, 1881-01-16
THE IRISH QUESTION.
WORRYING PARLIAMENT.


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LONDON, Jun. l5.-The debate On Mr. Parnell's
amendment, protractcd through seven stttngs,
areraeiug eight hours each, appears to haTa
CONVINCED the Government Of tho absolute
necessity Of some modification of the
rules Of the House Of Commons to pre-
vent this scAndnlous sQuander1ng Of public
time, Of which the worst has not yet been seen
perhaps. Monday will witness the resumption
Of the interrninnbte discussion, Mr. McCarthys
amendment, md other amendments following,
with fresh harnngucs on each. Mr. Parneils
friends intimate that obstruction In this
session Is intended to take tho form not
30 much Of flubustcring as tho prolougation
Of discussion. It is known that the Govcrn-
ment, pcrceiying that no progress has been
made in tho last few dnys, Is seriously consider
ing the adoption III some form Of
TIE "PREv1oUs QUESTION"
or some other means which will enable the ma-
jority Of the House to bring this frivolous
nnd wilfuliy protracted speech making to
q close. Parliamentary precedents require
that tho debate on the address shall be tcrnli-
mated before proceeding with other business.
Hence, neither coercion nor land bills have yet
been introduced. One obvious object OF Mr..
Parneil Is to point trlumphantly to this delay as
proof of the unreality OF tho alleged urgency of
coercion. Mr.. Parneil stakes everything on
DEFEATING THE LAND n1LL,
no matter how radical. this session, believing
TINT be will be able to carry the Irish people to
any length If tho session closes without the pas
sago Of any measure Of land re-
form, and intending then to revert openly
to his original purpose to renew the
purely Home-Rule agitation. It Is knowledge
of this scheme, possibly, which dlsintegrntes the
CLIQUE OF English Radicals who were lntely con-
templatlng an offensive and defensive alliance
with Mr.. Parnell. Tuesdays conference was
attended by several sincere Liberals OF consid-
ceable position. Extraordinary efforts have been
made by certain well-known members to or
ganize u combination against the Government,
pledged to employ open threats Tho meeting
was meant to exert pressure on the Ministers
for the purpose Of minimizing coercion and
augmenting the scope Of lnnd reform. This
cabal though believed to be receiving the se-
cret support OF one member OF tho Cabinet, has
collapsed, at least temporarily.
PAnSELL's AMENDMENT.
Alrbou4h only eight English Liberals voted for
Mr. Parnell's amendment, upwards of forty pur-
nosely apsented themselves from the division.
An important section of the Radical party Is
disposed to support him, believing that for
u,ldable land agitation In England, such as
they ardently desire. depends upon
preliminary success in ireland. This feeling
nartly accounts for the Indifference of the pub-
lie generally to tilibnstering tactics Of the Par
nellites in the House. The main cause In hand
must be advanced by fnir means Or by foul, and
the Radicals are not disposed to allo" tha reVo-
1utioi, to move backwards. The prestige OF the
Home Rulers has been greatly increased among
thu popu,ace by their showing that they can
defy the law In Ireland, and their no" coming to
England and beating Parliament One thing
can DO stated positively, that between forty
and fifty
ENGLISH LIBERALS WILL VOTE WITH PAH-
acninst any coercive measures. MeanWhtfe "a
great pressure is daily brought to bear upon Mr..
Gladstone to induce him to enlarge the scope
of his Land bill. Influential provincial pa
pers. and the provincial papers are infu-
entail nowadays, warn him not to DO
scduccd into any alliance with either the wings
OF the Tories, and these appeals have great
weight with him. His lnnd measure Will doubt
less prove more severe against vested Interests
than was originally contemplated. It is always,
however, to be kept In view the risk that an un-
controllable
PUBLIC EXCITEMENT
may suddenly be awakened in England By some
new outbreak Of violence in Ireland. OutraEe5
In the sister island are daily increasing in nuna-
ber, and attempted crimes In England
arc arousinr a dangerous mood OF suspicion
The naval commander at Queenstown was
summoned to Dublin yesterday to confer with
the general officer commanding the forces no"
In Irelana., with view to concerting measures
for resisting, an outbreak, Of which positive
tidings had reached the Government. In all
respects the POSITION OF Affairs here seems to
grow more serious every day, and the British
Government remains bound and helpless.
There is the best authority Tor saying that
MIR. GI4ADsToSE'S COLD
Is very slight land that ho keeps Mt home
rs matter OF precnndon rather than US Il mat
ter OF necessity. Fos him, rs for others, this IS
time OF much trouble and anxiety. That be IS
not seriously affected may be inferred from the
fact that he presided al q Cabinet Council held
at his house this afternoon
TIE UoME-KVLE SPLIT.
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