New-York tribune., 1885-03-15
NOTES FROM LONDON.
THE IRISH AND THE PRINCE oP WALES,
T'iIr: CLOSURE - MRS. LOWELL - Mh'
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-, run prouLAI CORRESPONDENT OF TIE IspoN|S
PhsA LONpoN, February 70;
Tho first response of the IRISH Natonalists !" '"e
.r,ouncenient of the royal visit 70 Ife'a''a NV
,recisely enthusiastic. II was san 'ast "'en''
s,,,h mn ,lcbt ful authority, that the pntbnrst I'D
the House Of Commons was prear"me'a w WV
parr,l,i,es as an expression Of their dislike 10 .s
-, rhsv would naturally dislike it. Their
oh;ect Ia 70 encourage every form OF lrisn hos''y
a, ENGLISH government. The object oil the v'S'' VI
the Prince and Princess OF Wales Is eo"c,,".'""
The more successful 1t proves, the hi"i" ",''
+.rf.r. with Mr. ParmeIls purposes III "o i'o~ Nv
.,..,,sr from his point of view. that the Ing ish
Ccysvw,nrnt 10 10 ireland foreign Go'ern"'en'.-
sbrre is no particular reason Why the hei 70 '"o
English Monarchy shouid be welcomed III the k'''s
dom whicn is supposed to wish 70 get n" oi 'no
Eaelsh Monarchy. The personal question:
,lnerent. But this visit il regarded ON both sides
AZ. Ir,sh chanuel as visit with political object
Nor is there much enthusiasm IN the tone "i 'ne
leading Nationalist organ III Dublin. H. says
.h; manor the visit OF their Royal Highnesses Is III
sv.,v way 10 he pleasant, il must be cicariy uhcer
stcod from the beginning that 1t is not to os a'Heu
nv their hosts at Dublin Castle for the purpose Oh
manufacturing tor the English marked a spurious
,na,r,uce of conaopatiou on the part OF the Irish
public of the conduct Of the VicerJy aha MS
svtowrage 1t must be clearly di's"ciaiea from
uol;t,csn This granted, there 10 nothing I'D tine
principles of the Irish popular party which Involves
ANYTHING approaching want of ak due respect lor
The Royai Family" And the hope is expressed that
the visit will give STIMULUS. albeit temporary, to
trade and business in Dublin. This IS civil, but
whol,v wanting in the rapture OF welcome wheh
,ha Euvhsh advisers of the Prince Of Woes counted
on Another journal Of similar politics warns Tie
Prince that 10 aunkeyism" is to he expected froni
the Irish people, but an attitude OF respect wi" DC
,naintuined., Where, how ever coercion mas ia'e",
u,ere bandishment will not succeed. y" III hoy'i
narade Royal danes and Rcyal run through the
u,yv su,ticed to an,use the people to the neglect
NJ serous potics as exhibited in the National move
weut. there would he little hope of their ever
succeeding in ANYTHING" IRISH Tory ionrnais, ON
tho other hand. winch are nearly as ready to DIS
cover sinister motives for Ministerial acts as TIE
parusllite press believe there is something more
Than meets the eye in this business Miliiners and
Lotel-keepers all asog but serious politicians
will ash what it all means" And the Ii si Tory IS
inclined to suppose that 1t means the non-rehe"a
of the Crimes Act That 10 gu~ssing y 'o"s way
ahead Mr.. Gladstone has aIresdy refused IN
.usUer 70 repeated questions in the House OF Com
mons To saw whether he does ar does not mt'nd 10
nsk for the re-enaetnent Of this mrasnre. He has
accla,-d however that no pegotiation on the
subiect between him and Mr.. Parpeii has taken
place.
Mere than two years after it's enactment, the
Closure "a pat in force last Bistt for the first time
Thc attempt came as near as possible to being q
fajEure The weapon had grown rusty with disis'.
and the h,ads that had to WELD IL were stia from
want of practice. Moth ng could be simpler than
III. eccas on Mr.. Gladstone had to move tho post
ponei,ient of other business to make wav for the
unfinished debate on the vote of censare "a the
EGYPTIAN policy of the Government Mr. Redmond
objected on the ground that he wanted To bring on
a motion relating to the dismissal Of an nsi'"s Tor
from the Royal Irish Constabulary. discussion
epraug up. The Parneites insisted that the House
sbon9 postpone the tritling matter of the Soudan.
and devote itself as an English writer SAYS To the
reaily vital aud urgent question which Dir.
Redmond had In charge.
The wraugie went on for hour. All st once tho
Sneaker rose aud said il WAS his duty To inform the
ueuso that he coasslerel the subject had been |
alternately discussed and that be bcid IL to he the
evident sense OF the House that the time had come
for putting the question. This Is the formula
prescribed By the Closur Rule. Its announcement
took everybody BY surprise hT Giadst"ne had
FORGOTTEN how to enforce his own measure of dis
.;nlue and had 10 consult the Standing Orders ):
amid gruans and ieers from Mr. ParneRs followers
Mr. O'liren came to the front this melee. crying
nut sWe will remember this in IrelaudT' As the
words of this defiance do not very sisor lerly,
il was probably Mr. OErirn's maaner or his inter
ruption of the Speaker, wh eh led to his being rst
snaned," and then. by vote OF the House. sss-
pepdsl The incident gave rise ID 80 mach contns"n
that the Speaker recurring 10 the propos'ii for
the Closure to have forgotten sunie technical
point Mr. Parnell and Mr.. G"rst made haste to
remind him. tie mistake was set right and the
Cbosure duly voted bat section OF the Tories
all at once recollected that they opposed to
uuilf lfaf}f Ia.
AGAINST il. and tho motion carried ultimately
nv hut 2O7 to t8. As the rule requires 200 members
for IL there be 40 against the margin was
narrow. Had the motion been reiccte'l, the House
wauld aave been at Mr. Psrnelrs rperey Bat there
must be q beginning to everything and tbs Tories
will have plenty OF opportunities to CONSIDER
whetber they wish TO iDiu in euforcius or in
obstruc ting she business of the Hossse. The feciog
among the rary leaders today is that the party
must sustain the Speaker and not those ~ho would
destroy his authority. SIR Henry Wolff and Mr.
Gorst. two Of Lord Rsndophs lsateasata. were the
leaders of the little band who went into ths iobbv
with the Irishmen. They are condemned by their
fellew-Tories. and the chief Tory organ says the
Closure was rightly used"
MrA Lowell had been On invalid during 50 great a
part OF her residence in London that she WIS little
snowa IN general society. During the last few
weeks she had suf sred from what suppose to
be return Of the mAlady that was 30 neariy fatal
to hsr at Maasid The doctors had given M hope
for some days before her death When the news
became known. the expseSsins of syrapsthy with
Mr. Lowell were innumerable and came fron every
rank and elas~ These uho knew Mrs. Lowell we'll.
knew her az woman CT remarkable character. with
solee Of tasse bsaatifnl and generous traits which
are least likely te attract notice in the world. The
rest offered their tribute Of respect and friendship
10 Mr.. Lsweli personally. to the American
Ninlsfer Mira Loxall waa h2ried in kenSal (;rnen