Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-09
ENGLAND'S PARLIAMENT.
PARNELL MOVES HIS AMEND
MENT TO THE SPEECH.

Inc Governments Policy in Ireland
denounced Without Fear or Favor
Ihe Curt Correspondence Between
Granville and Lowell Presented-The
Censure for the Egyptian Policy I'm
certain.
LONDON, Feb. SIN accordance with a
previous announcement Mr.. Parnell
moved, in the House of Commons to-day,
an amendment to the address in reply to
the queens speech. The amendment Sc
Verely condemns the policy of the govern
ment In Ireland, asserting that it has
1alled to tranquilize the people, has wan
tonly prohibited public meetings and in
terfered with the freedom of such. and has
permitted magistrates publicly to applaud
the conduct of Lord ROssmore, who had
been suspended as Justice of the Peace
Ior disturbing public order and
melting i'll will and strife between
the different classes of Ireland. The
amendment further demands the imme-
dlate abandonment of the policy of stimu-
Iatlng state aided emigration of the Irish.
In the course of the remarks with which
ne accompanied the motion, Mr.. Parnell
asserted that the recent visit of Sir Stat
ford Northcote to Ireland had been an
exciting cause of disturbance. The
orange Outrages were in his opinion a
grave misfortune. The Conservatives,
whom Sir Stafford Northcote had dragged
at the heels of discredited Irish faction,
he denounced in strong terms.
Continuing, Mr.. Parnell said that the
orange demonstrations were not spOntan-
eous, but were attended by hirelIngs paid
by landlords. The government opposition
to Nationalist meetings was violent and
SedItI0uS. Cries of 'sOh.D1 Everyone
participating therein was liable to prose-
cutlon under the intimidation clause of
the crimes act. The recent events in the
North OF ireland, however, would hasten
the time when Ireland would legislate for
herself on her own soil.
L. ID. Sullivan, member of Parliament
for West Meath county, said that the
Orangemen were obstacles to the spread
OF loyalty in the North of Ireland.
Lord Randolph Churchill, the Conserva-
tive member for Woodstock, said that the
dismissal of Lord ROssmore was a bait to
catch the Irish vote
Mr.. Trevelyan, Chief Secretary for Ire
land, said that outrages in Ireland had
fallen to point that would be no discredit
to any country; that rents were being
more regularly paid than in the centre
and east of England, and that indictments
to boycottlng and violence were no longer
obeyed. The idea that the government
had suspended Lord ROssmore in order to
win the Irish vote, was a mistaken one.
1t was creditable to Earl Spencer. the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, that so few
casualties had occurred, when so many
armed and excited men were parading
through the towns.
THE O'DoNNELL CORRESPONDENCE.
) The correspondence between Earl Gran
vile, the British Foreign Secretary, and
Mr.. Lowell, the American Minister, on
the sentence Of Patrick O'DonneIl was
presented to Parliament to-day. Earl
GFanville's replies to Mr.. Lowell are curt
and formal. Each letter is limited to a
single sentence.
TESTING THE FEELING.
The Liberal whips have been testing
the strength of the party vote for the COM
ing debate on the motion censuring the
government for its Egyptian policy. They
lind that number of Radicals are un-
willing to support the government and
wish to vote it uncertain.
FRANCo-CHINEsE AFFAIRS.
Papers have been laid before Parlia-
ment which explain that the negotiations
between England and other neutral pow
ers as to the course to be pursued should
var arise between France and China,
have twice formed the subject of inquiry
on the part Of France. Earl Granville,
the Foreign Secretary of State,
informed NJ. Waddington, the French
Minister at the Court of ST. lanes, last
December, JnaI the powers Whlen nave
vessels in Chinese waters proposed to in
sJrucL Unelr commanders to unite in the
adoption of such measures as would in
sure the protection of foreigners and the
continuance of a friendly spirit toward
both France and China. NJ. Waddington
said in reply that France would not ex-
ceed the programme already announced
by either interfering with foreign trade or
blockading treaty ports unless forced to
do so by the action of China.
UNITED IRELAND TO BE IGNORED.
The government have announced in the
House of Commons that they have no in
tention Of prosecuting United Ireland for
its article of yesterday cOngratulating
Ed Mahdi on his recent success.