The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-05-25

judge before whom the tenant will be Obliged
to prove inability to pay arrears. Either the
landlord or tenant may apply to tho COM
mission. The bill only deals with two years
arrears, and requires tenants to pay one
year arrears from November, 1880, to No
vember, 1881. When that is paid, the whole
of the remaining arrears will be Cancelled.
ing one years rent from the residue of the
Irish church surplus fund, the estimated
amount of which is $500, 900. There is no
reason to believe that the claims on the gov
| eminent contribution will exceed &C., 900, 600.
The remaining 100000, therefore, will be
| made up from the consolidated fund. The
progress of the bill will depend upon the
progress of the repression BILL which cannot
| be displaced.
! Michael Davitt, addressing meeting OF
| Irishmen at Manchester, said: No body Ia
! mentcd the recent murders more than he. and
| no body was as ready to prevent such crimes
in the future. He declared that without the
presence of police and military the property
of Irish lords would not be worth a months
purchase. There could be no alliance be
! lordism was completely abolished. The gov
ernmcnt could not grapple effectually with
secret movement when it was made to
| appear that such movement was only for
the protection of a wronged people. If Mr.
Gladstone was earnest in his efforts to sup.
pres crime he must 60 to the source of all
agrarian outrage and remove landlordisnl,
sweep way Dublin castle, and show that
he could repose the same confidence in Ire
land as in England.
| A correspondent says: understand
Parnell went to Paris again yesterday morn.
ing to consult viii, Davitt and Egan, and is
not expected back before Monday. Other
members of the league were only estranged
from him until the discovery of the letter to
O'Shca on which the government bargain
was based, have became reconciled, and
will work with him hereafter. Undoubt
eddy the most critical time in connection
with the ministerial crisis has been the past
week. They have at this time the curious
spectacle of most conservative government
i'll the world stepped in political bargains
of most extraordinary character.
In the house Of commons Parnell read q
letter he wrote to O'Shea, home-rule mem
Der for county Clare, before his release, and
which is to the effect that reforms of the
land act in regard to arrears of rent, pur-
chases and leases are necessary, and that on
completion thereof the land league would
do all that is possible to suppress outrages III
Ireland. Foster asked that the whole letter
be read. O'Shea then read paragraph
omitted by Parnell, stating if the reforms
specified were made the land leaguers might
act cordially with the Liberals in support Of
liberal principles. The reading was received
with cheers from the opposition benches.
The alleged bargain of the government
with the Parnellites was the subject of ex.
cited debates in the house of commons
Gladstone fiercely denied any understanding,
and other members of the cabinet justified
| the course taken.
| Helen NJ. Stoum we'll known public
speaker and leader i'll the woman suffrage
party, is dead.
Trevelyan, chief secretary for Ireland, is
reelected to parliament without opposition