Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-12
IRISH REPRESSION.
THE ALIEN LAWS TO EE REVIVED.
A Remarkable Bill Introduced into the
British House OF COml.ions Eor the
Prevention of Crime.

a Remarkable Bill Introduced into the
British House OF Commons ior the
Prevention of Crime.
In TIE British House of Commons Sir
William Vernon Harc,Irt, the home Sec
rctary, has introduced bill f"r the re-
preston ci crime in Ireland. He charac-
terised the prevalence OF crime there as a
national disgrace. He said ''The time
has arrived for the entire House to unite
in taking steps to repress It. The case we
deplore to day is not a solitary one. Crime
is plague spot on ireland, ana believe The
Irish people desire its removal. 1t springs
from secret societies, and must be extirpat
ed. The handspring Of crii..o IS the C..
pectation OF impunity, which is only too
we'll founded. The government has, there
fore, concluded that ii is ..ecessary i'll
those places where the ordin;. Y law is not
observed that special tribuua.>, consisting
of three Judges, bc appointed - tho lord
lieutenant to try cases without a jury.
The Judgment o! the c0ult lnust DC unani-
nous. Appeal can DU ir;.do 70 the 81
prcme Court, the iudgm"':, nt the latter to
be given by majority O t.io Judges. Inc
supreme court may diminish but cannot
increase the severity of the sentences.
Parliament will be asked to provide special
remuneration for the special Judges.
The bill also contains the following pro-
visions 1t gives power 10 search Tor
secret apparatus OF murder, such as arms,
| threatening letters, etc; power 10 entel
houses by day or hight under i warrant OF
the lord licutcnaut power to arrest per
sons prowling about at night and unable
to give All account of themselves, Who are
to be dealt with sunmarily; power to as
| rest strangers, us crimes arc generally
| committed by foreign cmissarieS, the
| hospitality of England not being for such
| persons as the agents Of ODonoVan,
Rosa, and power to remove Foreigners
vino aro considered dangerous to peace
| The government therefore intends to revive
| the alien acts.
Secret societies are to be dealt with
| summarily, ahd membership thereof I'LL
| constitute an offence under this act. Gases
of aggravated assault are to be treated in
! Il summary manner. Power is given tU
| rcpress intimidation and unlawful meet.
irss, the latter to bo dealt with sum.
mairi!y. Newspapers containing scditious
and irf;;lnmatory matter arc TO be sup
lwcss-,: I'D the proprietoIs required &c
cnty" iniu rccognZances not to repeat the
I .
. auco II witnesses about to abScond.
| Thu ord lieutenant can appoint ;:adi
tional no,icu, where necessary, at the cost
! of tho L:a,. let concerned. Compensation
for murder and outrage will be required
of the districts where they occur. Out
RACES are to be dealt with summarily by
| courts, whc!, are to consist of two stipen
diary mag istr:ltes.
| Sir William Harcourt announced that
tho government intended to reserve for
consideration any further alteration OF the
jury system. lie admitted that this bill
was extraordinary, but he declared that ii
was necessary to meet the extraordinary
circumstances. Tho operation of the bill
would be limited to three years. The gov
crnmcn: would do all in its power to pre-
vent innocent persons suffering from it.
action. He added that the bill placed al
most unlimited authority il tho hands o.
tie lord lieutenant, and concluded by
stating that this measure would shOrtl,
be followed by one dealing with arrears 0
rent.
MIR. Pa!nell said he wished to join i'll ii
expression rs 10 tic temperate spiIi
shown by England during the past fe'
days, but he declared that spirit was. no
displayed ia tho proposed bill, which ii
regarded as'yilt most stringent ever pro
posed, and which, he said, would result il
hundrc,ltoil greater failure than villa
had gone before.
The House, 81 to -, passed tho bill
its first reading. HE minority was com
| puScd ni,:irc;y OF homo rulers.