New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-31
GREAT BRiTALN.

The Uouses of Parliament assembled on feDruGry
10 Lord Harrington being the nominal head OF the
Ministry as Mr.. Gladstone was recruiting his health
in Cannes In the Queens speech the Tenants
Compensation acts were substituted for the County
Government BILL and in Cabinet Council precod-
ence was given to them and to the Corrupt Pracu-
ces bill over the London Government BILL
The opening debates were dull and life
less. the address being discussed eleven nights
From theoutset the Government were exposed ovex-
atious tactics and time was systematically wasted
IL WAS a month before the legislative work OF the
session was taken up. and at the Whitsuntide re-
cess the Explosives bill was the only measure
which had been passed, with the exception OF three
money bills and the annual army bill. The Ahirna-
ton bill had been debated night after night, ana
finally defeated on the second reading, notwith-
standing Mr. Gladstone's unanswerabie speech.
The Government had also been discreditcd by ITS
neutrality respecting important questions, ana the
Radicals had shown signs of open revolt.
Notwithstanding this unfortunate beginning, the
session ended with remarkable record Of legisla-
tive activity When Parliament was prorosned on
Augustus the agricultural bills had been passed,
with the Corrupt Practcesbl and the Bankruptcy.
Patents. Redemption of National Debt and Irish
Tramways and Emigration Acts Only one inn
portant measure mentioned in the Queens speech
had been dropped-the London Government bill.
The closing week Of the session witnessed futile at
tempt on the part of the Lords to defeat by amend
ments the English and Scotch Agricultural bills.
These measures were passed at the last moment.
contrary TO the advice Of Lord Salisbury Tie Irish
Registration Act and the Scotch Local Government
bill were rejected by the Lords. The act legalizng
the maria pe of n deceased wife's sister had been
previously defeated in the same house b. Il narrow
majority and the act passed by the Commons for
preventing pigeon shooting had also been rejected.
The legislative results of the session were credit
able to the Ministry, which had displayed hrnness
atives and their Irish allies. The experiment Of
the Grand Committees had been satisfactorily
tested two complex measures, the. Bankruptcy and
Patents Acts, having been carried through the
House from the Committee on Trade.
PROGRESS IN IRELAND.
There has been a marked improvement in Irish
affairs during the year. The authority OF the Crown
has been restored, assassins have been convicted
and punished, lawlcssncss has been suppressed and
agitators have been forced to aba ndOn the use Of
criminal agencies James Carey and twenty other
men connected with the Invincibles, band of
assassns, were arrested in January and arraigned
during the following month for the murders Of
Lord Frederick Cavendsh and Dir. Burke.
Kayanagh James Carey aud Others turned States
evidence and five of the chief cOnspiTatOrs Brady
Curley, Pagan, Caffrey and Kelley were convicted
and hanged. Others were convicted and sentenced
toimprisOnment for various terms and the machinery
Of the courts was put IN operation III other parts
of Ireland the authorities discriminating sharply
between political and criminal OHcnceS, ana only
furnishing those guilty Of murder and lawlessness.
Juries were not packed prisoners were well de-
Tended, and judges were impartial. james Carey,
released in consequence of his testimony in
former and suffered 10 take refuge in South Africa,
was assassinated by ODonncll, an Irish-American,
on board British steamer near Port Elizabeth, Oh
May 30. For this crime the assassin was hanged
on December II, after fair and impartial trial In
London, the United States Government making
ndscreet and futile attempt to obtain for him
q reprieve.
Irfsh-Americans bad previously conspired in New
York against life and property III England. On
local government offices, London in Glasgow a
large gasoneter was blown up, and other outrages
were planned. On March 81 the detectives arrested
six lrish-Americans on the charge OF being impli-
Gated IN dynamite plots A dynamite factory was
also discovered In Birmingham. and large guam
titles of nitro-glycerine were seized. One of the
conspirators turned States evidence, and gave a
clear account of the plot formed iii NewYOrk, and
on June Ia four of his accomplIces were condemned
to penal serytude for life Similar trials occurrcd in
Liverpool and Glasgow during July and December.
There were two mysterious explosions the I'm
dergronud Railroad in London on October 80 but
there was no direct evidence connecting them with
IRISH or lrish-American consprators The Explo-
sives bill passed by Parliament, increasing the pen
aties for crime OF this class including the unlawful
possession OF explosives has had the effect of inter
ruptlDg the operations Of dynamite-woTkers. While
the dynamite plots have not cost a single life Great
Britain has had it's share Of the years catalogue of
CHASTITY horrOrs-the fatal launch of the Daphne on
the Clyde and the slaughter Of the children in Vie
t0ria Hall, Sunderland being conspicuous among
them
Notwithstanding the carping criticisms of the
land-owning peers and the furious assaults of the
IRISH members. the Land Act is working satisfac-
torly. Steady progress has been made in the read
lustment of rents and conditions of tenure and ow
ing to increased disposition TO settle eases out of
court there is now strong probability that the
work OF the Commission will be practically finished
this year. The Arrears Act has also been applied
with the most satisfactory results. The Commits
sion had disposed of $4,000 cases by the LIST of
July, and the subsequent payments have brought
the amount dlsbursed TO landlords up TO - 900 600
representing between $40 O0O, 900 and SIS 900 900
in claims. In this way very large number of the
poorest tenants have been relieved from the burden
of debt under which they were staggering There
Is evidence, however. that the Irish people are
grateful &c. the Liberal party for these generous
measures of justice and Cancellation. On the con:
trary. every bye-election ON the island shows that
the political revolt against British legislation is in
creasIDg
Mr.. PARxEII's TACTICS