The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-25
THE IRISH BILL.
RORSTER IHTRODUCEs " IN TIE
HOUsE or COMMONS
And speaks Ia Qualification Of the BeVe-
FlIy Of the hsRslFes Proposed
AitpaIiOn OF AHaiFa Con.
necitd with the Agra.
FlAn AEiIAlIOnH.

LONDON, January 24.-Iu the House o.
Commons this afternoon Smith, Home
Ruler, in behalf Of the section OF Irish
members who follow Shaw, and who are
not disposed to vote for coercion until The
Government has disclosed the features oI
the land measure, questioned Gladstone
with regard 10 the land bill.
Mr., Gladstone regretted his inability In
inform the House Of the contents OF bills,
aud said when the state OF business was
more developed the question might be-
more conveniently raised. 4
Mr., Fors'er, Chief Secretary for Ireland.
rose at $3.50 o'clock In very crowded
house to move bill Tor the protection OF
life and property in Ireland He justified
the bill by lOrg aud detailed description
NJ The outrspes which b, d been committed.
He showed that the Land League hsd
Q O. mplete eyslem of COnstahles
In oil districts VINO recprded every Ia.
fringement nj the rules Of the leagus, The
result iE, be said, that the lar d league iE
supreme. There is reign OF terror. Those
who break the law are sale, while honest
men who keep II are In danger. The
land hague strikes terror. Wemnat there.
fore strike terror into them. We must
arrest these criminals Prolonged cheers I
Mr.. Forster'S bill atkB the power for the
VlCerOy TO arrest persons reasonably sua.
pee ed rs principals or accessories in
Il reasonable offanCea, snCh prwer to III.
N In In force until the 80.h Cf September,
1882
Mr. F,rster announced the object OF q
second bill to be to put the matters in TO-
ference to the possession Of aims iu
much the same position as under the
peace preservation act which expired lasE
YeAr.
The Government has information that
there is danger Il the Fenians making use
OF tie agitation In IRELAND.
DUBLIN. January "a In lhe Court OF the
Queeu'S Bench, to day, Judge Fitzgerald.
IN charging the jury In the case Of the
crown against the trayersers, ex.
pressed gratifcation at the fairness and
Justice with which both parties had con.
Quoted their cases, He said that the Jury
must dismiss from their minds all ihey
had heard or read outside OF court, and
only consider the evidence; he pointed
out that the land laws oil Ireland were
more favorable than those Of Great
Britain.
John Barry, NJ. p. for westtord county,
aud Vice President Of the Home Rule
Confederation, has left London to organize
mass meetings at Manchester, Blrmiug.
ham and Liverpool and other large towns
to protest ig.inst coel clon.
CHARGE TO TUE JURY IN THE TRAvERsERs'
THiALS.
DUBLIN, January 24.-Jud1e Fitzgerald,
10 his charge to the Try, repudiated both
theories Of the defence that the land
league was chiefly charitable associa.
tiOn, and the contrary theory that 1t was
a atcheme ol socialism devised In America,
The Americans, he said, we're, as q Ma.
tion, noble and generous, and no schema
Ot Socialism fIr the destruction oil proper.
~ In Ireland had been devised hy them.
At the same time he strongly cansired the
IriRh American idlers who had returned
10 Ireland 10 q ir up di4E 4EeDSion. He ad.
mltted the existence OF distress, and paid
there had doubtless been instances Of
hatshnesB on the part OF landlords, but be-
considered that the Land League had az
gravattd the ill-Ieeling tstwesu thp land
loidS aud tenants. He went 10 detail
through the objects avowed by the League
In speeches aud rules, showing that they
were illegal. lie pointed out that
aNl persons engaged In conspiracy
were amenable 10 the law, even
II they we're not all aware Of the lie.
gal acts CT mmitted, Some OF Mr.. Bipgar'p
speeches, he Baid, were shockilg z Dil
Ion, TOO, had discountenanced seeking
redress Of grievances by Constitu.
tional means. The Judge will continue
bis charge tomorrow.
Mr.. Parnell entered the court after
luncheon. AT the close he was loudly
Cheered and was escorted by the crowd
along the quayS.