish members for taking this
early opportunity for drawing at.
tention to so important q mat
ter, but they would be going
outside the question OF distress, by
occupying themselves with such
points as those dealt with In the
amendment. He distinctly denied
that government had allowed the
matter to sleep. The report of the
registrar general for the psst year,
Just received, disclosed very unsatie-
factory state of things. The extant of
the land under crops in Ireland was
less than during any preceding ten
years. The total value OF the prin- |
cipal crops for 1879 is estimated at
923, C00,0 C0, against s33. 100000 the
preceding year. The potato crop Of
1878 was estimated at sc. 500. cool
owt., whereas it is expected the yield
for 1879 will be only 22,000,000l
cwt., a most alarming decrease.
Toward the end of lsst October the
Irish government forwarded to the
cabinet information which govern
ment took into serious consideration,
inviting the lord Lieutenant and
others ID attend in London. The
government found considerable
apprehension of famine in some parts
of Ireland. They thereupon took
the precautions necessary until the
meeting of Parliament.
The chancellor said in a bill which
be intended, at late period,
to introduce, there would be pro-
visions authorizing the local govern
ment board to authorize boards of
guardians to issue food and fuel by
way Of outdoor relief. 1t would also
be proposed to allow boards of guard
ians to borrow money IN exceptional
cases. The question OF stimulating
the employment OF labor was one full
of difficulty, but government was de.
sirous of doing something in that
direction, and they thought it best to
give some encouragement to persons
to borrow money to be used in the
improvement OF their lands; there
fore, they proposed to advance losns
on exceedingly easy terms to landlords,
to be used for that purpose. The
bsronisl session would also be asked
to make presentments.
O'Donoghue, liberal, said the
proper course was to lend money to
farmers, not TO landlords. The de-
bate was continued by the following
home-rule members: Col. Colthurst,
Arthur Moore, DR.. Michael Ward,
Major Francis O'Beirne, Charles
Joseph Fay, Patrick Martin and John
George Maccart, all of whom con-
demued governments plan as in
adequate. Right Honorable D. R.
Plunket, conservative, of Dublin
University. said that Psrnell's utter.
ances would only be received with
losthing, and their result might be
an agitation which would end in a
bloody resistance to law.
F. II. O'D0nnell, home-ruler, from
Dungarvon, rose to point of order
to this expression. Ths speaker
ruled Plupket's language puparlis-
mentary. Plunket submitted to the
ruling OF the speaker and qualified
his language slightly. Alex. Martin
Sullivan, home-Euler. energetically
defended Parnell.
Right Honorable James Lowther, |
chief secretary to the lord lieutenant
of Ireland, stated that no case Of
death from starvation had occurred in |
Ireland.
Mitchell Henry, home-ruIer, moved !
an adjournment of the debate, which |
was agreed to.
Sir Stafford Northcote, chancellor
of the exohequer, then obtained |
leave to bring in bill to render valid
proceedings for the relief of Irish dis
tress, and 10 make further provision
therefor. He explained that advances
would come out of the fund at the
disposal of the Irish church tenn
poralities commission. The bill was
then brought in and read the first
time.
Liverpool, 6.-The court of inquiry
on the BOruSSiG disaster has exoner-
ated the owners, captain and officers
of the vessel, but is not prepared to
say whether the vessel was perfectly
sea worthy.
Vienna, 6.-ParnelIs reception at
Washington is regarded here as q
mere comedy.
The Austrian delegation has
adopted the army and navy estimates
of government, without amendment.
to the rumored intention OF
government to fortiiy Vienna, the
minister of war said to the delega-
ton that the question OF the defense
Of the whole monarchy had been dis
posed of two years ago, and had not
since been reopeued.
Berlin, 6. - TIE budget of the
German Empire has been submitted
to the Bundesrath. The amount OF
and expenditure are fixed at
IA, 1855. 1S4 marks. Items OF perms-
neut expenditures amount to 49,
iO9, 4S7 marks. and temporary ex-
n, AIS, 697 marks.
Lahore, 6.-Mahmoud Jan is re-
enllsting Shere Ali's Argendah 7
regiments. s
Madrid, 6.-Oficial dispatches +
have been received giving further de- Il
.sils OF the recent hurricane in the s
Philippine Islands. twenty-five YES
.elsr of various classes, were wrecked,