The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-02-12

ForEryv--rhe gag applied - jhe land
eagucrs ON Wednesday of last week in the
British parliament, followed by the expulsion
of the land lcaguc members on Thursday, has
had the effect, at least for the nonce, of quiet
ing matters in the parliament house. OF
course, the expulsion OF 20 land-ledgucrs was
only for 81 hours but OH returning TO their
seats on Friday they made no further effort 10
obstruct the proceedings The speaker stated
that he would use with cirCumSpcCtiOn the
power TO 8ppy the gag that had been en-
trusted to him. Mr.. Forster, IN moving on
that day the second reading of his coercion
bill was cheered, but Mr.. Bradlaugh moved
It's rejection and fruitlcss debate took place,
after which the Parnelliles appeared to aban-
don further opposition az hopeless.
A more serious step than applying the gag
IN parliament was the arrest Of Michael Da-
witt, on an alleged violation of his tickct.OT.
leave Davit, it Will be remembered, was SEN
fenced in 1870 to transportation for /. years
on account Of Fenianism but few years ago
retained on tCket.of.leave. This Is granted
by the home secretary IN his discretion and
can at any time be revoked, so that the arrest
of Davitt involves no question OF legality
whatever may lie SAID of the wisdom OF the
step. As a leader IN the present Irish move
ment he Is perhaps personally more beloved
than any other by the people who look to him
as a representative and guide, and his impriS-
onmcnt will be held to BE- martyrdom, and
martyrdom is Il dangerous element to add 20
complications already so grave. lie was ar
rested at Dublin, and on the road from Holy.
head to London every train anu depot was
heavily guarded He was first taken to Pen
tonvllc prison but was afterwards sent 10
Dartmouth, where he will probably be kept
until the end of the years Of his sentence.
Yet the English are celebrating Themselves
that the IRON hand shown in parliament Is
having IL quoting effect on ireland. One
writes from Dublin:
Although terrorism has not diminished N
the west and south of Ireland, there is in other
particulars a decided change Tor the better III
all other parts Of the country. The govern
ment is fully alive to the plans of the Fenlans
and are prepared to defeat them. The tenants
of several estates heretofore refusing to pay
rents are now paying. Parnell has gone to
Paris TO complete the arrangements respecting
the land aCuc fund. There were several land
meetings yesterday
The steamer Bohemian, from Boston, was
wrecked in terrible storm on the Irish coast
on Monday. whereby 50 persons were drowned
including the master, LIST, Sd and ilh officers,
and chief. second and 4th engineers. The
survivors are second mate, boatswain steward
and about Is others There were no passen-
gers on board except four or five men, owners
or in charge of the cattle which the vessel
carried. The Bohemian belonged to the Ley
land line plying between Boston and Liver
pool and was built at Belfast
Another battle has occurred in South Africa.
On Feb Sth Gen. Co!ley moved toward New
castle with five companies of The SlStieth III
;lcs and mounted force, to restore cOmmnni-
cation between his camp and Newcastle. The
Beers made general attack upon the British
forces and the attack was repulsed with heavy
loss The fighting lasted six hours. Gen. Col
ley's position Is reported as becoming critical.
Thomas Carlyle, the noted historian, essay
ist &c, died at London on Saturday morning.
He had attained the advanced age Of Sc
years.
Another international conference on the sub