New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-23
AFFAIRS IN FOREIGN LANDS.
TOPICS OF GENERAL INTEREST


TIE ARREARS BILL IN THE HOUSE OF COMMON .T
CZAR AND THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BRoDY-M SAY RESIGNS. no
Tn the Uouse of Commons yesterday 'hcrc
,vas q debate on the Arrears OF hei'' pii''
Mr Gladstone tried in vain to bring to Vo'e
~ n,ot;op for y second reading of the bill, ana
tho dehate was finally adjourned until to-day.
The Irish members are preparing ~ In
stoutlv the passage OF the hepreSSioh w., III
Owing 70 information which has oeen leoeN0O
in REGARD to plot of the Nihlists, the coion"-
.ion of the Gar it is reported, mas oeen pcS'
noned n wear. Further reports OF suncihS
among the Jews at BrOdy have been recorNcu'
NJ Saw has resigned from the french Mii''
try.
nrp.TE ON THE ARREARS OF RENT BILL;
- Nov 92.-Mr. Gladstone. in the House OF
Comnons TO-DAY, replying to Mr.. Patrick Mar'in,
momher for Count Kilkenny stated that lie nau
so tho resolution of the Irish Judges against 'no
sunersessjon of trial by jury. but he was bouhd 10
Gov that the Government had carefully conSiuefcu
tho matter before the resolution was Hdncu' "-N
that the Represson bill contains thcn uciloo'"'0
conclusions .-o, bo
Mr. Gladstone announced that to-mo"oW he
v,ould move that the Repression bill nave p''-
cedence over all other business until ITS coSNVt"-
ton is concluded. He sad that If he found IL was
necessary he would aftcrward ask precedence 1or
the Arrears of Rent bill.
Mr.. Parneu gave notice that he w0uld move TO-
morrow that Mr.. GladstOnes resolution IN regar" 70
the Repression bill shall also apply to the Arrears
bill. r
Mr.. Gladstone then moved the second reading Oh
the Arrears Hill. The House was very cro"uc1
when lie made his motion. lie said that IL was ldl-
possible to compel people to borrow therefore vac
money supplied by the Government mas. I've gIi''
He stated that there were 5S5O00 tenants III Ire
land paying under f3O rent Grniths valuation
Ont of these 200 900 were excluded from the bene-
Gts of the Land Act 10y beng IN arrears. This, he
said. must be remedicd lie admitted that the pro-
posal was extraordinary, but so the state OF
ireland.
Mr.. Sclater-Booth. Conservative, moved an
amendment declaring that it was incNpcdient to
charge the Consolidated Fund with any payment for
arrears except in the form of a loan. He described
the Governments plan rs communistic and denor-
alizng. He said that it was an evil precedent, and
most Objectionable in view of tie Scotch and Eng
lish farmers who suffered as much as tle lflsh la
prs. MIR. Aylmer, member for Maidstone, supported
the amendment.
MIR Forster testified TO the general lenicncy of
landlords in Ireland, though there were individual
landlords to reduce the nunl er of tenants II fhe
poor tenants got fair start they woul1 become
fewer and better Off and wrctchedness would no
longer furnish an excuse for agitation. lie believed
that many landlords would accept small sum III
settlement from tenants in order to get The Govern
memfs grant. He strongly favored the giant taking
the form of gift
Mr.. ldulholland, Conservative, member for Down
patrick. strongly opposed either a loan or GIFT:
Mr shaw Liberal, incmbcr for County Cork, said
he hoped that the bill would pass its second reading
tonight Mr.. Treycyan, Chief Secretary for he
land, said the hill would give tenants the great ad-
vantage of fresh start with n feeling Of ndepen-
dence which probably neither they nor their prede-
cessors had ever before known.
Baron Henry de Worms moved the adjournment OF
the debate. Mr. Gladstone opposed the motion, and
said that he would take The sense OF the House. Sir
Stafford NOrthcOte said that the bill had not been
sufficiently discussed. The motion to adjourn the
the debate rejected by a vote OF $50 to l4O.
Mr.. Chaplin moved the adjournment of the House
Alter a warm debate the motion WAS rejected by a
vote of 272 to 1875. Sir Herbert Maxwell then
moved the adjournment of the debate. Mr. Glad
stone said that of the OppOi lou it was
hopeless to proceed, and he announced that lie
would take mp the bill III the morning sitting On
Tuesday, instead Of the Repression bLl. Adjourn
meut of the debate was then agreed 10.